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ALLENBY, FM Edmund (1861-1936)
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Allenby family letters, 1919-1933

Miscellaneous personal correspondence, principally comprising letters, 1924-1925, from Allenby to his sister Helen Henriette ('Nell') Porter; letters, [1920], from Allenby's brother (Frederick) Claude Hynman Allenby to his mother Catherine Anne Allenby; letter, 4 Jul 1922, from Cecil M Firth to Allenby's wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, concerning bronze statues at the Cairo Residency; letter, 14 Nov 1923, from Ernest Scott to Allenby's wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, thanking her and Allenby for their kindness to him during his stay in Egypt; letter, 3 Nov 1928, to Allenby from Mabrouk Fahmi, criticising comment made by Maj [Edward William Polson] Newman on Allenby's career in Egypt. 11 letters

ALLENBY, FM Edmund (1861-1936)

ALLENBY, FM Edmund (1861-1936)

  • ALLENBY
  • Collection
  • 1881-1950

Papers relating to his life and career, 1881-1936, including letters to his family, 1890-1922, notably covering his service in UK, 1890-1896, and South Africa, 1899-1902, including operations around Colesberg, Dec 1899-Jan 1900, relief of Kimberley, Feb 1900, Battle of Diamond Hill, Jun 1900, and operations in Transvaal and Orange Free State, 1900-1902, on Western Front, 1914-1917, including the first battle of Ypres, Oct-Nov 1914, Battle of Arras, Apr 1917, and in Palestine and Egypt, 1917-1922, including third Battle of Gaza, Oct-Nov 1917, capture of Jerusalem, Dec 1917, Battle of Megiddo, Sep 1918, and fall of Damascus, Oct 1918; correspondence relating to Allenby's role as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1919-1925, including telegrams exchanged by Allenby and the Rt Hon (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, over Nevile Meyrick Henderson's appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary and Allenby's resignation as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1924-1925; manuscript, typescript and printed texts of speeches, lectures and articles, [1929-1936]; newspaper cuttings, 1899-1936, including obituaries of Allenby, 1936; photographs, 1881-1936. Papers collected by Gen Archibald Percival Wavell during the writing of Allenby: a study in greatness (Harrap and Co, London, 1940) and Allenby in Egypt (Harrap and Co, London, 1943) principally comprising correspondence and notes written by Allenby's army colleagues, 1936-1943; notes and letters from Gerald Delany concerning Allenby in Egypt, [1940-1943]; letter from Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel to Director of Australian War Memorial concerning Seven pillars of wisdom by Thomas Edward Lawrence (also known as Thomas Edward Shaw) (Jonathan Cape, London, 1935), 1936, and printed appreciation of Lawrence by Allenby, 1935.

Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman, 1861-1936, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and of Felixstowe, Field Marshal

Comments, 1942, on text of Allenby in Egypt

Letter from Gerald C Delany, former Reuters chief correspondent, Middle East, to Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, sending comments on first part of draft of Wavell's Allenby in Egypt (Harrap and Co, London, 1943) (see 7/3/4) and commenting on the current political situation in Egypt. 1 letter

Comments, [1942], on the text of Allenby in Egypt

Notes by Gerald C Delany, former Reuters chief correspondent, Middle East, on first part of draft of _Allenby in Egypt _by FM Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (Harrap and Co, London, 1943) (see 7/3/16 for covering letter). 1 item [transferred from St Antony's College, Oxford]

Comments, 1942, on the text of Allenby in Egypt

Letter from Gerald C Delany, former Reuters chief correspondent, Middle East, to Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, sending typescript notes on the second part of draft of Wavell's Allenby in Egypt (Harrap and Co, London, 1943). 2 items [transferred from St Antony's College, Oxford]

Congratulatory messages, 1917-1925, on the successful Palestine campaign

Congratulatory letters, poems of praise and other material received by Allenby and his mother Catherine Anne Allenby, principally comprising letters congratulating Allenby on his success in the Palestine campaign, 1917-18, including messages from King George V, French Gen Robert Nivelle, King Hussein of the Hedjaz (Hejaz), and various Jewish, Arabic and Armenian individuals and organisations.

Copy extracts from letters home, 1899-1902

Manuscript copies of extracts from letters from Allenby to his wife (Adelaide) Mabel Allenby, describing his service in South Africa, made for circulation to other members of the family. The original letters can be found in section 1/2 at 1/2/1, 1/2/8, 1/2/16, 1/2/25-28, 1/2/31, 1/2/40, 1/2/63, 1/2/84, 1/2/87, 1/2/91, 1/2/97-99, 1/2/101, 1/2/103-105, 1/2/107, 1/2/110-113, 1/2/115, 1/2/117-118, 1/2/120, 1/2/124, 1/2/129-131, 1/2/133-137, 1/2/139, 1/2/140 and 1/2/142. 1 file

Copy letter, Feb 1919, from the Foreign Office to Arthur Balfour on British-French relations in the Middle East

Carbon copy of letter no 794 (17673/ME/44) from Foreign Office to Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour reporting on the discussion between Paul Cambon, French Ambassador, and Sir Ronald (William) Graham, Foreign Office, about the attitude of British Military Authorities in the Middle and Near East towards the French. 1 letter

Copy of 1920 article on Egyptian politics

Copy of interview from [Egyptian newspaper] Al Misr, 3 Jan 1920, between Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the [Egyptian] Grand Mufti, transcribed by Gerald C Delany, former Reuters chief correspondent, Middle East, for Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell. 1 item

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