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Gladstone Gordon And The Sudan Wars

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Author : Fergus Nicoll
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-04-15

Gladstone Gordon And The Sudan Wars written by Fergus Nicoll and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with History categories.

General Gordons death in Khartoum on 26 January 1885 and the fall of the besieged city to the forces of the Mahdi was a crucial episode in British imperial history. It was deeply controversial at the time, and it still is today. Gordon has routinely been depicted as the hero of the story, in contrast to Prime Minister Gladstone who is often portrayed as the villain of the piece, responsible for a policy of drift in Sudan.Fergus Nicolls radical reappraisal, which is based on eyewitness accounts and previously unpublished archive material, refutes the conventional image of both men. Presenting an inside view of Gladstones thinking and decision-making, Nicoll gives the prime minister credit for his steadfast insistence that Britain should have minimal engagement in and zero responsibility for Sudan. Gordon, who succumbed to a lasting mania that skewed his decision-making and undermined his military capacity, is cast in a more sceptical light. This fascinating insight into British policy in Africa exposes the inner workings of government, the influence of the press and public opinion and the power of a book to change a government.Each stage in the rapid sequence of events is reconsidered Gladstones steely determination to avoid involvement, Gordons partial evacuation of Khartoum, the siege, the despatch of the relief expedition that arrived too late, the abandonment of Sudan, and the subsequent political battle over responsibility. The personal cost to both men was great: Gordon lost his life and Gladstone saw his reputation gravely tarnished.

Gladstone Gordon And The Sudan Wars

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Author : Fergus Nicoll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013

Gladstone Gordon And The Sudan Wars written by Fergus Nicoll and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Great Britain categories.

General Gordon's death in Khartoum on 26 January 1885 - and the fall of the besieged city to the forces of the Mahdi - was a crucial episode in British imperial history. It was deeply controversial at the time, and it still is today. Gordon has routinely been depicted as the hero of the story, in contrast to Prime Minister Gladstone who is often portrayed as the villain of the piece, responsible for a 'policy of drift' in Sudan.Fergus Nicoll's radical reappraisal, which is based on eyewitness accounts and previously unpublished archive material, refutes the conventional image of both men. Pres.

Gordon

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Author : Pierre Crabitès
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-10-04

Gordon written by Pierre Crabitès and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Social Science categories.

The critics of Charles George Gordon accused him of vacillation and of instability of character. His supporters refused to admit that he was inconstant; they took the position that it was the Gladstone Cabinet which manifested a spirit of indecision that was fraught with terrible consequences. General Gordon was a prolific letter-writer, and he also kept a journal. Many official notes and dispatches deal with his final mission to Khartoum. This book, first published in 1933, attempts to get at the truth of Gordon’s character and his time in the Sudan through these letters, this journal, these notes and despatches.

Gladstone Gordon And Sudan

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Author : Fergus Nicoll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Gladstone Gordon And Sudan written by Fergus Nicoll and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.

This thesis sets out the evolution of Britain's Sudan policy during a turbulent period from late 1883 to early 1885 through nine discrete phases: a refusal to engage; compelling Egypt to withdraw; the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Charles Gordon to manage the withdrawal; a partial evacuation of garrisons; British military intervention on the Red Sea coast; termination of evacuation forced by the encirclement of Khartoum; the despatch of the 'Gordon Relief Expedition'; the fall of Khartoum; and finally the abandonment of Sudan. Most of these phases resulted from Gladstone's unilateral executive decisions, in a climate where the public debate on policy was restricted by the active suppression of important evidence. Others were precipitated by the actions of an increasingly intransigent Gordon or by the interventions of critics at Westminster or in the British Army. Two key conclusions arise from this analysis. Firstly, Gladstone's policy was at no time one of' drift', even if his steely determination was manifested at times as passive resistance. Secondly, by the end of the final phase, he had achieved his stated objective: minimum engagement in and zero responsibility for Egypt's erstwhile colony. A policy victory, then, but also a pyrrhic victory: Gladstone's satisfaction, achieved despite well-organised opposition from an aggressively interventionist coalition of imperialist politicians, news editors, business interests and groups like the Patriotic Association. and Primrose League, was short-lived. As this thesis also makes clear in its analysis of the aftermath of the fall of Khartoum, the personal cost to Gladstone was great. The posthumous publication of Gordon's Khartoumjournal (presented here for the first time in unexpurgated form) was followed by its systematic use as a political weapon by the Conservatives in the 1885 election. Thus was established the image of 'Gordon the Hero' and 'Gladstone the Villain' that has been sustained in most of the subsequent historiography: a central aspect of the Sudan crisis that this thesis sets out to test, refute and invert.

Supplementary Gladstone Papers

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023

Supplementary Gladstone Papers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Sudan categories.

Vol. VIII (ff. 181). Correspondence relating to Major-General C.G. Gordon's mission to the Sudan; 1884-1888. Included is correspondence of Sir Henry William Gordon, brother of General Gordon, concerning Gordon's position in the Sudan and to the posthumous publication of his diaries (ff. 111-181). Egypt: Sudan: Correspondence and papers of W. E. Gladstone related to: 1884-1885. Major-General C.G. Gordon, CB: Correspondence and papers of W. E. Gladstone related to 1884-1885. Includes: ff. 4-7v, 31, 51, 63-66v, 71, 159 Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; 8th Duke of Devonshire: Correspondence, etc., as Lord Hartington, with W. E. Gladstone: 1884-before 1891: Partly copies. ff. 8, 17, 33, 43, 73 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1882-1888: Partly autographed copies. ff. 9, 12-14, 18-22, 25-27, 34 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer: Correspondence with Lord Granville: 1883-1885: Copies. ff. 9, 12-14, 18-22, 25-27, 34 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Correspondence with Sir E. Baring: 1883-1884: Copies. f. 10 Augustus Baker, Consul at Suakin: Telegram to : 1884: Copy. f. 11 Vice-Admiral Sir William Nation Wrighte Hewett, KCB: Telegrams to(?) the Admiralty: 1884: Copies. ff. 12, 13, 19 Major-General C.G. Gordon, CB: Telegrams to Sir E. Baring: 1884: Extracts. f. 15 Colonel John Donald Hamill Stewart, of the 11th Hussars: Letter to Sir E. Baring: 1884: Extract. f. 16 Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, GCB; private Secretary to Qu. Victoria: Letter, on behalf of the Queen, to Lord Granville: 1884. f. 16 Victoria of England: Letter, on her behalf, to Lord Granville: 1884. f. 23 John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton: Letter to W. E. Gladstone: 1884. ff. 25-27, 30-33 Charles Dalton Clifford Lloyd, Lieutenant-General of Mauritius: Papers of W. E. Gladstone relating to: 1884. f. 28 Lord Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice: Letter to W. E. Gladstone: 1884. f. 36 Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, GCB; Secretary to W E Gladstone: Letter to Lord Northbrook: 1884: Copy. f. 37 Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron and 1st Earl of Northbrook: Letter to W. E. Gladstone: 1884. f. 39 Richard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1884-1886: Partly copy. ff. 40, 70 Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt, PC; MP: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1881-1891: Partly signed and copies. f. 41 Sir Samuel White Baker, explorer: Comment on General C.G. Gordon: 1884: Copy. ff. 41-41v Major-General C.G. Gordon, CB: Itineraries in the Sudan, etc.,: 1874-1876, 1884. ff. 44, 106v, 166 Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, GCB; Secretary to W E Gladstone: Letters, etc., to W. E. Gladstone: 1882-1885. ff. 48-49v Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: Cutting, 'England and Egypt: the Relief of Khartoum', from 'The Standard': 21 May 1884. f. 59 Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1880-1884: Partly copy. f. 67 Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet; 1st Earl of Iddesleigh: Letter to W. E. Gladstone: 1885. f. 68 John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer: Correspondence, etc., with W. E. Gladstone: 1881-1886, n.d.: Partly autographed copies. ff. 83-110v Victoria of England: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1882-1885: Copies. ff. 111-181 Sir Henry William Gordon, KCB; brother of Major-General C.G. Gordon: Memoranda and correspondence rel. to Major-General C.G. Gordon: 1884-1885. ff. 112-116, 148 Sir Charles Alexander Wood, Commissioner of Emigration: Letters, etc., to E. W. Hamilton: 1884, 1885. ff. 118-133v, 153-155v Sir Henry William Gordon, KCB; brother of Major-General C.G. Gordon: Letters, etc., to W. E. Gladstone: 1884-1885. ff. 134-181 passim Sir Henry William Gordon, KCB; brother of Major-General C.G. Gordon: Letters, etc., to E. W. Hamilton: 1884-1885: Partly signed. f. 136 Field-Marshal Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley: Letter to Sir H. W. Gordon: 1884: Copy. f. 145 Maps and Plans: Africa: Sudan: Sir Henry William Gordon, KCB; brother of Major-General C.G. Gordon: Sketch-map of North East Africa from Khartoum to Zanzibar, by Sir Henry William Gordon: 1884: Pen. ff. 161-163v Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; 8th Duke of Devonshire: Correspondence with E. W. Hamilton: 1885: Partly copy. ff. 161-163v Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, GCB; Secretary to W E Gladstone: Correspondence with Lord Hartington: 1885: Partly copy. f. 166v Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, PC; MP: Minutes by: 1884-1886. f. 169 Wills: Major-General C.G. Gordon, CB: Will of Major-General C.G. Gordon: 1884: Copy. f. 173 Sir Bernard Eric Edward Barrington, KCB: Letter to E. W. Hamilton: 1885. ff. 176-177v, 181 Sir Ralph Wood Thompson, KCB; Permanent Under-Secretary for War: Correspondence with Sir H. W. Gordon: 1885: Copies. Related persons, etc: Baker, Augustus, Unspecified, Consul at Suakin Baker, Sir, Samuel White, Unspecified, explorer Baring, Evelyn, Unspecified, 1st Earl of Cromer Baring, Thomas George, 1826-1904, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy of India Barrington, Sir, Bernard Eric Edward, Unspecified, KCB Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 1833-1908, 8th Duke of Devonshire, politician Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley, 1827-1896, politician Dodson, John George, Unspecified, 1st Baron Monk Bretton Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885, army officer Gordon, Sir, Henry William, 1818-1887, Knight, army officer, brother of Major-General Charles Gordon Gower, Granville George Leveson-, 1815-1891, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman Grosvenor, Richard de Aquila, Unspecified, 1st Baron Stalbridge Hamilton, Sir, Edward Walter, Unspecified, GCB, sec to W E Gladstone Harcourt, Sir, William George Granville Venables Vernon, Unspecified, PC, MP Hewett, Sir, William Nation Wrighte, Unspecified, Vice-Admiral KCB Lloyd, Charles Dalton Clifford, Unspecified, Lieutenant-General of Mauritius Northcote, Sir, Stafford Henry, 1818-1887, 8th Baronet, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, politician Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lord, Edmond George, 1846-1935, alias Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice, politician and historian Ponsonby, Sir, Henry Frederick, Unspecified, Major-General GCB, private sec to Qu Victoria Spencer, John Poyntz, Unspecified, 5th Earl Spencer Stanley, Edward Henry, Unspecified, Lord Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby Stewart, John Donald Hamill, Unspecified, Colonel of the 11th Hussars Thompson, Sir, Ralph Wood, Unspecified, KCB, Permanent Under-Sec for War Victoria, 1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Wolseley, Sir, Garnet Joseph, Unspecified, Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley Wood, Sir, Charles Alexander, Unspecified, Commissioner of Emigration Related places: Africa, Africa, Unspecified Egypt, Africa, Unspecified Sudan, Africa, Unspecified.

Gordon

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Author : C. Brad Faught
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2008

Gordon written by C. Brad Faught and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Charles George Gordon was the preeminent military hero of the late-Victorian British Empire. A lifetime officer in the Royal Engineers, he served in several theaters of war and imperial contest, most notably China and the Sudan. His last assignment took him back to the dusty Sudanese capital, Khartoum, where he supervised the overmatched Anglo-Egyptian garrison's evacuation in the face of imminent attack by Islamic extremists. He was killed there in January 1885, just two days before a British relief expedition arrived. In this new biography of General Gordon, C. Brad Faught looks afresh at the life of one of the most famous Victorian military men. Although a later age would come to reject Gordon's record and the values by which he lived, he has remained an enduring figure in the British Empire's late-nineteenth-century heyday and an important means by which to examine its contemporary issues: abolitionism, territorial conquest, and the rule of dependent peoples. Faught traces Gordon's life from his childhood in England and Corfu to his youth and training as an engineer at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich and his subsequent military and proconsular service in the Crimea, eastern Europe, China, India, Mauritius, South Africa, and the Sudan. Throughout his varied career Gordon was guided by his staunch, conventional Christian faith--despite his critics' best efforts to suggest otherwise--and remained devoted to the best features of imperial rule. Whether as a key opponent of the Arab slave trade or a leader of troops in battle, Gordon was usually successful in his undertakings but always controversial. This biography gives an up-to-date rendering of an important British imperial figure whose demise at the hands of a Muslim extremist is both resonant and potentially instructive for the era in which we live today.

The Journals Of Major Gen C G Gordon C B At Kartoum

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Author : Charles George Gordon
language : en
Publisher: London : K. Paul, Trench
Release Date : 1885

The Journals Of Major Gen C G Gordon C B At Kartoum written by Charles George Gordon and has been published by London : K. Paul, Trench this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Generals categories.

Fra marts 1884 til januar 1885 blev al-Ḫarṭūm belejret før, den blev indtaget og generalmajor Gordon blev dræbt.

Gordon And The Sudan

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Author : Alice Moore-Harell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-23

Gordon And The Sudan written by Alice Moore-Harell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-23 with History categories.

This is a study on the period preceding the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan. It analyses the administration and political developments under the governor-generalship of Gordon.

Gordon Of Khartoum

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Author : Paul Charrier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965

Gordon Of Khartoum written by Paul Charrier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.

General Gordon In A New Light

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Author : Alexander Smith (writer on parliamentary reform.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

General Gordon In A New Light written by Alexander Smith (writer on parliamentary reform.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Egypt categories.