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Garnet Wolseley (1833–1913) was commissioned in 1852 and, by 1861, had seen active service in Burma, the Crimea, India, China and Canada. In favour of Army reforms, he gathered together a coterie of able officers known as the 'Wolseley ring'. He wrote a number of books including ‘The Soldier's Pocket Book’ and in 1873–1874 he commanded the successful expedition to Ashanti. His struggles to continue the Cardwell reforms of the Army brought him into opposition with the Commander-in-Chief, George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), whom he privately called 'that great German bumble-bee'. He was parodied for these views by Gilbert and Sullivan as the ‘very model of a modern major-general'. In 1882 Wolseley became Adjutant-General, then led the unsuccessful expedition to rescue the besieged Major-General Charles Gordon (1833–1885) at Khartoum.
Title
Field Marshal the Right Honourable Garnet Joseph (1833–1913), Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, Colonel in Chief of the Royal Irish Regiment
Date
c.1910
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 101.8 x W 93.8 cm
Accession number
NAM. 2006-10-4
Acquisition method
gift from Dr Frances Saunders, 2006
Work type
Painting
