Lord Cromer : Victorian imperialist, Edwardian proconsul /

Lord Cromer : Victorian imperialist, Edwardian proconsul /

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Main Author: Owen, Roger, 1935- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Cromer, Evelyn Baring, > Earl of, > 1841-1917.
British > Egypt > History.
Colonial administrators > Egypt > Biography.
Egypt > History > British occupation, 1882-1936 > Biography.

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Call Number: DT107.2 .C7 O94 2004

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Training of an Officer and a Gentleman
  • 1. A Norfolk Childhood 1841-1852
  • 2. A Military Education 1852-1859
  • 3. Garrison Life in Corfu 1858-1864
  • 4. Helping to Govern Malta but with Many Excursions 1864-1867
  • 5. Staff Officer and Military Reformer 1867-1872
  • Part II. An Apprenticeship in Imperial Government and International Finance: India and Egypt 1872-1883
  • 6. The Vice-Viceroy: India 1872-1876
  • 7. Marriage, the End of a Military Career, and off to the East Again 1876-1879
  • 8. Controlling Egypt's Finances 1879-1880
  • 9. Lord Ripon's Right-Hand Man in India 1880-1883
  • Part III. Governing Egypt 1883-1907
  • 10. Digging In: September 1883 to Summer 1885
  • 11. Surviving the Drummond Wolff Mission and the 'Race against Bankruptcy'
  • 12. Asserting British Control 1887-1891
  • 13. Cracking the Whip 1892-1895
  • 14. Sudan Again and the Tragedy of Ethel's Death 1895-1899
  • 15. Years of Economic Success 1900-1904
  • 16. Things Fall Apart 1904-1907
  • 17. Return to England 1907-1908
  • Part IV. Re-immersion in British Political Life 1908-1917
  • 18. An Active Retirement 1908-1914
  • 19. The World War, the Dardanelles Commission and Death 1914-1917
  • 20. Conclusion: A Life in Government.