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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [119r] (237/300)
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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Extract from letter from LORD DALMENY to LORD CREATE
02nd June, 1919
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
CAIRO.
Cm
' f Lord Milner’s Commission will have a great deal to do
when it comes out. I am Chairman of a small Committee collecting
material that may be useful to it when it comes. TV e are collecting
as much as we can, but it is not easy to get very much, as it is
useless applying to Egyptians for their views at this juncture, although
I think they will give them to the Commission.
Personally I have a great belief in the future of this country
under British rule, but it must be a very different rule to the past.
Lord Cromer himself called the Constitution he had built up "a crazy
edifice”. It was all right while Lord kroner ^as there, but it is
not by any means what engineers call ”fool-proof". There will be
several changes here before the Commission comes out. Haines, Advi
sor to the Ministry of the Interior, and Dunlop (Education) are both
going. Both have long outstayed their welcome. Haines is being
replaced by Brig. Gen. Sir G.F.Clayton, who has been chief Political
Officer with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force for the last two years.
And he certainly has the biggest brain of anyone out here, with the
possible exception of Sir W. Brunyate. He is also persona grata
with the Egyptians, and I have great faith in his ability to pull the
Ministry of the Interior round. I have just mentioned Sir W. Brun
yate. He is at present on leave, and I sincerely trust that Lord
Curzon will carefully consider whether he would not be more useful
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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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- 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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