Lee Stack
Geoffrey Francis Archer | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 15 May 1868 Cairo, Egypt |
Military service | |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1888–1924 |
Rank | Major-General |
Early life
Born in Darjeeling, India, Lee Stack was the son of the British Inspector-General of Police for Bengal. He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1][3]
Career
After service with the British Army, Major Lee Stack was seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1899. In addition to regimental appointments he served as Military Secretary to General Sir Reginald Wingate. He received the Order of Osmanieh, third class, from the Khedive of Egypt in 1902.[4] Stack left the army in 1910 but took up the position of Civil Secretary of the Sudan in 1913, based in Khartoum. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he was granted the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel,[5] and in 1917 that of major-general[6] when he became Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, combining this appointment with that of Governor General of the Sudan.[7]
Assassination
On 19 November 1924 Sir Lee Stack, accompanied by an
Aftermath
The British High Commissioner Lord Allenby responded with anger, presenting a list of demands to the Egyptian government which included a public apology, an inquiry, suppression of demonstrations and payment of a fine. Furthermore, he demanded withdrawal of all Egyptian officers and Egyptian army units from the Sudan, an increase to the scope of an irrigation scheme in Gezira and laws to protect foreign investors in Egypt.[9]
Seven men convicted of involvement in the assassination were executed by hanging in 1925. Several were identified by a taxi driver whose vehicle they had commandeered to escape from the scene. The pistols used were identified through a pioneering instance of bullet examination by forensic scientist Sydney Smith.[10]
References
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- ISBN 0-521-55157-9.
- ^ "No. 25785". The London Gazette. 10 February 1888. p. 895.
- ^ "No. 27476". The London Gazette. 23 September 1902. p. 6075.
- ^ "No. 28977". The London Gazette. 17 November 1914. p. 9408.
- ^ "No. 29887". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1917. p. 59.
- ^ "Sudan". World Statesmen. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "The Assassination of Sir Lee Stack". Townsville Daily Bulletin (QLD. : 1907 - 1954). The Townsville Daily Bulletin. 24 November 2014. p. 4. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "EGYPT: Shots and Repercussions". Time Magazine. 1 December 1924. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Going Ballistic: The Forgotten Origins of Forensic Weapon Identification, 1919-1924" (PDF). Berkeley Law University of California. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ISBN 90-04-13854-4.