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 WILSON] KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 90, tals, H.E.I.C.S., and Charlotte, granddau. of Ist Earl Grey. B. 7 April, 1852 ; m. 1884, .Margaret, (lau. of Robert Glasgow Brown ; ed. at Chelten- ham Coll. and in France ; sometime priv. sec. to Gov. of Jamaica (Sir W. Grey, K.C.S.I.) ; clerk of Executive and Legislative Councils of British Honduras 1878 ; acting magistrate Orange Walk 1879-80 and 1880-1 : assist, colonial sec. and treas. Sierra Leone 1883—4 ; assist, colonial sec. Gold Coast 1884-6 : colonial sec. St. Helena 1886-7, administrator thereof 1887-90, and Gov., Com.-in-Ch., and acting Ch. Justice 1890-7 ; Gov. and Ch. Justice of Falkland Islands 1897- 1904 ; Gov. and Com.-in-Ch. of the Bahama Islands 1904-12, when he retired. Residence- Government House, Nassau, Bahamas. Clubs — Junior Carlton ; Isthmian. Issue — Robert Andrew Grey-Wilson, b. 1892. STEWART- WILSON, K.C.I.E. Great. 1911.— Sir Charlks Stewart-Wilson, s. of late Rev. James Stewart-Wilson, D.D. B. at New Abbey, CO. Kirkcudbright, 27 Sept. 1864 ; m. Blanche, dau. of late Very Rev. Principal Tulloch. D.D., dean of the Order of the Thistle ; ed. at High School and Univ. Edinburgh, and at University Coll. London (B.A.) : Barr.-at-law (Mid. Temple) 188.5; ent. I.C.S. 1885; served in N.W.P. and Oudh as assist, inag. and collr. ; joint mag. 1890 ; under-sec. to Govt. 1891 ; postmr.-gen. N.W.P. 1892, and later of Bombay, Bengal, and Punjab ; dir.-gen. of post office of India since 1900 ; an addnl. memb. of Viceroy's Council since Jan. 1910; director-gen. posts and telegraphs since 1912. Residence— Simla, India. Club— Travel- lers'. WINDLE, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1912.— Sir Bertraji Coghili. Alan Wixdle, s. of Rev. S. A. Windle, B.D., "'. of Market Rasen, Linos, and Sydney Katherine, dau. of Rear-Adm. Sir Josiah C'oghili, Bt. B. at Mayfield, Staffs, 8 May, 1858 ; m. 1st, 4 May, 1886, :MagdaIene Mary (d." 22 Jan. 1900), dau. of late W. Hudson, of Birmingham ; m. 2nd, 14 Feb. 1901, Edith Mary Nazer ; ed. at Kingstown Sch., Repton. and Trin. Coll. Dubhn ; M.A., M.D., B.Ch., Sc.D. (Dublin) ; lion. LL.D. (Birmingham and Ireland) ; F.R.S., F.S.A., M.R.I.A. ; Knt. of St. Gregory the Great ; pro-vice-chanc. Roy. Univ. of Ireland ; pres. Univ. Coll. Cork : late dean of the Medical Faculty, and prof, of anatomy and anthropology Univ. of Birmingham till 1904. Residence — Pre- sident's House, University College, Cork. Clubs — Authors' : St. Stephen's Green (Dublin). WINFREY, Knt. Bach. Creat 1914.— Sib Richard Winfrey, s. of Richard Francis Win- frey, J. P., of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. B. at Long Sutton 5 Aug. 1858 ; m. 1897, Annie Lucy, dau. of William Pattinson, of Ruskington, Sle'a- ford, Lincolnshire ; M.P. for S.W. Norfolk since 190 ; J.P., Norfolk ; memb. of the Soke of Peterborough C.C., and Peterborough Town Coimcil. Residence ■ — Sutton House, Peter- borough. Club — National Liberal. WINGATE, K.C.I.E. Creat. 1899; CLE. 1879. — Sir Andrew Wingate, s. of Rev. William Wingate. B. 1846; m. 1887, Henrietta Cathe- rine, dau. of Col. Duncan Scott Pemberton, R.A. ; ed. at Elizabeth Coll. Guernsey, Kensington Grammar Sch., and London and Heidelberg Univs. ; ent. Bo.C.S. 1869 ; became successively assistant collector and magistrate, famine secre- tary Mysore, settlement officer Meywar and Kashmir States, and officiating resident in Meywar ; collector and magistrate 1890 ; acted as commnr. of Customs, and as commnr. in Sind ; additional memb. of Legislative Council in Bombay and conmmr. 1897 ; plague commnr. and sec. to Govt. Plague Department 1898; commnr. Poona 1899 ; additional memb. Vice- roy's Council 1901, ret. 1902. United Service. Club — East Indii ■WINGATE, G.C.B. Creat. 1914; G.C.V.Ol 1912 ; K.C.B. (mil.) 1900 ; K.C.M.G. 1898 C.B. (civ.) 1895 ; D.S.O. 1889. — Gen. Sir Fran CIS Reginald Wingate, s. of Andrew Wingate of Broadfield, Renfrewshire. B. 25 June, 1861 m. 1888, Catherine Leslie, dau. of Capt. Josepl Sparkhall Bundle, R.N. ; ent. R.A. 1880 ; capt and brevet maj. 1889, It. -col. 1896, col. 1897, maj.; gen. (local) 1901. maj. -gen. 1903 ; lt.-gen.l908 ; genj 1913 ; served with Nile exped. 1884-5 as A.D.C ; and mil. sec. to Maj. -Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood (men tion in despatches, medal with clasp, bronze star brevet maj., 4th class Medjidie), as A.A.G. actions of Toski 1889 (mention in despatches clasp, D.S.O.) and Tokar and capture of Afafi'; 1891 (inention in despatches, clasp to bronze star; 3rd class Medjidie), and with Dongola exped 1890 ; present at actions of Firket and Hafi) (mention in despatches, medal with 2 clasps, brevet It. -col.) ; accompanied special mission tc King Menelik of Abyssinia 1897 (Star of Etliiopia) in Sudan campaign 1897 (clasp, brevet col and A.D.C. to Queen) ; took part in the battlesj of Atbara and Omdurman, and Fashoda exped. I (medal, 2 clasps, mention in despatches, thanked by both Houses of Parliament, K.C.M.G.); followed up and finally defeated the Khalifa, who was killed in the battle, 1899 (K.C.B. and 2nd class Osmanieh) ; acted as Gov. and officer comdg. troops in Suakin dist. 1894 ; A.D.C. to Queen Victoria 1897, and to King Edward VII till 1903 ; was A.G. Egypt. Army and dir. of Mil. Intelligence; chief of the Sirdar's staff 1899; Sirdar of Egypt. Army, and Gov. -Gen. of the Sudan since 1899 ; is a Pasha of Egypt ; in charge of special mission to Somaliland 1909 ; has Grand Cross of Francis Joseph of Austria,' Grand Cordons of Osmanieh and iledjidie, Iron Crown of Austria (2nd class), and Coronation medals of 1902 and 1911 ; granted the freedom of the Royal Burgh of Dunbar 1900 ; author of " Mahdism and the Egyptian Sudan," " Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp," and other works ; hon. D.C.L. Oxford 1905. Resi- dences — Cairo ; The Palace, Khartoum ; Knock- enhair, Dunbar, N.B. Clubs — Army and Navy ; Beefsteak. Issue — 1. Ronaki Evolyn Leslie Wingate, b. 1889. Club- Caledonian. 2. Malcolm Roy Wingate, b. 189:3 ; lieut. R.E. Club — Cal edonian. 1. Victoria Alexandrina Catherine. WINGFIELD, Lady (Knt.'s widow).— Mary Geobgina, dau. of the Ven. J. W. Sheringham, Archdeacon of Gloucester. M. 2 April, 1872,lSir Edward Wingfield, K.C.B., Permanent Under- Sec, of State for the Colonies 1897-1900, and sec. of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, who d. 5 March, 1910. Residence — Mulbarton Hall, Norwich. WINSLOE. K.C.B. (mil.). Creat. 1909 ; C.V.O. 1901 ; C..M.G. 1901. — Adm. Sir Alfred Leigh WiNSLOE, s. of Richard Winsloe, of Liverpool, and Maria, dau. of Capt. Jack, R.N., of East- brook, Taunton. B. at Taunton 25 April, 1852 ; ent. R.N. 1865, lieut. 1874, commdr. 1885, capt. 1892, rear-adm. 1904, vice-adm. 1908, adm. 1912 ; served in Egyptian war 1882 with naval brigade, and present at Tel-el -Kebir (Egyptian medal, clasp, bronze star) ; with exped. against Sultan of Vitu 1890 (despatches, medal, clasp) ; in China and Japan 1897-8, at the taking of Wei- hai-Wei ; in Sierra Leone 1898 ; in S. Africa 1899-1900; commd. " Ophir " and escorting squadron visit of the King and Queen when Prince and Princess of Wales to the Colonies 1901 : A.D.C. to King Edward VII 1903-4 ; in command cruiser squadron 1902, torpedo and