GB 0099 KCLMA Furlonge - FURLONGE, Sir Geoffrey Warren (1903-1984)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Furlonge

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FURLONGE, Sir Geoffrey Warren (1903-1984)

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  • [1932-1983] (Creation)

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2 boxes (0.02 cubic metres)

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Biographical history

Born 1903; educated at St Paul's School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; entered Levant Consular Service, 1926; served at Casablanca, Morocco, 1928-1931; Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, 1931-1934; Beirut, Lebanon, 1934-1946; Political Officer with HM Forces in the Levant States, 1941-1946; awarded OBE, 1942; Imperial Defence College, 1947; Head of Commonwealth Liaison Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1948-1950; Head of Eastern Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1950-1951; awarded CMG, 1951; Minister (later Ambassador) to Jordan,1952-1954; Minister to Bulgaria, 1954-1956; Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1956-1959; retired and created KBE, 1960; Treasurer of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding; died 1984. Publications: The lands of Barbary (Murray, London, 1966), Palestine is my country: the story of Musa Alami (Murray, London, 1969).

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Furlonge [1932-1983] Collection (Fonds) 2 boxes (0.02 cubic metres) Furlonge , Sir , Geoffrey Warren , 1903-1984 , Knight
Born 1903; educated at St Paul's School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; entered Levant Consular Service, 1926; served at Casablanca, Morocco, 1928-1931; Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, 1931-1934; Beirut, Lebanon, 1934-1946; Political Officer with HM Forces in the Levant States, 1941-1946; awarded OBE, 1942; Imperial Defence College, 1947; Head of Commonwealth Liaison Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1948-1950; Head of Eastern Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1950-1951; awarded CMG, 1951; Minister (later Ambassador) to Jordan,1952-1954; Minister to Bulgaria, 1954-1956; Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1956-1959; retired and created KBE, 1960; Treasurer of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding; died 1984. Publications: The lands of Barbary (Murray, London, 1966), Palestine is my country: the story of Musa Alami (Murray, London, 1969).

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1985.

Papers of Sir Geoffrey Warren Furlonge relating to the Middle East, [1932-1983] including typescript memorandum by Furlonge entitled 'Memorandum on slavery in Saudi Arabia' [1932]; typescript account by Furlonge entitled 'The mission to Taif', Hejaz, Arabia, with eleven photographs, Jul 1934. Four letters home from Furlonge to his mother relating to Syria and the Lebanon, 1941-1944. Typescript articles by Furlonge, 1959-1977, including 'Mount Kenya', 1959; 'Anglo-Jordanian relations today', 1966; 'Palestinian diaspora', 1969; 'Algeria ten years after', 1972; 'Mauritania', 1974; 'Traditional Islamic society' [1974]; 'Notes on visit to the West Bank and Jordan', 1975; 'The future of the Spanish Sahara', 1975; 'Algeria: the next step forward' [1977]; 'The Arabia that was', 1977. Papers relating to an English Speaking Union lecture tour of North America by Furlonge, Sep-Nov 1964, including bound typescript volume listing speaking engagements, Sep-Nov 1964; typescript account entitled 'North American tour, 1964', written by Furlong, Dec 1964. Printed text of lecture by Furlonge entitled 'Jordan today', given to the Royal Central Asian Society, 8 Jun 1966, and published in the Royal Central Asian Journal, Oct 1966. Typescript draft chapters from an unpublished book on the Middle East, including chapters entitled 'Morocco', 'Spanish Sahara', 'The Nile valley', 'An antique land [Libya]', 'The Maghrib' and 'Algeria' [1965]. Four typescript draft chapters and typescript notes on the French mandated territories of Syria and the Lebanon, for an unpublished book entitled 'The liberation of the Levant', 1971. Correspondence 1971-1974, including with Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride, 1971-1972; the British Embassy, Rabat, Saudi Arabia, 1974; The Times, 1974. Typescript draft obituaries by Furlonge relating to individuals connected to the Middle East [1976-1983], including Maj Gen Seyyid Mudar Badran, Prime Minister of Jordan, 1976-1979; Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride, Diplomat, 1922-1954; Muhammad Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, 1970-1981; Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia, 1975-1982; Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, Islamic leader of Iran, 1979-1989; Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1941-1979, with related correspondence with the Obituary Department, The Times, 1981.

The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Oct 1999 Arab-Israeli War (1967) Arab-Israeli War (1973) Badran , Seyyid Mudar , fl 1976-1979 , Major General , Prime Minister of Jordan Furlonge , Sir , Geoffrey Warren , 1903-1984 , Knight , diplomat Gulf States Hejaz International conflicts International relations International tensions Israel Jordan Khalid Ibn Abd al-Aziz , d 1982 , King of Saudi Arabia Khomeini , Ayatollah Ruhollah , 1900-1989 , Iranian religious and political leader Kirkbride , Sir , Alec Sneath , 1897-1978 , diplomat Lebanon Libya Middle East Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi , d 1979 , Shah of Iran North Africa Palestine Sadat , Mohamed Anwar , 1918-1981 , President of Egypt Saudi Arabia Slavery Social structure Syrian AR War World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1985.

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Papers of Sir Geoffrey Warren Furlonge relating to the Middle East, [1932-1983] including typescript memorandum by Furlonge entitled 'Memorandum on slavery in Saudi Arabia' [1932]; typescript account by Furlonge entitled 'The mission to Taif', Hejaz, Arabia, with eleven photographs, Jul 1934. Four letters home from Furlonge to his mother relating to Syria and the Lebanon, 1941-1944. Typescript articles by Furlonge, 1959-1977, including 'Mount Kenya', 1959; 'Anglo-Jordanian relations today', 1966; 'Palestinian diaspora', 1969; 'Algeria ten years after', 1972; 'Mauritania', 1974; 'Traditional Islamic society' [1974]; 'Notes on visit to the West Bank and Jordan', 1975; 'The future of the Spanish Sahara', 1975; 'Algeria: the next step forward' [1977]; 'The Arabia that was', 1977. Papers relating to an English Speaking Union lecture tour of North America by Furlonge, Sep-Nov 1964, including bound typescript volume listing speaking engagements, Sep-Nov 1964; typescript account entitled 'North American tour, 1964', written by Furlong, Dec 1964. Printed text of lecture by Furlonge entitled 'Jordan today', given to the Royal Central Asian Society, 8 Jun 1966, and published in the Royal Central Asian Journal, Oct 1966. Typescript draft chapters from an unpublished book on the Middle East, including chapters entitled 'Morocco', 'Spanish Sahara', 'The Nile valley', 'An antique land [Libya]', 'The Maghrib' and 'Algeria' [1965]. Four typescript draft chapters and typescript notes on the French mandated territories of Syria and the Lebanon, for an unpublished book entitled 'The liberation of the Levant', 1971. Correspondence 1971-1974, including with Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride, 1971-1972; the British Embassy, Rabat, Saudi Arabia, 1974; The Times, 1974. Typescript draft obituaries by Furlonge relating to individuals connected to the Middle East [1976-1983], including Maj Gen Seyyid Mudar Badran, Prime Minister of Jordan, 1976-1979; Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride, Diplomat, 1922-1954; Muhammad Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, 1970-1981; Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia, 1975-1982; Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, Islamic leader of Iran, 1979-1989; Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1941-1979, with related correspondence with the Obituary Department, The Times, 1981.

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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