| 词条 | William Julius Gascoigne |
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| name =Sir William Gascoigne | image = | caption = | birth_date =29 May 1844 | death_date =9 September 1926 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{UK}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong | battles = | awards =Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Sir William Julius Gascoigne {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG}} (29 May 1844 – 9 September 1926) was a British Army officer and served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1895 to 1898. Military careerGascoigne was commissioned into the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1863.[1] He was appointed Adjutant in 1867,[2] served in Egypt in 1882 and in Sudan in 1885[3] In 1895 he was promoted to Major-general[3] and appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada[4] and in 1898 he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong.[5] Gascoigne was also the last Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong (serving from 1898 to 1902), but the role was ceremonial and in lapsed use since the 1870s. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1899, and knighted as a Knight Commander (KCMG) of the same order in Nov 1900 in recognition of services during the Boxer Rebellion in China.[6] Gascoigne Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong is named after him.[7]FamilyIn 1875, he married Helen Smith, daughter of Martin T. Smith, and widow of Hon. Arthur F. Egerton.[3][8] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22722|page=1822|date=31 March 1863}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada| before=Lord Treowen|after=Sir Edward Hutton|years=1895-1898}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=23336|page=7009|date=24 December 1867}} 3. ^1 2 Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008, GASCOIGNE, Maj.-Gen. Sir William Julius Gascoigne'; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=27038|page=2|date=2 January 1899}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=27025|page=6938|date=22 November 1898}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27337 |date=24 July 1901 |page=4915 |supp=y}} 7. ^{{cite book |title= Streets: Exploring Kowloon|last= Wordie|first= Jason|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2007|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|location= |isbn= 9789622098138|page= 70|pages= |url= |accessdate=}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://thepeerage.com/p1110.htm#i11095 |work=The Peerage |title=Maj.-Gen. Sir William Julius Gascoigne |date=19 February 2009 }} |-{{succession box | before=Sir Wilsone Black | title=Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong | years=1898–1903 | after=Villiers Hatton}}{{end}}{{Commander of the Canadian Army}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gascoigne, William Julius Gascoigne}}{{UK-army-bio-stub}}{{Canada-mil-bio-stub}} 7 : 1844 births|1926 deaths|British Army generals|Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|Scots Guards officers|British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War|British Army personnel of the Mahdist War |
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