WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH, LORD, an English military officer; born near Dublin, Ireland, June 4, 1833; en tered the army as ensign in 1852; took part in the second Burmese war (1852 1853), where he was severely wounded; served with distinction in the Crimea, and was wounded at the siege of Sebastopol; engaged in the siege and capture of Lucknow during the Indian mutiny of 1857-1858; and was employed in 1860 in the Chinese war. He was des patched to Canada in 1861, and again in 1867, having received command of the Red River expedition, which he carried to a successful issue. Three years after ward Wolseley (then K. C. M. G. and Major-General) was appointed to the command of an expedition to punish the King of Ashantee, and after a brief cam paign he entered Coomassie (February, 1874), and received the submission of the king, being rewarded by a grant of $125, 000 and the dignity of K. C. B. After the defeat of a British force by the Zulus in south Africa in 1879 he was despatched as high commissioner, but before his ar rival the Zulus had been defeated at Ulandi, and little remained for him to do. His next command was in Egypt in 1882, where his forces successfully stormed the lines of Tel-el-Kebir and captured Arabi Pasha. For this he re
ceived the thanks of Parliament and was created a baron, his army rank being also raised to that of General. His next appointment was as Adjutant-General of the forces. When the Mandi subdued the Sudan, and held General Gordon prisoner in Khartum, Wolseley was despatched in 1884 with a relief expedition. He con centrated his forces at Korti, and sent a column across the desert to Khartum, but before its arrival the place had fallen. On his return to England he was created a viscount. In 1888 he was made ranger of Greenwich Park; was commander of the forces in Ireland, 1890-1895; and was then made Field Marshal and Com mander-in-Chief of the British army. He wrote: "Soldier's Pocket Book" (1886); the "Field Book for the Auxiliary Forces" (1873); and a "Narrative of the War in China" (1861) ; "Life of the Duke of Marlborough" (1894); "Decline and Fall of Napoleon" (1895); etc. He died in 1913.