Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
Mss Eur F112/259
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The record is made up of 1 file (150 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1918-13 Mar 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The file contains official and private correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colonial Office, Board of Trade, Board of Education, as well as those within the Egyptian civil service.
The papers discuss the situation in Egypt following unrest by nationalists in 1919, including how to respond to the crisis, accounts of events on the ground, and plans to form a special mission to investigate the causes and propose solutions. Several pages of Curzon's manuscript notes are contained in the file.
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- 1 file (150 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 150, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- Mss Eur F112/259
- Date(s)
- 12 Dec 1918-13 Mar 1920 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Egyptian Revolution (1919)
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- Board of EducationColonial OfficeBoard of TradeAir MinistryWar OfficeForeign OfficeAdmiralty
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- Mss Eur F112/259
- Title
- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 15r:21v, 25r:27v, 34r:34v, 94r:95v, 96r:96v, 98r:108v, 111r:114v
- Author
- Wingate, Sir Francis Reginald, 1st Baronet
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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 22r:23v, 82r:83v, 109r:110v
- Author
- Graham, Sir William Ronald
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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 24r:24v
- Author
- Alexander, Sir James Ulick Francis Canning
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 35r:53v, 55r:58v, 70r:73v, 76r:77v, 93r:93v
- Author
- Milner, Alfred
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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 59r:61v, 74r:75v, 83v, 115r:118v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 62r:66v
- Author
- Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
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- 78r:78v, 80r:81v, 87r:92v, 123r:125v
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- Unknown
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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 86r:86v
- Author
- William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman
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- ©With permission of Viscount Bridgeman and his Executors
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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 96r:97v
- Author
- Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 121r:122v
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- Crewe-Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton, Marquess of Crewe
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- Mss Eur F112/259
- Title
- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 1r:14v, 28r:33v, 54r:54v, 67r:69v, 79v, 84r:85v, 119r:120v, 126r:150v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence