Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS (26 February, 1841,-29 January, 1917, was a British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator.
He was British controller in Egypt during 1879 and later agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907. During this period, Egypt had just been occupied by the British after running into financial and political trouble; far from the centre of the Empire, Cromer ran the territory with great drive and his actions eventually precluded British wishes to withdraw from Egypt. He was not a popular person at all with Egyptian nationalists because of his constant intruding in Egyptian politics, and he was eventually forced to resign in the wake of protests over the Denshway incident in 1906 when four Egyptian peasants were hanged and many others received severe punishment just because they were accused of "killing" a British officer who actually died of a sunstroke.
In 1906 he was made a Member of the Order of Merit by King Edward VII.
In 1910, he published 'Ancient and Modern Imperialism,' an influential study of the British and Roman Empires.
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale was his son.
External links
- Works by Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer. Project Gutenberg
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British Consul-General in Egypt 1883–1907 |
Succeeded by: Sir John Eldon Gorst |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Earl of Cromer |
Succeeded by: Rowland Baring |
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