Diplomat and Author. As a child he was a page of honour to Queen Victoria, before studying classics and modern history at Baliol College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office in 1880, and in 1883 was sent to Madrid on his first overseas appointment. He was later posted to Russia, Central Asia, Constantinople, Bucharest, India and Cairo. In 1894 he was appointed consul general to Zanzibar, and in 1895 was made Commissioner for the East Africa Protectorate. While in the post he oversaw the construction of a strategically important railroad to Uganda and the defeat of an Arab rebellion. He served in this position until 1900, when he was made Minister to Persia. In later life concern for the welfare of his family led him to accept positions as minister to a number of European countries, including Belgium and Portugal. He retired in 1920 and became the author of several books, including "Life of Lord Carnarvon" (1925) and two volumes of autobiography, "A Diplomatist in Europe" (1927) and "A Diplomatist in the East" (1928). He died at home in Mortlake, Surrey, and was buried in the churchyard at Fordcombe, Kent.
Diplomat and Author. As a child he was a page of honour to Queen Victoria, before studying classics and modern history at Baliol College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office in 1880, and in 1883 was sent to Madrid on his first overseas appointment. He was later posted to Russia, Central Asia, Constantinople, Bucharest, India and Cairo. In 1894 he was appointed consul general to Zanzibar, and in 1895 was made Commissioner for the East Africa Protectorate. While in the post he oversaw the construction of a strategically important railroad to Uganda and the defeat of an Arab rebellion. He served in this position until 1900, when he was made Minister to Persia. In later life concern for the welfare of his family led him to accept positions as minister to a number of European countries, including Belgium and Portugal. He retired in 1920 and became the author of several books, including "Life of Lord Carnarvon" (1925) and two volumes of autobiography, "A Diplomatist in Europe" (1927) and "A Diplomatist in the East" (1928). He died at home in Mortlake, Surrey, and was buried in the churchyard at Fordcombe, Kent.
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