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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 151

Documents
Egypt
British Agency, Cairo
1907 (4 April) autograph letter to the Khedive from Lord Cromer on British Agency letterhead, written in French and signed "Cromer". With the original, stampless envelope with Cromer's initial in the corner. Photo

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917), was a British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator. He was British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the khedives' mismanagement, and during the British occupation prompted by the Urabi revolt, agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907. Cromer ran the territory with great drive and his effective governance inhibited British intentions to withdraw from Egypt.

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