41 Facts About Frank Lupton

Frank Thomas Miller Lupton, or Lupton Bey, was a British sailor who served as an administrator in the Egyptian Sudan.

Frank Lupton was governor of Bahr el Ghazal province in 1881 at the start of the Mahdist War.

Frank Lupton was freed but struggled to make a living, his health deteriorated and he died in poverty.

Frank Lupton had married a local woman who survived him, as did their two daughters.

Frank Miller Lupton was born in Little Ilford, Essex, England on May 5th 1854, son of a local merchant.

Frank Lupton met Governor General Gordon, who gave him command of a flotilla of river steamers that Gordon was sending to relieve the governor of the Equatorial province, Emin Pasha, in Lado.

Frank Lupton became Emin's deputy, in charge of the Latuka district based at Tarangole.

In July 1881 Frank Lupton went to Khartoum to meet Rauf Pasha and receive his instructions.

Frank Lupton sent word to Emin about the activity of the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad on Aba Island, which Emin received in Lado on 19 December 1881.

Frank Lupton returned from Khartoum and made his base in Bahr el Ghazal at Deim Suliman, now Deim Zubeir.

Frank Lupton brought with him a beautiful young woman from Shendi named Zenuba.

Frank Lupton gave birth to a daughter in 1882 whom Lupton named Fanna.

When he arrived in Deim Suliman, Frank Lupton received orders to send almost all his regular forces to Khartoum.

Frank Lupton took 600 men to the scene but Jango had retreated.

Frank Lupton went back to Deim Suliman, then to Mashra-er-Req where he defeated some rebels of the Janghe tribe.

Frank Lupton took 2,000 men to Tel Gauna where he defeated Sheikh Jango.

On 27 January 1883 Frank Lupton was at Dembo when his military commander Major Mahmoud Effendi Abdallah returned from a campaign against the Shat tribe in very poor health.

On 11 February 1883 Frank Lupton wrote to Emin telling him that more of his men had deserted.

On 2 April 1883 Frank Lupton wrote to Dr Wilhelm Junker telling him that his force of 2,000 men was expecting to be attacked any day.

Frank Lupton sent 400 men south to Rol to join forces sent north by Emin, and the ensuing campaign captured a large amount of cattle.

Frank Lupton hastened to meet them, and defeated the rebels in two encounters.

Frank Lupton had lost his best troops, was short of ammunition and could trust nobody.

Frank Lupton sent Satti Effendi back to Khartoum on the Ismailia to ask for more help, but Satti later went over to the Mahdists.

Frank Lupton returned to Deim Suliman, and repulsed an attack by the tribes.

In January 1884 Frank Lupton wrote to Emin telling him that Hicks had been wiped out in the Battle of Shaykan and Slatin had surrendered Darfur.

The Mahdist Emir Karamallah was approaching Deim Suliman, and wrote to Frank Lupton demanding his surrender.

Frank Lupton had 1,200 regular troops with four guns and four rocket troops.

Frank Lupton had to formally transfer the province to Karamallah.

On 21 April 1884, having fought for eighteen months against the Islamist insurgents, Frank Lupton was compelled to surrender to Kurkusawi in Deim Zubeir.

Frank Lupton surrendered Bahr el Ghazal to Emir Karamallah on 28 April 1884.

Frank Lupton's headquarters was looted, with all records burned, and his soldiers were enslaved.

Frank Lupton was invited to become a Moslem, but said he was a Moslem already.

Frank Lupton set off with his wife and daughter, Major Abdallah and a small party to walk to Shakka, where the Emir Abdel-el-Gader showed them the battlefield where the force under Hicks had been wiped out.

In October 1884 Frank Lupton was arrested and sent to Omdurman, and reached the Mahdi's camp on 17 October 1884, where he met Slatin Bey for the first time.

Frank Lupton was presented to the Mahdi, then moved to Omdurman.

Frank Lupton was more or less free, but was desperate and struggled to obtain food or money for his family.

Frank Lupton found work repairing steamers in the dockyard which gave him just enough to live on, and found a job making ammunition.

Frank Lupton received some money from his family, although most of it had been stolen.

Frank Lupton suffered from a form of meningitis, and died from Tuberculosis in delirium on 8 May 1888.

Frank Lupton corrected the 1877 map by August Heinrich Petermann and another by Georg August Schweinfurth, and commented on maps by Wilhelm Junker and Juan Maria Schuver.

Frank Lupton discussed trade in rubber, ivory and slaves, mining, exploitation of cotton, gum, tamarind and timber, and tribal warfare.