Edward Strutt

Edward Lisle Strutt CBE , DSO ( February 8, 1874 , † July 7, 1948 ) was a British officer, mountaineer and high commissioner in the Free City of Danzig (1920).

As a soldier, Strutt fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War . After the World War he was appointed security officer of the last Austrian Emperor Karl I by King George V of England and accompanied him and his family into exile in Switzerland.

On November 15, 1920 Strutt was appointed High Commissioner of the League of Nations in the Free City of Danzig. He remained in office until Bernardo Attolico took over the position on December 10, 1920 .

In 1922 he led a British Mount Everest expedition as deputy expedition leader under the direction of Charles G. Bruce . Strutt was 1935–1938 president of the British mountaineering association " Alpine Club ".

Individual evidence

^ Lutz Oberdörfer: The Danzig / Corridor and the Memel question in Versailles and the first post-war years. In: Udo Arnold , Mario Glauert, Jürgen Sarnowsky (Eds.): Prussian regional history. Festschrift for Bernhart Jähnig on the occasion of his 60th birthday (= individual publications of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research. 22). Elwert, Marburg 2001, ISBN 3-7708-1177-1 , pp. 85-98, here p. 93 .

↑ Peter Schubert: Schauplatz Österreich. Topographic lexicon on contemporary history. In three volumes. Volume 3: Bundesländerorte L - Z. Hollinek, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-85119-163-3 , pp. 68f.

^ Peter Truhart : Regents of Nations. = Rulers of the nations. Part 4, Volume 2: Eastern, Northern & Central Europe. = Eastern, Northern and Central Europe. 2., revised and enlarged edition. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-21549-5 , p. 720 .

↑ Reinhold Messner : Vertical. 100 years of climbing art. BLV, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-405-16420-6 , p. 61 .

↑ Peter Grupp: Fascination Mountain. The history of alpinism. Böhlau, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20086-2 , p. 80 .

personal data
SURNAME	Strutt, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Strutt, Edward Lisle; Strutt, Edward L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British officer and climber; High Commissioner in the Free City of Gdansk (1920)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1874
DATE OF DEATH	July 7, 1948

[1] Lutz Oberdörfer: The Danzig / Corridor and the Memel question in Versailles and the first post-war years. In: Udo Arnold , Mario Glauert, Jürgen Sarnowsky (Eds.): Prussian regional history. Festschrift for Bernhart Jähnig on the occasion of his 60th birthday (= individual publications of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research. 22). Elwert, Marburg 2001, ISBN 3-7708-1177-1 , pp. 85-98, here p. 93 .

[2] Peter Schubert: Schauplatz Österreich. Topographic lexicon on contemporary history. In three volumes. Volume 3: Bundesländerorte L - Z. Hollinek, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-85119-163-3 , pp. 68f.

[3] Peter Truhart : Regents of Nations. = Rulers of the nations. Part 4, Volume 2: Eastern, Northern & Central Europe. = Eastern, Northern and Central Europe. 2., revised and enlarged edition. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-21549-5 , p. 720 .

[4] Reinhold Messner : Vertical. 100 years of climbing art. BLV, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-405-16420-6 , p. 61 .

[5] Peter Grupp: Fascination Mountain. The history of alpinism. Böhlau, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20086-2 , p. 80 .