Henry Drummond Wolff

Henry Drummond Wolff (1906), portrait from Larousse Mensuel Illustré

Caricature by Edward Linley Sambourne published in Punch , 1882

Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff GCB , GCMG , PC (born October 12, 1830 in Malta , † October 11, 1908 in Brighton , East Sussex ) was a British diplomat and politician of the Conservative Party .

Life

Wolff was the son of Georgiana Mary Walpole and Joseph Wolff. He studied in rugby and in Europe. In 1846 he joined the foreign service. In 1862 he was chargé d'affaires in Florence. In 1869 he was secretary to the British High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands. In 1878 he became a commissioner in Eastern Roumelia.

From 1874 to 1880, Drummond Wolff served in the House of Commons for the Christchurch constituency . He lived in Boscombe and urbanized Boscombe Spa and played an active role in Bournemouth public life . Within the Conservative parliamentary group, he belonged to the four-member group of the Fourth Party . From 1880 to 1885, Drummond Wolff served in the House of Commons for the Portsmouth constituency . 1870 rowed in a foursome at the Bournemouth Rowing Club .

The Ottoman Empire had suzerainty over Egypt, where the Khedive ruled. In 1885 Wolff agreed with Abdülhamid II in Constantinople that both the British government and the Ottoman government should each send a high commissioner to carry out an army reform in Egypt. The Sultan appointed Ahmed Muhtar Pasha as his military advisor for Egypt. The agreement was based on the reasons for the Egyptian expedition . The UK government's interest was in gaining influence and information through these military advisers . From 1885 to 1887 Wolff held the office, the so created high commissioner himself.

From 1888 to 1891 he was envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire in Tehran ; then from 1892 to 1900 Envoy Extraordinary and Ministre plénipotentiaire in Madrid .

Wolff was involved in founding the Primrose League . In 1862 he became Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG). In 1878 he became Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG). In 1889 he became Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). In 1900 he convinced William Knox D'Arcy to look for oil in Persia. In 1860 his daughter Adeline Georgina Isabella Kingscote, a writer who wrote under the name Lucas Cleeve, was born. She died a few days before her father in Switzerland.

Web links

• Portrait on the website of the National Portrait Gallery (London)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=138BAECA5E79E7D9137AB2F115D196F0.journals?fromPage=online&aid=2978092
2. ^ Spencer Tucker, The encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American , p. 445
3. ↑ William Knox D'Arcy on Archive.org
4. ^ Rugby School Register , Volume II from August, 1842, to January, 1874. p. 8
5. ↑ http://www.headington.org.uk/history/famous_people/kingscote.htm

predecessor	Office	successor
Edmund Haviland-Burke	MP for Christchurch 1874–1880	Horace Davey, Baron Davey
James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone Thomas Charles Bruce	MP for Portsmouth 1880–1885 With: Thomas Charles Bruce	William Crossman Philip Vanderbyl
	British High Commissioner in Cairo 1885–1887
Arthur Nicolson	British ambassador to Tehran 1888–1891	Robert John Kennedy
Clare Ford	British ambassador to Madrid 1892–1900	Henry Mortimer Durand