Lee Stack
Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack (born May 15, 1868 in Darjeeling , British India , † November 20, 1924 in Cairo ) was a British major general , governor general of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Sirdar (commander in chief) of the Egyptian army .
Life
Lee Stack was born in Darjeeling, the son of the British Police Inspector General for Bengal . He was trained at Clifton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst .
Lee Stack joined the British Army in 1888 in the Border Regiment . From 1902 he served in Sudan and was promoted to major in 1909 . By Reginald Wingate , the then Governor General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, he was entrusted with some civil administrative posts in Sudan. After Wingate had become British High Commissioner for Egypt , he took over the post of Governor General in 1916. Since the suppression of the Mahdi uprising , the function of governor general was linked to that of sirdar in the Egyptian army. In 1918 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire , in 1923 he was elevated to the Knight Grand Cross of the same order. On November 19, 1924, he was fatally wounded by Egyptian nationalists in Cairo and died the next day. His assassination was the climax of the Sudan crisis and resulted in the resignation of Egyptian Prime Minister Saad Zaghlul Pasha on November 24, 1924.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knights and Dames: SEL – SU at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Reginald Wingate |
Sirdar of the Egyptian Army 1916–1924 |
Charlton Watson Spinks |
| Reginald Wingate |
Governor General of Sudan 1916–1924 |
Wasey Sterry (executive) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stack, Lee |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stack, Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British general and governor general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darjeeling |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1924 |
| Place of death | Cairo , Egypt |