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  • Family name: Wolseley
  • Viscount Wolseley (in the U.K. peerage, with special remainder to his daughter)[1]
    • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (28 September 1885 – 25 March 1913)
    • Frances Garnet Wolseley, Viscountess Wolseley (25 March 1913 – 24 December 1936)[2]
  • Viscountess Wolseley
    • Louisa Erskine Wolseley (28 September 1885 – 25 March 1913, when her husband died)[3]
  • Baron Wolseley (in the U.K. peerage)
    • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (25 November 1882 – 25 March 1913)[4]

Demographics

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  • Nationality: Anglo-Irish[5]

Residences

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  • Mount Wolseley, County Carlow[5]

Family

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  • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913)[4]
  • Louisa Erskine Wolseley (1843 – 10 April 1920)[3]
    • Frances Garnet Wolseley, Viscountess Wolseley (15 September 1872 – 24 December 1936)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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  • British Army; present for the following:
    • Indian Mutiny (1857–1859)[5]
    • China War (1860–1861)[5]
    • U.S. Civil War, sympathized with the South[5]
    • Canada (1865–1870)[5]
    • Ashanti Campaign (1873–1874)[5]
    • Natal (24 February 1875–1876)[5]
    • Egypt (August 1882 – 1 September 1884)[5]
    • Khartoum (1884 to rescue Gordon, too late)[5]
    • Commander-in-Chief, Ireland (1890–1895)[5]
    • Commander-in-Chief, British Army (1895–1899)[5]

Timeline

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1897 July 2, Friday, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Lady Wolseley, and Miss Wolseley attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1901, February, Garnet Wolseley took part in Queen Victoria's funeral procession.[5]

1913 March 31, Garnet Wolseley was buried in St. Paul's.[5]

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

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At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Garnet Wolseley (at 171) sat at Table 6 in the first supper seating. Lady Louisa Wolseley (at 541) is not listed as part of the first supper seating.

  • "Viscountess Wolseley was wearing a polonaise of cream and flowered brocade, with a Watteau back, and opening over a mauve and green shot moiré underdress."[6]:Col. 1

Miss Frances Garnet Wolseley (at 542) also attended.

Notes and Questions

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  1. Garnet Wolseley was the model for the "model Major-General" of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance because of his reputation for efficiency; George Grossmith modeled his characterization of the Major-General on Wolseley as well.
  2. Garnet Wolseley died of the flu in 1913; they were vacationing on the French Riviera.

Works by Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley

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  • Narrative of the War with China in 1860 (1862)[5]
  • The Soldier's Pocket-Book for field service (1869)[4]
  • "General Lee." Macmillan's Magazine March 1887 (55:329): 321–331.[5]
  • The Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, to the Accession of Queen Anne (1894)[4]
  • The Decline and Fall of Napoleon (1895)[4]
  • The Story of a Soldier's Life, Vol. I (1903)[4]
  • The Story of a Soldier's Life, Vol. II (1904)[5]
  • General Lee (1906)

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ "Viscount Wolseley". Wikipedia. 2021-09-25. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viscount_Wolseley&oldid=1046465147.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Wolseley.
  2. ↑ "Frances Garnet Wolseley, Viscountess Wolseley." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-11-04. https://www.thepeerage.com/p47494.htm#i474936.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Louisa Erskine." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 "Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley". Wikipedia. 2021-03-13. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garnet_Wolseley,_1st_Viscount_Wolseley&oldid=1011914733. 
  6. ↑ “The Duchess’s Costume Ball.” Westminster Gazette 03 July 1897 Saturday: 5 [of 8], Cols. 1a–3b [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002947/18970703/035/0005.
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