Fitzgerald Wintour | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1860 Hawerby, Lincolnshire, England[1] |
| Died | 18 June 1949 (aged 88) Poole, Dorset, England |
| Spouse | Alice Jane Blanche Foster |
| Children | Charles Wintour Cordelia James, Baroness James of Rusholme |
| Parent(s) | Fitzgerald Wintour Isabel Milnes Gaskell |
| Relatives | Dame Anna Wintour (granddaughter) Patrick Wintour (grandson) |
| Occupation | Military officer |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire Order of the Bath |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1880-1918 |
| Rank | Major-general |
| Commands | Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Royal Norfolk Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Tochi Expedition Mahdist War Anglo-Egyptian War Second Boer War Western Front |
Major-General Fitzgerald Wintour CB CBE (30 December 1860 – 18 June 1949) was a British military officer who served in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and the Royal Norfolk Regiment. Wintour was commissioned in the British Army in 1880 and fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Mahdist War, the Tochi Expedition, the Second Boer War, and in World War I. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his military service. Wintour was the father of newspaper editor Charles Wintour and of Cordelia James, Baroness James of Rusholme. He was the grandfather of Dame Anna Wintour and Patrick Wintour.