[4] In 1895 he was promoted to major-general[4] and appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada.

[5] In 1898 he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong.

[6] Gascoigne was also the last Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong (serving from 1898 to 1902), but the role was ceremonial and in lapsed use since the 1870s.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1899, and knighted as a Knight Commander (KCMG) of the same order in November 1900 in recognition of services during the Boxer Rebellion in China.

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