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Portrait of Amir Abd Allah
E.T. Richmond Papers
Ernest Tatham Richmond (1874-1955) first travelled to Egypt in 1895 and
the following year was appointed Assistant Architect there. He joined
the Ministry of Public Works in Cairo and from 1900 to 1911 was Director
of the Department of Towns and State Buildings at the Ministry. He became
increasingly disenchanted with life in Egypt and in 1911 gave up his position
to return to private architectural practice in England. In 1920 Richmond
received an invitation from the High Commissioner in Palestine to join
the administration as a link between it and the Arab population. He served
as Assistant Civil Secretary (Political) with special responsibility for
Arab affairs from 1921 to 1924. Increasingly out of step with the administration,
he resigned his post in 1924. He returned to Palestine in 1927 as Director
of Antiquities, retiring ten years later. He continued to write and to
take an interest in affairs in Palestine until his death in 1955.
Autographed photograph of the Amir Abdullah
The Amir Abdullah bin Al-Hussein, later King Abdullah of Transjordan,
presented this photograph to Richmond.
RIC 10/3/7
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