John Oliver Udal (1926–2022) was an officer in the Irish Guards who served in Mandatory Palestine. He was then a district commissioner in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. He was responsible for the Shilluk Kingdom and was privileged to witness the coronation ceremony for Reth Kur Wad Fafiti in Fashoda in 1952. He was the grandson of John Symonds Udal. He was educated at Winchester College and

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at th ...

. He was a councillor for Kensington South on the London County Council from 1961 to 1965. He started a career as a shipbroker in 1966. He was then an alderman on the

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from 1967 to 1973. He died on 12 September 2022, aged 96.

Works

* ''The Nile in Darkness: Conquest and Exploration 1504-1862'' (1998) * ''The Nile in Darkness, a Flawed Unity, 1863-1899'' (2005) * ''Munich on the Nile – The Road to Sudanese Independence'' (2016)

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1926 births 2022 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Irish Guards officers People educated at Winchester College Sudan Political Service officers Members of London County Council Members of the Greater London Council 20th-century British Army personnel {{soldier-stub