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"GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY WOLSELEY, Visct. (1833-1913), British field-marshal ( see 28.777). The closing years of Lord Wolseley's life were spent in virtual retirement. His health gradually failed, and on March 25 1913 he died at Mentone, the title going by special remainder to his only daughter, Frances. His eminent service to the State had not been forgotten, for he was accorded an imposing public funeral and was buried at St. Paul's; an equestrian statue of him on the Horse Guards Parade was unveiled in 1920. It had not been Lord Wolseley's good fortune to hold responsible positions in the conduct of warfare on a great scale, but he was undoubtedly a brilliant commander in the field. His campaign in Ashanti and his overthrow of Arabi Pasha were model operations of their kind, while the failure to save Gordon and Khartum in 1885 was attributable to delays in starting the expedition, for which he was not responsible. His labours in modernizing the organization and developing the efficiency of the British army - often in face of strong opposition - were of incalculable value to the country. He proved himself at the War Office to be an energetic, far-seeing and able administrator. His insistence upon officers fitting themselves for the duties that they would have to perform in war, and upon their taking their profession seriously, was to bear rich fruit in days when he had retired into the background. An excellent judge of men and of character, he was extraordinarily successful in his choice of subordinates. Cultured, possessing varied interests, well read and of wide experience in many lands, he was in private life a man of unusual charm.