Later, he accepted the governorship of Equatoria from (*) Ismail Pasha.
This man once grabbed a dictionary and pointed to the word "idiocy" when his translator refused to communicate an angry rant to a Russian ambassador, and ran through the streets with a pistol trying to find an official who ordered prisoners executed. He oversaw the burning of the Summer Palace during the Arrow War and later spent six years commanding the installation of forts at Gravesend. Later, he accepted the governorship of Equatoria from (*) Ismail Pasha. For 10 points, name this leader of the Ever-Victorious Army who met his end in an 1885 Mahdis siege of Khartoum, and who was nicknamed for his time suppressing the Taiping Rebellion.
This man once grabbed a dictionary and pointed to the word "idiocy" when his translator refused to communicate an angry rant to a Russian ambassador, and ran through the streets with a pistol trying to find an official who ordered prisoners executed.
Charles George “Chinese” {Gordon}