See also:WOLSELEY, See also:GARNET See also:JOSEPH WOLSELEY, See also:VISCOUNT (1833- ) , See also:British See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, eldest son of See also:Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Own Borderers (25th See also:Foot), was See also:born at See also:Golden See also:Bridge, Co. See also:Dublin, on the 4th of See also:June 1833. Educated at Dublin, he obtained a See also:commission as See also:ensign in the 12th Foot in See also:March 1852, and was transferred to the 8oth Foot, with which he served in the second Burmese See also:War. He was severely wounded on the 19th of March 1853 in the attack of Donabyfl, was mentioned in despatches, and received the war See also:medal. Promoted to be See also:lieutenant and invalided See also:home, he exchanged into the 9oth See also:Light See also:Infantry, then in Dublin. He accompanied the See also:regiment to the See also:Crimea, and landed at See also:Balaklava in See also:December 1854. He was selected to be an assistant engineer, and did See also:duty with the Royal See also:Engineers in the trenches before See also:Sevastopol. He was promoted to be See also:captain in See also:January 1855, after less than three years' service, and served throughout the See also:siege, was wounded at the Quarries on the 7th of June, and again in the trenches on the 3oth of See also:August. After the fall of Sevastopol Wolseley was employed on the quartermaster-See also:general's See also:staff, assisted in the embarkation of the troops and stores, and was one of the last to leave the Crimea in See also:July 1856. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches, was noted for a See also:brevet See also:majority, received the war medal with clasp, the 5th class of the See also:French See also:Legion of See also:Honour, the 5th class of the See also:Turkish Mejidie and the Turkish medal. After six months' duty with the 9oth
Foot at See also:Aldershot, he went with it again, in March 1857, to join the expedition to See also:China under Major-General the Hon. T. See also:Ashburnham. Wolseley embarked in command of three companies in the transport " Transit," which was wrecked in the Strait of See also:Banka. The troops were all saved, but with only their arms and a few rounds of See also:ammunition, and were taken to See also:Singapore, whence, on See also:account of the See also:Indian See also:Mutiny, they were despatched with all haste to See also:Calcutta. Wolseley distinguished himself at the See also:relief of See also:Lucknow under See also:Sir See also:Colin See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell in See also:November, and in the See also:defence of the See also:Alambagh position under See also:Outram, taking See also:part in the actions of the 22nd of December 1857, the 12th and 16th of January 1858, and the repulse of the See also:grand attack of the 21St of See also:February. In March he served at the final siege and See also:capture of Lucknow. He was then appointed See also:deputy-assistant quartermaster-general on the staff of Sir See also:Hope See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant's Oudh See also:division, and was engaged in all the operations of the See also:campaign, including the actions of See also:Bari, Sarsi, See also:Nawabganj, the capture of See also:Faizabad, the passage of the See also:Gumti and the See also:action of See also:Sultanpur. In the autumn and See also:winter of 1858 he took part in the Baiswara, trans-See also:Gogra and trans-Rapti See also:campaigns, ending with the See also:complete suppression of the See also:rebellion. For his services he was frequently mentioned in despatches, and, having received his See also:Crimean majority in March 1858, was in See also:April 1859 promoted to be lieutenant-See also:colonel, and received the Mutiny medal and clasp. Wolseley continued to serve on Sir Hope Grant's staff in Oudh, and when Grant was nominated to the command of the British troops in the Anglo-French expedition to China in 1860, accompanied him as deputy-assistant quartermaster-general. He was See also:present at the action at See also:Sin-ho, the capture of Tang-ku, the storming of the Taku Forts, the occupation of See also:Tientsin, the See also:battle of Pa-le-cheau and the entry into See also:Peking. He assisted in the re-embarkation of the troops before the winter set in. He was mentioned in despatches, and for his services received the medal and two clasps. On his return home he published the Narrative of the War with China in' 86o.
In November 1861 Wolseley was one of the See also:special service See also:officers sent to See also:Canada to make arrangements for the reception of troops in See also:case of war with the See also:United States in connexion with the See also:mail steamer " See also:Trent " incident, and when the See also:matter was amicably settled he remained on the headquarters staff in Canada as assistant quartermaster-general. In 1865 he became a brevet colonel, was actively employed the following See also:year in connexion with the Fenian raids from the United States, and in 1867 was appointed deputy quartermaster-general in Canada. In 1869 his Soldiers' See also:Pocket See also:Book for Field Service was published, and has since run through many See also:editions. In 187o he success-fully commanded the Red See also:river expedition to put down a rising under See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:Riel at Fort Garry, now the See also:city of See also:Winnipeg, the See also:capital of See also:Manitoba, then an outpost in the See also:Wilderness, which could only be reached through a network of See also:rivers and lakes extending for 600 m. from See also:Lake See also:Superior, traversed only by See also:Indians, and where no supplies were obtainable. The admirable arrangements made and the careful organization of the transport reflected See also:great See also:credit on the See also:commander, who on his return home was made K.C.M.G. and C.B.
Appointed assistant See also:adjutant-general at the war See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office in 1871 he worked hard in furthering the See also:Cardwell schemes of See also:army reform, was a member of the localization See also:committee, and a keen See also:advocate of See also:short service, territorial regiments and linked battalions. From this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time till he became commander-inchief Wolseley was the See also:prime mover and the deciding See also:influence in practically all the steps taken at the war office for promotipg the efficiency of _the army under the altered conditions of the See also:day. In 1873 he commanded the expedition to See also:Ashanti, and, having made all his arrangements at the See also:Gold See also:Coast before the arrival of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white troops in January 1874, was able to complete the campaign in two months, and re-embark them for home before the unhealthy See also:season began. This was the campaign which made his name a See also:household word in See also:England. He fought the battle of Amoaful on the 31st of January, and, after five days' fighting, ending with the battle of Ordahsu, entered Kumasi, which he burned. He received the thanks of both Houses of
See also:Parliament and a grant of £25,000, was promoted to be major-general for distinguished service in the field, received the medal and clasp and was made G.C.M.G. and K.C.B. The freedom of the city of See also:London was conferred upon him with a See also:sword of honour, and he was made honorary D.C.L. of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford and LL.D. of See also:Cambridge See also:universities. On his return home he was appointed inspector-general of See also:auxiliary forces, but had not held the See also:post for a year when, in consequence of the native unrest in See also:Natal, he was sent to that See also:colony as See also:governor and general commanding. In November 1876 he accepted a seat on the See also:council of See also:India, from which in 1878, having been promoted lieutenant-general, he went as high-See also:commissioner to the newly acquired See also:possession of See also:Cyprus, and in the following year to See also:South See also:Africa to supersede See also:Lord See also:Chelmsford in command of the forces in the Zulu War, and as governor of Natal and the See also:Transvaal and high commissioner of South-See also:East Africa. But on his arrival at See also:Durban in July he found that the war in See also:Zululand was practically over, and after effecting a temporary See also:settlement he went to the Transvaal. Having reorganized the See also:administration there and reduced the powerful See also:chief Sikukuni to submission, he returned home in May 188o and was appointed quartermaster-general to the forces. For his services in South Africa he received the Zulu medal with clasp, and was made G.C.B.
In 1882 he was appointed adjutant-general to the forces, and in August of that year was given the command of the British forces in See also:Egypt to suppress the rebellion of Arabi See also:Pasha (see EGYPT: Military Operations). Having seized the See also:Suez See also:Canal, he disembarked his troops at See also:Ismailia, and after a very short and brilliant campaign completely defeated Arabi Pasha at Tel-el-Kebir, and suppressed the rebellion. For his services he received the thanks of parliament, the medal with clasp, the See also:bronze See also:star, was promoted general for distinguished service in the field, raised to the See also:peerage as See also:Baron Wolseley of See also:Cairo and Wolseley, and received from the See also:Khedive the 1st class of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the Osmanieh. In 1884 he was again called away from his duties as adjutant-general to command the See also:Nile expedition for the relief of General See also:Gordon and the besieged See also:garrison of See also:Khartum. The expedition arrived too See also:late: Khartum had fallen, and Gordon was dead; and in the See also:spring of 1885 complications with See also:Russia over the Penjdeh incident occurred, and the withdrawal of the expedition followed. For his services he received two clasps to his See also:Egyptian medal, the thanks of parliament, and was created a viscount and a See also:knight of St See also:Patrick. He continued at the war office as adjutant-general to the forces until 189o, when he was given the command in See also:Ireland. He was promoted to be field marshal in 1894, and was nominated colonel of the Royal See also:Horse See also:Guards in 1895, in which year he was appointed by the Unionist See also:government to succeed the See also:duke of Cambridge as commander-in-chief of the forces. This was the position to which his great experience in the field and his previous See also:signal success at the war office itself had fully entitled him. His See also:powers were, however, limited by a new order in council, and after holding the See also:appointment for over five years, he handed over the command-in-chief to See also:Earl See also:Roberts at the commencement of 19o1. The fact that the unexpectedly large force required for South Africa was mainly furnished by means of the See also:system of reserves which Lord Wolseley had originated was in itself a high See also:tribute to his foresight and sagacity; but the new conditions at the war office had never been to his liking, and on being released from responsibility he brought the whole subject before the See also:House of Lords in a speech which resulted in some remarkable disclosures.
Lord Wolseley had been appointed colonel-in-chief of the Royal Irish Regiment in 1898, and in 1901 was made gold-stick in waiting. He married in 1867 Louisa, daughter of Mr A. See also:Erskine, his only See also:child, Frances, being heiress to the viscountcy under special See also:remainder. A frequent contributor to See also:periodicals, he also published The Decline and Fall of See also:Napoleon (1895), The See also:Life of See also:John See also:Churchill, Duke of See also:Marlborough, to the See also:Accession of See also:Queen See also:Anne (1894), and The See also:Story of a Soldier's Life (1903), giving in the last-named See also:work an account of his career down to the See also:close of the Ashanti War.
End of Article: WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY, VISCOUNT (1833- )
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