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[[Charles George Gordon]] was a first cousin of Hake's father, his paternal grandmother Augusta Maria Hake (née Gordon) being Gordon's aunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/pageturner.cfmid=95000706&mode=transcription|title=digital.nls.uk, ''Bibliography of the Gordons'' (150) Page 130 Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland|accessdate=14 July 2016}}</ref> In 1884 Hake published ''The Story of Chinese Gordon''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alfred Egmont Hake|author2=Hugh Craig|title=The Story of Chinese Gordon|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5Lk4AQAAMAAJ|year=1884|publisher=R. Worthington}}</ref> It concentrated on Gordon's role opposing the [[Taiping Rebellion]]. It became topical with the [[Siege of Khartoum]] launched that year by [[Mahdist]] forces. A companion volume ''Gordon in China and Soudan'' was published in 1885, and sold well.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth E. Hendrickson|title=Making Saints: Religion and the Public Image of the British Army, 1809-1885|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ScIRAzQHPAEC&pg=PA176|date=January 1998|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3729-6|page=176 note 34}}</ref>
[[Charles George Gordon]] was a first cousin of Hake's father, his paternal grandmother Augusta Maria Hake (née Gordon) being Gordon's aunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/pageturner.cfmid=95000706&mode=transcription|title=digital.nls.uk, ''Bibliography of the Gordons'' (150) Page 130 Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland|accessdate=14 July 2016}}</ref> In 1884 Hake published ''The Story of Chinese Gordon''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alfred Egmont Hake|author2=Hugh Craig|title=The Story of Chinese Gordon|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5Lk4AQAAMAAJ|year=1884|publisher=R. Worthington}}</ref> It concentrated on Gordon's role opposing the [[Taiping Rebellion]]. It became topical with the [[Siege of Khartoum]] launched that year by [[Mahdist]] forces. A companion volume ''Gordon in China and Soudan'' was published in 1885, and sold well.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth E. Hendrickson|title=Making Saints: Religion and the Public Image of the British Army, 1809-1885|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ScIRAzQHPAEC&pg=PA176|date=January 1998|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3729-6|page=176 note 34}}</ref>


While Gordon remained in the besieged city of Khartoum, journals were taken out through the lines; J. D. Hamill-Stewart, who left in September 1884, had been keeping a journal, a task taken over by Gordon himself from 10 September. What he wrote to 14 December was brought out, and sent to London. [[Sir Henry William Gordon]], Gordon's brother was entitled to the papers, after Gordon's death on 26 January 1885; and decided that Hake should edit them. On the other hand, the [[War office]] wanted them suppressed.<ref>Nicolls, pp. 32–3</ref> Gordon himself had thought some very personal comments should not be published; while the content included extended attacks on the current Liberal administration of [[W. E. Gladstone]].
While Gordon remained in the besieged city of Khartoum, journals were taken out through the lines; J. Donald Hamill-Stewart, who left in September 1884, had been keeping a journal, a task taken over by Gordon himself from 10 September. What he wrote to 14 December was brought out, and sent to London.<ref>Nicolls, pp. 25–6</ref> [[Sir Henry William Gordon]], Gordon's brother, was entitled to the papers, after Gordon's death on 26 January 1885; and decided that Hake should edit them. On the other hand, the [[War office]] wanted them suppressed. Gordon himself had thought some very personal comments should not be published; while the content included extended attacks on the current Liberal administration of [[W. E. Gladstone]]. Sir Henry was apparently unaware of Hake's political sympathies (he was a strong Conservative supporter).<ref>Nicolls, p. 26 and pp. 32–3</ref>


In the end a popular, two-volume edition of Gordon's journal appeared, with Hake as editor, on 25 June 1885.<ref>Nicolls, pp. 32–3</ref> Sir Henry Gordon required, contractually, that heavy redaction of the text removed a large number of personal references. Heavy criticism of [[Evelyn Baring]] remained.<ref>Nicolls, pp. 32–4</ref> Hake took advice from [[Wilfrid Meynell]], and consulted [[Wilfred Scawen Blunt]] the Arabist on background.<ref>Nicolls, p. 36 and p. 41</ref>
In the end a popular, two-volume edition of Gordon's journal appeared, with Hake as editor, on 25 June 1885. He added an introduction strongly critical of the government's inactivity in supporting Gordon.<ref>Nicolls, pp. 32–3</ref> Sir Henry Gordon required, contractually, that heavy redaction of the text removed a large number of personal references. Heavy criticism of [[Evelyn Baring]] remained.<ref>Nicolls, pp. 32–4</ref> Hake took advice from [[Wilfrid Meynell]], and consulted [[Wilfred Scawen Blunt]] the Arabist on background.<ref>Nicolls, p. 36 and p. 41</ref>


A Conservative supporter, Hake lectured on [[Charles George Gordon]] and the failure of the Liberal government to rescue him in [[Khartoum]], before the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Berny Sèbe|title=Heroic imperialists in Africa: The promotion of British and French colonial heroes, 1870-1939|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Fe6SDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA160|date=1 November 2015|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-0350-5|page=160}}</ref>
Hake then lectured on Gordon and the failure of the Liberal government to rescue him in [[Khartoum]], before the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Berny Sèbe|title=Heroic imperialists in Africa: The promotion of British and French colonial heroes, 1870-1939|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Fe6SDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA160|date=1 November 2015|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-0350-5|page=160}}</ref> He undertook a tour in England and Scotland, from the late summer to November: the election campaign started on 24 November.<ref>Nicolls, p. 42</ref>


==Later life==
==Later life==

Revision as of 15:11, 14 July 2016

Alfred Egmont Hake (1849–1916) was an English author and social thinker.

Early life

He was a son of Thomas Gordon Hake.[1]

The General Gordon story

Charles George Gordon was a first cousin of Hake's father, his paternal grandmother Augusta Maria Hake (née Gordon) being Gordon's aunt.[2] In 1884 Hake published The Story of Chinese Gordon.[3] It concentrated on Gordon's role opposing the Taiping Rebellion. It became topical with the Siege of Khartoum launched that year by Mahdist forces. A companion volume Gordon in China and Soudan was published in 1885, and sold well.[4]

While Gordon remained in the besieged city of Khartoum, journals were taken out through the lines; J. Donald Hamill-Stewart, who left in September 1884, had been keeping a journal, a task taken over by Gordon himself from 10 September. What he wrote to 14 December was brought out, and sent to London.[5] Sir Henry William Gordon, Gordon's brother, was entitled to the papers, after Gordon's death on 26 January 1885; and decided that Hake should edit them. On the other hand, the War office wanted them suppressed. Gordon himself had thought some very personal comments should not be published; while the content included extended attacks on the current Liberal administration of W. E. Gladstone. Sir Henry was apparently unaware of Hake's political sympathies (he was a strong Conservative supporter).[6]

In the end a popular, two-volume edition of Gordon's journal appeared, with Hake as editor, on 25 June 1885. He added an introduction strongly critical of the government's inactivity in supporting Gordon.[7] Sir Henry Gordon required, contractually, that heavy redaction of the text removed a large number of personal references. Heavy criticism of Evelyn Baring remained.[8] Hake took advice from Wilfrid Meynell, and consulted Wilfred Scawen Blunt the Arabist on background.[9]

Hake then lectured on Gordon and the failure of the Liberal government to rescue him in Khartoum, before the United Kingdom general election, 1885.[10] He undertook a tour in England and Scotland, from the late summer to November: the election campaign started on 24 November.[11]

Later life

Hake edited The State, a Conservative weekly.

Works

Hake collaborated with David Christie Murray on novels.[12] He also wrote a biography of Charles George Gordon.

  • Paris Originals: With Twenty Etchings (1878)[13]
  • The Unemployed Problem solved (1884), pamphlet
  • Remington's Annual (1889), editor[14]
  • Events in the Taeping Rebellion (1891)
  • Regeneration: A Reply to Max Nordau (1896).[15] Hake linked Max Nordau's ideas in Degeneration with the possibility of imperial decline.[16] Members of Nordau's family called the book anti-Semitic.[17] It has also been called a "hatchet job".[18]
  • Suffering London - Or, the Hygiene, Moral, Social, and Political Relations of Our Voluntary Hospitals to Society
  • Gordon in China and the Soudan
  • The Journals of Major-gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum (2 vols.), editor
  • The Coming Individualism, with O. E. Wesslau

He contributed to the Open Review of Arthur Kitson.[19]

Family

In 1879 Hake married Philippa Mary Handley, daughter of Alexander Charles Handley[20].

Notes

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Hake, Thomas Gordon" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ "digital.nls.uk, Bibliography of the Gordons (150) Page 130 Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland". Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ^ Alfred Egmont Hake; Hugh Craig (1884). The Story of Chinese Gordon. R. Worthington.
  4. ^ Kenneth E. Hendrickson (January 1998). Making Saints: Religion and the Public Image of the British Army, 1809-1885. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 176 note 34. ISBN 978-0-8386-3729-6.
  5. ^ Nicolls, pp. 25–6
  6. ^ Nicolls, p. 26 and pp. 32–3
  7. ^ Nicolls, pp. 32–3
  8. ^ Nicolls, pp. 32–4
  9. ^ Nicolls, p. 36 and p. 41
  10. ^ Berny Sèbe (1 November 2015). Heroic imperialists in Africa: The promotion of British and French colonial heroes, 1870-1939. Manchester University Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-5261-0350-5.
  11. ^ Nicolls, p. 42
  12. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Murray, David Christie" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  13. ^ Alfred Egmont Hake (1878). Paris Originals: With Twenty Etchings. C. Kegan Paul & Company.
  14. ^ "(none)". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. 12 October 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ Alfred Egmont Hake (1896). Regeneration: A Reply to Max Nordau. G. P. Putnam's sons.
  16. ^ Andrew Smith (4 September 2004). Victorian Demons: Medicine, Masculinity, and the Gothic at the Fin-de-siècle. Manchester University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7190-6357-2.
  17. ^ Christian Weikop (1 January 2011). New Perspectives on Brücke Expressionism: Bridging History. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 208 note 28. ISBN 978-1-4094-1203-8.
  18. ^ S. Karschay (6 January 2015). Degeneration, Normativity and the Gothic at the Fin de Siècle. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 169 note 196. ISBN 978-1-137-45033-3.
  19. ^ Tyler Cowen and Randall Kroszner, The Development of the New Monetary Economics, Journal of Political Economy Vol. 95, No. 3 (Jun., 1987), pp. 567–590, at p. 581 note 35. Published by: The University of Chicago Press. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1831978
  20. ^ Camporesi, Cristiano. "Hake, Alfred Egmont". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75599. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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