Janus: The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

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The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Title	Egypt and Sudan: Correspondence
Reference	GLLD 13
Covering Dates	1925–1937
Extent and Medium	6 boxes [23 files]

Content and context

Correspondence, particularly with the Foreign Office and Sir Geoffrey Archer and Sir John Maffey [later 1st Lord Rugby], Governors of Sudan.

Index Terms

Egypt

Foreign Policy

Sudan

Churchill/GLLD 13 contains:

Appointments: correspondence concerning Egyptian and Kenyan appointments. Includes letter to Lloyd from the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin], offering him the post of High Commissioner of Egypt, and letters from Lloyd to Leo Amery and Sir Francis Scott, refusing offer of Governorship of Kenya. Also includes records by Lloyd of conversations with Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] concerning the offer of the High Commissionership of Egypt, and British policy regarding Egypt and the Sudan.
1 file.

Apr 1925-June 1925

Appointments: letters of congratulation on Lloyd's appointment as High Commissioner of Egypt. Including letters on further subjects in addition to congratulations. From correspondents including: S. Leyston [of 'The Daily Argosy']; Gertrude Bell; John Buchan [later 1st Baron Tweedsmuir]; P. Z. [Sir Percy Zachariah] Cox; 2nd Earl of Cromer [Rowland Baring]; Abdel Malek El-Khatib [Diplomatic Agent of the Hashimite Arab Government to Egypt]; Stephen King-Hall; 'Percy' [Sir Percy Loraine]; [Alan] Frederick Lascelles; A. Beatrice Lloyd; J. G. Maxwell [General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell]; Eric Maclagan; Herbert Samuel [later 1st Viscount Samuel], and A. Stein. Also includes letter from General H. W. Jackson to General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell, on the subject of the Sudan and written from there.
1 file.

May 1925-Sept 1925

Foreign Office: letters to Lloyd from Sir Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary]. Personal letters, with discussion on foreign affairs and including comment on British domestic political reaction to them. On countries including Egypt, Italy, the Sudan, and Germany, with some references to Iraq and Canada. On people including: King Fuad I of Egypt, [Saad] Zaghloul, [Benito] Mussolini, Cardinal [Pietro] Gasparri, [Abdel Khaliq] Sarwat Pasha. Includes letters concerning accusation that Lloyd had condemned British government policy in Egypt in conversation with an Italian government official and an American journalist. Also includes copy of letter from Samuel Hoare to Sir Austen Chamberlain on the operation of the Air Force in the Sudan [27 Mar 1928], and letter to Lloyd informing him of his elevation to the peerage, from Ronald Waterhouse on behalf of the Prime Minister.
1 file.

21 May 1925–25 June 1929

Foreign Office: copies of letters from Lloyd to Sir Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary]. Letters reporting on and discussing the situtation and events in Egypt, including political unrest. Includes discussion of negotiations with the Italians over the region of Jaghboub; accounts of interviews with King Fuad I of Egypt; reports of events that have occurred with discussion of the principal participants, and discussion of actions Lloyd has taken and of his intended actions. Persons discussed include Prime Ministers [Ahmad] Ziwar Pasha, 'Adly' [Adli Yakan Pasha], and 'Sarwat' [Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha]; [Hassan] Nashaat Pasha; [Saad] Zaghloul Pasha [Prime Minister in 1924, President from 1926] and his Wafd party, and Sidky Pasha. Also includes letters concerning the Sudan and the political situation there, accounts of Lloyd's visits to the Sudan, with description of tour through the country, and letter reporting the breakdown in relations between British officials there and the resignation of Sir Geoffrey Archer as Governor-General. Other subjects include: Lloyd's recommendations for the British honours' list and the importance of using it to reward British officials in Egypt and the Sudan; matters concerning British personnel; the Gebel Aulia [Jebel Aulia] dam; the proposed appointment of an Iraqi Consul-General in Cairo; irrigation; agriculture, and the Egyptian army. Also includes draft of a letter from Lloyd to Chamberlain.
3 files.

25 Oct 1925–01 June 1929

Foreign Office: letters to Lloyd from Sir William Tyrrell [Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign Office]. Discussion of and advice on the situation in Egypt and Lloyd's work there. Also includes news of Britain's relations with other countries, including Turkey, China, and Russia, and some comment on British domestic politics.
1 file.

10 Oct 1925–31 Jan 1928

Foreign Office: copies of letters from Lloyd to Sir William Tyrrell [Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign Office]. Letters discussing the situtation and events in Egypt, particularly the political unrest there, with discussion of Lloyd's reactions and intended courses of action. Including accounts of interviews with King Fuad I of Egypt. Persons discussed include Prime Ministers [Ahmad] Ziwar Pasha, 'Adly' [Adli Yakan Pasha], and 'Sarwat' [Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha]; [Hassan] Nashaat Pasha; [Saad] Zaghloul Pasha [Prime Minister in 1924, President from 1926] and his Wafd party; Sidky Pasha, and British officials. Also includes accounts of visits to the Sudan, including a tour through the country, comment on negotiations with the Italians over the region of Jaghboub, and account of later meeting with Mussolini [5 Nov 1926]. Also includes letter concerning proposed enquiry instigated by the 1st Earl of Birkenhead [F. E. Smith] and the 1st Marquess of Reading [Rufus Isaacs] into Lloyd's actions when Governor of Bombay [Mumbai] in arresting Gandhi [Mohandas 'Mahatma' Karamchand Gandhi]. Other subjects include the visit of King Amanallah of Afghanistan [Amanullah Khan] to Egypt and the King of Egypt's reservations about the role of the Queen of Afghanistan in the visit; Lloyd's concerns concerning Austen Chamberlain's support for him; irrigation; railways; honours to be awarded to British officials, and Lloyd's efforts to persuade the Catholic church to send some British priests to Egypt.
1 file.

31 Oct 1925–27 Nov 1927

Foreign Office: miscellaneous correspondence between Lloyd and other officials. With correspondents including J[ohn] Murray, W[alford] Selby, J. W. [James Wycliffe] Headlam-Morley, Sir Hubert Montgomery, and Sir Ronald Lindsay. On subjects including: political affairs in Egypt; honours for British officials; the deployment and appointment of personnel; the training of Egyptian naval cadets; Lloyd's objection to the French appointing a military officer as liaison officer at Cairo; visit of the Director of the Institute of Intellectual Co-operation to Egypt; the possibility of the J. G. White Corporation building a dam on the Nile; visit of the Prince of Wales to Egypt; the behaviour of the Egyptian Minister in Washington in making an anti-British speech; the cost of maintaining the British garrison in the Sudan, and business and commerce.
1 file.

17 Aug 1925–07 June 1929

Foreign Office: correspondence between Lloyd and Arthur Henderson [Foreign Secretary]. Letter from Lloyd to Henderson appraising him of the situation in Egypt, to supplement his official dispatches, including discussion of the relationship between the the King and Prime Minister of Egypt [King Fuad I and Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha]. With brief note of acknowledgement from Henderson.
1 file.

16 June 1929–27 June 1929

Sudan: letters to Lloyd from Sir Geoffrey Archer [Governor-General of the Sudan]. On subjects including: the distribution of honours; Archer's proposals for reorganising his administration, and his resignation as Governor-General. Also includes notes of meeting between Archer and other officials relating to planned visit to Sayed Sir Abd el Rahman at Aba Island, and record of points raised in conversation with Archer regarding his resignation following his mishandling of the visit to Aba Island. Also includes copies of letters from Archer to the Under-Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, regarding his pension.
1 file.

13 Oct 1925–22 May 1926

Sudan: correspondence between Lloyd, Sir Geoffrey Archer [Governor-General of the Sudan], and other officials concerning the incident leading to Archer's resignation. Correspondence and some notes of meetings arising from Archer's visit to Aba Island and his speech made there concerning Sayed Abd el Rahman el Mahdi, which led to his resignation. With correspondents including: George Schuster, Sir Wesey Sterry, H. A. MacMichael, and W. Nicholls [Governor of the White Nile Province]. Also includes account by Schuster of visit to provinces in Sudan and rivalry with Italy over dams and water supply; documents relating to the spread of Mahdism, to Sayed Abd el Rahman el Mahdi, and to Archer's visit to Aba Island, sent to Sir Wasey Sterry by H. A. MacMichael, and notes of interview between MacMichael and Sir Sayed Ali Mirghani.
1 file.

07 Feb 1926–09 Apr 1926

Sudan: letters to Lloyd from Sir John Maffey [Governor-General of the Sudan]. Mostly on matters of administration and infrastructure, including: plans for Lloyd's tour of the Sudan; the Gebel Aulia dam; personnel, staffing arrangements, and pay; the undesirability of direct communication between the government of Sudan under Maffey and the British government, rather than communication through Lloyd as High Commissioner; agriculture, particularly in the Gezira region and with reference to cotton-growing and the Sudan Plantations Syndicate, and commemoration of [General] Gordon. Also includes report of the Sudan Civil Service committee on pay and prospects.
1 file.

15 Dec 1926–24 Dec 1927

Sudan: letters to Lloyd from Sir John Maffey [Governor-General of the Sudan]. Mostly on matters of administration and infrastructure, including: personnel and staffing, including relating to General Hubert Huddleston; the RAF [Royal Air Force] in the Sudan, including its patrols in the Gwek area; Maffey's visit to Eritrea and relations between Italian government of Eritrea and British government of the Sudan, particularly regarding irrigation; honours for British officials serving in the Sudan; agriculture, particularly in the Gezira region and with reference to cotton-growing and the Sudan Plantations Syndicate; the Gebel Aulia dam; the question of Abyssinia appointing consuls to the Sudan; Massey's visit to Darfur; the Grand Qadi of the Sudan, and the division of responsibilities in the Sudan between Lloyd and Maffey. Also includes letter to Lloyd from General [later Sir] Hubert Huddleston, and paper entitled 'Note to council on certain proprosals in furtherance of the policy of devolution', with covering note by Maffey.
1 file.

19 Jan 1928–22 May 1929

Sudan: copies of letters from Lloyd to Sir John Maffey [Governor-General of the Sudan]. Mostly on matters of administration and infrastructure, including: personnel and staffing, including relating to General Hubert Huddleston; honours for British officials serving in the Sudan, and comparison with the number of British officials serving in Egypt to receive awards; the number and arrangement of committees in the Sudanese government; agreements with Egypt concerning irrigation; the Grand Kadi [Qadi]; the RAF [Royal Air Force] and the British army garrison in the Sudan; the Gezira region and the Sudan Plantations Syndicate, and the division of responsibilities in the Sudan between Lloyd and Maffey. Also includes account by Lloyd of his meeting with the Coptic Patriarch [Amba Yoannes].
1 file.

05 Dec 1927–05 May 1929

Letters to Lloyd from Nevile Henderson [minister plenipotentiary, Ramleh [ar Ramlah]]. On subjects including: Egyptian politics, particularly relating to Saad Zaghloul, and with comment on the personalities and actions of individuals including Lord Allenby, Sidky Pasha, 'Sarwat' [Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha], 'Adly' [Adli Yakan Pasha], [Ahmad] Ziwar Pasha, and King Fuad I of Egypt; arrangements for Lloyd's arrival in Egypt; the aftermath of the murder of the Sirdar; relations with the Italians and Mussolini; the Egyptian military and the supply of machine guns. Also includes a small number of letters from Lloyd to Henderson, and copies of correspondence between Henderson and other officials.
1 file.

21 May 1925–26 Sept 1925

Letters to Lloyd from Nevile Henderson [minister plenipotentiary, Ramleh [ar Ramlah]]. With detailed accounts of affairs in Egypt. On subjects including: Egyptian politics, including relations between Sarwat Pasha [Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha] and Saad Zaghloul and his Wafd party, and a Cabinet crisis; the visit of Sarwat Pasha and King Fuad to London to negotiate a treaty; attempts to inculcate English culture in Egypt, including through University appointments, football, and the theatre; personnel and staffing; the army and air force in Egypt, and the death of Saad Zaghloul Pasha. Also includes: copies of letters from Henderson to Sir Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary]; press cutting on an English Shakespearian theatre company visiting Egypt; memorandum by Cecil Campbell [acting financial adviser] on negotiations concerning a site for an English cathedral, and memorandum on projected Anglo-Egyptian treaty of alliance.
1 file.

27 June 1927–21 Oct 1927

Miscellaneous letters received by Lloyd, with some copies of letters sent by him. Also includes letters concerning India. From correspondents including: Admiral Roger Keyes [Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station]; General Sir Richard Haking; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans; 'Edward' [Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax]; Stanley Reed [former editor of The Times of India]; General W. E. Birdwood, and Sir H. Farnham Burke [Garter King of Arms]. On subjects including: promise of naval support in Egypt if needed; proposed reduction in army staff in Egypt, and enquiry into Lloyd's conduct when Governor of Bombay [Mumbai]. Also includes letters from Lloyd to: Sir Laming Worthington-Evans; Geoffrey Dawson ['Robin', editor of 'The Times'] with detailed account of the situation in Egypt in period leading up to elections, and Sir Lionel Earle [His Majesty's Office of Works], complaining of the condition of the Residency.
1 file.

25 Sept 1925–20 June 1926

Miscellaneous letters received by Lloyd. From correspondents including: Leo Weinthal [director of 'The African World' and 'Cape Cairo Express']; 'Edward' [Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, Viceroy of India; later 1st Earl of Halifax], with news and comment on events in India; 1st Baron Stamfordham [Arthur John Bigge]; Admiral Roger Keyes; Sir Eric Geddes; 'L. S. A.' [Leopold Amery]; 'David' [Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford], and S. F. Stewart [India Office]. On subjects including: India; King George V's comments on Lloyd's letter regarding the visit of the King of Afghanistan Amanulla[h] Khan to Egypt, and Italian activity in the Red Sea area [May 1927]. Letter from David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford,is on subjects including: the preservation of historic buildings and Waterloo Bridge in London; the newly formed Council for the Preservation of Rural England; foreign affairs, including relations between the Chinese and Russians and the Italians and French, with detailed consideration of the actions and motivations of Benito Mussolini; the British political situation.
1 file.

26 Oct 1926-Apr 1929

Miscellaneous personal correspondence. On subjects including: the Lloyd Polo Club in India; Lloyd's personal employees, including valet; the coat of arms of Charles Lloyd of Dolobran, esquire, and his wife Elizabeth Stanley. Also includes letter from Mark Patrick of the Egyptian Department of the Foreign Office, to Lieutenant-General Sir R. Haking, on possible agreement between the British government and King Fuad I of Egypt and 'Sarwat' [Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha].
1 file.

1925

Letters of condolence on resignation. From correspondents including: 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst [Charles Hardinge]; Sir Stanley Reed; Marmaduke Pickthall; H. Stevens [on behalf of the Central Asian Society]; Admiral Roger Keyes; Reginald Spence [Sheriff of Bombey, now Mumbai]; Comtesse Jean de Montebello; W. R. Lucas; Eric Maclagan; Wasey Sterry; 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe [George Sydenham Clarke]; Admiral Wester Wemyss [1st Baron of Wemyss], and Sir Valentine Chirol. Also includes a small number of miscellaneous letters to Lloyd, from correspondents including: Sir Maurice Hankey [later 1st Baron Hankey]; Rudyard Kipling; an invalided soldier asking for help; 'Dod' of the 15th/19th Hussars, who worked for Lloyd in Egypt; Nabi Buksh Mahomed Hussain, on the rumour that Lloyd is to be the next Viceroy of India; 'Edward' [Edward Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax] on the subject of William Sanderson and enclosing letter by him, and C. E. Hughes, with news of Egypt.
1 file.

1929

19A

Letters of condolence on resignation. From correspondents including: 'Percy L' [Sir Percy Loraine]; H. J. Huddleston; Richard Graves; Lord Beaverbrook [Max Aitken]; Field-Marshal Sir W. R. Birdwood; C Karaseff, on behalf of the Russian community in Egypt; RH Hoare; 2nd Viscount Halifax [Charles Wood]; Charles Saxby; Mabrauk Fahmi; C. R. Beasley, and Colin K. Davy. With some newscuttings on Lloyd's resignation. Also includes other miscellaneous letters to Lloyd, on subjects including affairs in Egypt and from correspondents including Sir Stanley Reed.
1 file.

1929

Miscellaneous printed items. Contains: 'A Brief Guide to Al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem' published by the Supreme Moslem Council [1927]; 'A History of the English School, Cairo' by W. H. Hill [1937], and press cutting from the 'Egyptian Gazette' of letter to the editor by W. Willcocks, reacting to speech made by Nahas Pasha in which he said that the English 'want to drink the blood of the Egyptians'.
1 file [3 items].

1927–1937