Reginald Gipps

Born the only son of Major Sir George Gipps and educated at Eton College, Gipps was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1849.^[1] He fought in the Crimean War at the Battle of Alma, where he was wounded by a bayonet in the hand, and the Battle of Inkerman, where he was wounded in the neck.^[1] He also took part in the Siege of Sevastopol.^[2] He was made commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards in 1874,^[2] and of his regiment in 1878.^[1] He was given command of a brigade in Ireland in 1881.^[2] 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,^[3] deputy adjutant-general for Auxiliary Forces in 1891 and Military Secretary in 1892.^[1]

He was also colonel of the Durham Light Infantry in December 1897.^[2][4]

He lived at Sycamore Lodge in Farnborough.^[1] He is buried in the Victoria Road Cemetery in Farnborough, Hampshire.^[5]

In 1886, he married Evelyn Charlotte Feilden with whom he had two sons and one daughter.^[1]