Charles George Gordon

@Administrator, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ General Charles Gordon was a British soldier and administrator, who rose to prominence for defending Khartoum from the Mahdists Execution British Leaders Military Leaders Aquarius Celebrities Charles George Gordon, better known as Gordon Pasha or Gordon of Khartoum, was an English army officer and administrator, best remembered for his expeditions in China and northern Africa. As a general of the British army, he served in the Crimean War and participated in the expedition to Kinburn, for which he was honored with the Crimean war medal and clasp from the British government and was made the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government. However, his major recognition came after his appointment as the commander of the 3,500 Chinese soldiers, known as the ‘Ever Victorious Army’, following which he succeeded in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion and seizing its principal military base, Changzhou Fu. This heroic service earned him accolades from both the British and the Chinese government, apart from the nickname ‘Chinese Gordon’. He entered the Egyptian army under Khedive Ismail Pasha and served in Khartoum and Gondokoro, building stations along River Nile and making attempts to end slave trade. Eventually, his appointment as the Governor-General of Sudan took him to Khartoum to free British and Egyptian forces, due to the uprising of Sudanese rebels led by Muhammad Ahmad, who proclaimed himself Mahdi, against the Anglo-Egyptian rule, where he was captured and executed

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Birthday: January 28, 1833 Died on: January 26, 1885 Nationality: British Famous: Administrator, Soldiers, Leaders, Military Leaders Siblings: Augusta Gordon Known as: Charles Gordon Universities: Royal Military Academy Woolwich Information Detail Birthday January 28, 1833 Died on January 26, 1885 Nationality British Famous Administrator, Soldiers, Leaders, Military Leaders Siblings Augusta Gordon Known as Charles Gordon Universities Royal Military Academy Woolwich Cause of death Execution Birth Place London Gender Male Father E Mother Elizabeth Enderby Sun Sign Aquarius Born in London Famous as British soldier and Administrator Died at Age 51

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He was captured and beheaded by the Mahdist forces on January 26, 1885 near the governor’s palace, apparently against the orders of Mahdi, two days before the British rescue forces reached Khartoum. Unsplash Personal Life

England was informed of his death in February 1885, following which March 13 was declared a national day of mourning, with a memorial service conducted at St. Paul’s Cathedral the next day. Unsplash Personal Life

His statue was erected in Trafalgar Square, London, in 1888 by Hamo Thornycroft, with a similar one raised in Melbourne’s Gordon Reserve park near Parliament House in 1889. Unsplash Personal Life

Charles George Gordon was born on January 28, 1833 in Woolwich Arsenal, London, to Major-General Henry William Gordon and Elizabeth Gordon. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He attended Fullands School and Taunton School in Taunton before moving to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He graduated in 1852 and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant. In 1854, he was promoted to full lieutenant. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Upon completing his military training at Chatham, he was dispersed off on his first project to oversee the construction of fortifications at Milford Haven, Wales. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At the outbreak of the Crimean War, he was deployed at Balaklava in the Russian Empire in 1855, where he served in the Siege of Sevastopol and participated in the expedition to Kinburn, thereafter returning to Sevastopol. Unsplash Career

In 1856, he joined an international commission to Bessarabia for drawing the frontiers between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Unsplash Career

Upon his return to Britain in 1858, he moved to Chatham to resume duties as an instructor, following which he was promoted as a captain in 1859. Unsplash Career

He joined the British forces in 1860 in the second Opium War against China and witnessed the capture of Beijing and demolition of the Summer Palace. Unsplash Career

On returning to England in 1865, he resumed his duties as a commander of the Royal Engineers at Gravesend, Kent, to oversee the Thames fort erections for the next five years. Unsplash Career

In 1863, he was assigned as the commander of the 3,500 Chinese force, known as the ‘Ever Victorious Army’, at Songjiang to suppress the Taiping Rebellion. It took him 18 months to seize its chief military base there, Changzhou Fu. Unsplash Major Works

He worked vigorously to instill peace with the Abyssinians and suppress slave traders in Darfur; however, he was imprisoned and transferred to Massawa. He resigned in 1879-end due to ill-health after Khedive was deposed. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 28, 1833
Died on	January 26, 1885
Nationality	British
Famous	Administrator, Soldiers, Leaders, Military Leaders
Siblings	Augusta Gordon
Known as	Charles Gordon
Universities	Royal Military Academy Woolwich
Cause of death	Execution
Birth Place	London
Gender	Male
Father	E
Mother	Elizabeth Enderby
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	London
Famous as	British soldier and Administrator
Died at Age	51

Charles George Gordon

British

Jan 28, 1833

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