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Title:
Papers of Henry de Coëtlogon
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the career of Colonel Henry Watts Russell de Coëtlogon. They cover his early military commissions and his later service under William Hicks Pasha against the Mahdi Rebellion in Sudan and in defence of the city of Khartoum, as well as later his consular work on several Pacific ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1904
Extent:
13 folders

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Title:
Military Service of Henry de Coëtlogon
Scope & Content:
These papers provide details of de Coëtlogon's military service. They include: - military commission certificates from the British army - papers relating to his appointments in the Egyptian army, including letters from William Hicks and Charles George Gordon - transcriptions of 55 diary-styl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1888
Extent:
10 folders

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Title:
Consular Service of Henry de Coëtlogon
Scope & Content:
These papers relate to Henry de Coëtlogon's consular career following his time in Sudan and as a member of the Egyptian police force. They consist of: - official certificates confirming de Coëtlogon's appointments as consul for Samoa, the New Hebrides and New Caledonia, and the United States...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1888-1904
Extent:
3 folders

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Title:
Military Commission Certificates
Scope & Content:
Commission certificates from de Coetlogon's military career. The commissions consist of: - Ensign of the 15th Regiment of Foot, granted from 27 Mar 1858 - Lieutenant of the 15th Regiment of Foot, granted from 3 Jun 1859 - Company Captain of the 105th Regiment of Foot, granted from 24 July ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1874
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Papers relating to consular service in Samoa
Scope & Content:
Papers confirming the appointment of de Coëtlogon as consul for the Navigator's Islands and in response to his handling of the Samoan Crisis. These papers consist of: - a letter to de Coëtlogon signed "Salisbury" of the Foreign Office, dated 1 Apr 1888, detailing terms of his appointment as co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1889
Extent:
1 folder

6. Add MS 89463/1/10

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Title:
Letter printed in the Egyptian Gazette
Scope & Content:
A page from the 'Egyptian Gazette' newspaper featuring a letter originally sent to 'the editor of The Standard' regarding de Coëtlogon. The article is printed again on the reverse of the page in French. The letter requests that de Coëtlogon be granted the rank of Pasha and given a gratuity of s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Jul 1885
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Turkish honours granted to de Coëtlogon
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to medals and titles awarded to de Coëtlogon by the Ottoman Empire for his service in Egypt and Sudan. These include: - one calligraphic letter, with envelope, written in Ottoman Turkish script, partially in a golden ink, dated 1 Jun 1884, granting de Coëtlogon a Third Class Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1884-1888
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Papers relating to consular service in the United States of America
Scope & Content:
Papers confirming the appointment of de Coëtlogon as consul for several American states. These papers consist of: - two copies of royal appointments of de Coëtlogon as consul of the American states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tenneesee, dated 4 Mar 1895 and 1 Apr 1904 - two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895-1904
Extent:
1 folder

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Title:
Letters from de Coëtlogon to his wife during his service in Sudan
Scope & Content:
Transcriptions of letters sent by Henry de Coëtlogon to his wife, Sophie, recording the events of his employment with the Egyptian army in Sudan. These letters provide detailed descriptions of de Coëtlogon's daily routine and include his journey to Sudan from Cairo, his role in Hicks' early ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1883-1887
Extent:
6 folders

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Title:
Papers relating to consular service in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia
Scope & Content:
Papers confirming the appointment of de Coëtlogon as consul for the New Hebrides Islands and New Caledonia. These papers consist of: - the royal appointment of de Coëtlogon as consul of the New Hebrides Islands (Vanuatu), dated 9 Jan 1890 - two copies of the royal appointment of de Coëtlogon ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 folder