Lord Cromer Victorian Imperialist, Edwardian Proconsul

Name: Lord Cromer Victorian Imperialist, Edwardian Proconsul
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ISBN: 9780199279661

ISBN-10: 0199279667

ISBN-13: 9780199279661

Edition: 2005

Authors: Roger Owen

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In the heyday of Empire just before the First World War, Lord Cromer was second only to Lord Curzon in fame and public esteem. In the days when Cairo and Calcutta represented the twin poles of British power in Asia and Africa, Cromer's commanding presence seemed to radiate the essential spirit of imperial rule. In this first modern biography Roger Owen charts the life of the man revered by the British and hated by the Egyptians, the real ruler of Egypt for nearly a quarter of a century. A member of the famous City banking family of Baring Brothers, Cromer in his youth seemed set to be, if not the black sheep of the family, distinguished mainly by lack of academic ability and a taste for the…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 460
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Roger Owen is A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.




The Training of an Officer and a Gentleman



A Norfolk Childhood 1841-1852



A Military Education 1852-1859



Garrison Life in Corfu 1858-1864



Helping to Govern Malta but with Many Excursions 1864-1867



Staff Officer and Military Reformer 1867-1872



An Apprenticeship in Imperial Government and International Finance: India and Egypt 1872-1883



The Vice-Viceroy: India 1872-1876



Marriage, the End of a Military Career, and off to the East Again 1876-1879



Controlling Egypt's Finances 1879-1880



Lord Ripon's Right-Hand Man in India 1880-1883



Governing Egypt 1883-1907



Digging In: September 1883 to Summer 1885



Surviving the Drummond Wolff Mission and the 'Race against Bankruptcy'



Asserting British Control 1887-1891



Cracking the Whip 1892-1895



Sudan Again and the Tragedy of Ethel's Death 1895-1899



Years of Economic Success 1900-1904



Things Fall Apart 1904-1907



Return to England 1907-1908



Re-immersion in British Political Life 1908-1917



An Active Retirement 1908-1914



The World War, the Dardanelles Commission and Death 1914-1917



Conclusion: A Life in Government


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