Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero - Hardcoverby Halik Kochanski (Author) "Before leaving England he placed his finger on a map of Egypt at the point now known to fame as Tel El Kebir, and said 'That is where I shall beat Arabi'". No Victorian was a greater hero for a longer period than Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833 1913). The leading British general of the second half of the nineteenth century, he personally took part in a significantly influenced every campaign between the Crimea and the Boer War.