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Sir Reginald Ramsay Gipps, (14 May 1831 – 10 September 1908) was a senior

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officer who served as Military Secretary from 1892 until his retirement in 1896.

Military career

Born the only son of Major Sir George Gipps and educated at

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, Gipps was commissioned into the

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in 1849.General Sir Reginald Ramsay Gipps, GCB
Who was Who, 1897–1916 He fought in the

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at the

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, where he was wounded by a

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in the hand, and the Battle of Inkerman, where he was wounded in the neck. He also took part in the Siege of Sevastopol.Obituary: General Sir Reginald Gipps
The Times, 12 September 1908 He was made

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of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards in 1874, and of his regiment in 1878. He was given command of a brigade in Ireland in 1881. He went on to be Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District in 1884 and, promoted to lieutenant general in December 1889, deputy adjutant-general for Auxiliary Forces in 1891 and Military Secretary in 1892. He was also

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of the Durham Light Infantry in December 1897. He lived at Sycamore Lodge in Farnborough.

Family

In 1886, he married Evelyn Charlotte Feilden with whom he had two sons and one daughter.

References

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