Kemball, Arnold Burrowes, Sir, 1820-1908, Knight, army and political officer

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1836-1837 entered Addiscombe military college; 1837 Bombay artillery, second lieutenant; 1839-1842 served in the First Anglo-Afghan War; 1841 first lieutenant; 1842- assistant political agent in the Persian Gulf; 1851 captain; 1856-1857 served in the Anglo-Persian War; 1858 brevet major and CB; 1859-1868 consul-general at Baghdad; 1860 lieutenant-colonel; 1863 colonel; 1866 KCSI; 1868 major-general; 1873 attached to the Shah of Persia for his visit to England; 1875 British delegate on the international commission on the Turco-Persian frontier; 1876-1877 military commissioner with the Turkish army for the war between Turkey and Serbia; 1877 president of the international commission to determine the frontier between Turkey and Serbia; 1877-1878 military commissioner with the Turkish army in Asia for the Russo-Turkish War; 1877 lieutenant-general; 1878 KCB and colonel-commandant, the Royal artillery at Woolwich; 1880 general.

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Title: Knight

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creatorOf AUTOGRAPH ALBUM of Mary Enid Evelyn Layard, wife of Sir Austen Henry Layard, P.C., G.C.B., kept mainly at Venice; Sept. 1881 (f. 1)-1912, n.d. Partly Arabic, Greek and cuneiform. Musical quotations on ff. 11, 16, 25, 27, 31, 34. Most of the signatori..., 1881-1912 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CIV (ff. 309). June-Dec. 1880.includes:f. 1 Sadig, Pasha: Letters to Sir A. H. Lavard: 1878, 1880.: Fr. f. 5 Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet; KCB; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1878-1881. f. 7 Nazli, Princess: Letters to Sir ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXIX (ff. 331). Mar., Apr. 1864.includes:f. 1 Rear-Admiral Sherard Osborn, CB: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1862-1864. ff. 3, 182 Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1862-1866. ff. 5, 78, 105, 268... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XC (ff. 407). May, June, 1878.includes:ff. 1, 44, 99, 174, 318, 379 Sir George Hugh Wyndham, KCMG; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878. ff. 3, 130, 248 General Sir Collingwood Dickson, GCB: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1848-188... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXV (ff. 432). 1868.London, England: Correspondence rel. to erection of the Albert Memorial: 1866-1869.includes:ff. 1, 5, 81, 168, 174 Sir George Gilbert Scott, RA; architect: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard, etc.: 1866-1869. ff. 6, 111, 2..., 1868 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXIV (ff. 343). 21 July-Aug. 1877.includes:ff. 1, 20, 71 Commander Edmund Charles Drummond, Admiral 1903: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877. ff. 3, 47, 122, 212, 254 Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, Admiral 1879; GCB 1885: Letters ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCXIV (ff. 202). 21 Apr.-26 June, 1877.Joseph Hutton Dupuis, Vice-Consul at Adrianople: Official correspondence: 1877.: Printed.Edward Bruce Boughton Barker, diplomatist; son of J Barker: Official correspondence: 1879.: Printed.Sir Alfred Bilio... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 51). Semi-official letters from A. H. Layard, chiefly to Sir S. Canning (see, above, 38940) and Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, vol. I; 1849-1852.Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and a..., 1849-1852 British Library
referencedIn Vol. L (ff. 312). Jan. 1851-Mar. 1852.Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1849-1852.Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Sir H. Ellis: 1849-1852.... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXVII (ff. 399). Dec. 1877 -19 Jan. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 36, 132, 255, 304, 360 Sir William Kirby Mackenzie Green, KCMG: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1880. ff. 3, 47, 202, 349 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCI. Letter-book of "private" or semi-official correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard while Ambassador at Constantinople; 2 Jan. 1878-19 Jan. 1879. Folio. ff. 242.includes:ff. 3 b-59 passim Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist an... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCV (ff. 285). 26 Jan.-Apr. 1879.includes:ff. 1, 123, 234, 266, 280 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A -H. Layard: 1846-1894. ff. 5, 28, 99, 121, 138 William Henry Dalziel, Vice-Consul at Varna: Letters to Sir A. H. Laya... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXII (ff. 343). Apr., May, 1877.includes:f. 2 Felix Vejarano y Bulnes, Conde de Nava de Tajo; Spanish politician: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1873, 1877. f. 4 General Caleb Cushing, USA Minister to Spain: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1875-18... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXIX (ff. 302). 12 Mar.-Apr. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 39 , 96, 167, 249 Sir George Hugh Wyndham, KCMG; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878. ff. 3, 47, 160 Emily Anne Smythe, wife of Percy, 8th Viscount Strangford: Letters to Sir ... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. 50). Semi-official letters from A. H. Layard, chiefly to Sir S. Canning (see, above, 38940) and Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, vol. II; 1849-1852.Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and..., 1849-1852 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXVI (ff. 437). May-July, 1863.Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1881.includes:ff. 1, 147, 157, 166 John Hanning Speke, African explorer: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1863, 1864. ff. 1, 1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXV (ff. 502). May, June, 1865.includes:ff. 1, 107 Philip Griffith, Consul General at New Granada: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard:: 1861-1866. ff. 3, 98, 290, 409 George Thorne Ricketts, of the Consular service: Correspondence with Sir A. H. La... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCXVI (ff. 204). 31 Aug. 1877-19 Jan. 1878.Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Correspondence, as Foreign Sec., with Sir A. H. Layard: 1874-1878.: printed.Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, CB, Consul in Crete: Official correspondenc... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXVI (ff. 390). 11 Oct. Nov. 1877 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXVIII (ff. 344). 20 Jan.-11 Mar. 1878.includes:ff. 1, 3, 41 Kalergi, of the Greek Legation, Constantinople: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878.: Fr. ff. 8, 101, 215, 217, 251, 334 Sir William Kirby Mackenzie Green, KCMG: Letters to Sir ... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. CXLVII (ff. 161). Miscellaneous papers and accompts relating to A. H. Layard's excavations for the Trustees of the British Museum, circ. 1846-1851. Among them are: 1. Minutes of meeting of the Trustees, etc., signed by Rev. Josiah Fors..., approximately 1846-approximately 1851 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXV (ff. 367). Feb.-Apr. 1863.Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1881.includes:ff. 1, 155, 197 William Perry, Consul-General Venice; Knight 1872: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1861-1866... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXIII (ff. 334). June-20 July, 1877.includes:ff. 1, 39, 103, 135, 170, 174, 234, 286, 333 Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons; Viscount Lyons 1887: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1866-1887. ff. 3, 70, 158, 302 Charles Albert. Broph... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XCI (ff. 340). July, Aug. 1878.includes:f. 1 Emily Anne Smythe, wife of Percy, 8th Viscount Strangford: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877-1880. f. 3 Major-General Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball, KCSI: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1849-188... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCXV (ff. 210). 5 July-31 Aug. 1877.Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Correspondence, as Foreign Sec., with Sir A. H. Layard: 1874-1878.: printed.Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, CB, Consul in Crete: Official correspondence: 187... British Library
referencedIn Vol. C (ff. 346). Dec. 1879 15 Jan. 1880.includes:f. 1 Samuel Birch, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum: Correspondence with Sir. A. H. Layard: 1848, 1885. f. 3 Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: 1879. ff. 5, 54 S... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXX (ff. 309). May, June, 1864,includes:ff. 1, 223, 266 William Perry, Consul-General Venice; Knight 1872: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1861-1866. f. 3 George John Robert Gordon, Minister at Stuttgart: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 18... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXIV (ff. 434). Apr -Dec. 1867.General Hon Charles Grey, private Secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1869.London, England: Correspondence rel. to erection of the Albert Memorial: 1866-1869... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CC. Letter-book of "private" or semi-official correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard while Ambassador at Constantinople; 30 Apr. 1877-29 Nov. 1878. Folio. ff. 211.includes:ff. 3 b-205 b passim Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist... British Library
referencedIn LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CCIII. Pressed copies of other "private" or semi-official letters of Sir A. H. Layard at Constantinople; 18 June, 1879-19 May, 1880. Quarto. ff. xii + 315includes:ff. 1-276 b passim George Jackson Eldridge, CMG, Consul-General in ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXI (ff. 282). July-Sept. 1864.includes:f. 1 Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1863-1869. f. 1 John Hanning Speke, African explorer: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1863, 1864. ff. 3, 133, 185, 187 ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXIII (ff. 355). Jan., Feb. 1865.includes:ff. 1, 3, 33, 47, 96, 115, 220, 250, 341 William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, Baron Dalling and Bulwer: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1860-1870. ff. 5, 34, 163 William Schaw Lindsay, MP for Sunderland: ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXV (ff. 289). Sept.-10 Oct. 1877.includes:ff. 1, 15, 31, 59, 79, 116, 132 Sir John Elijah Blunt, Vice-Consul at A drianople: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1886. ff. 3, 152, 193, 248, 264, 272 b, 280 Colonel Wilbraham Oates Lennox, KCB 1... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCXVII (ff. 194). 19 Jan.-20 Mar. 1878.Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Correspondence, as Foreign Sec., with Sir A. H. Layard: 1874-1878.: printed.Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, CB, Consul in Crete: Official correspondence: ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XLIX (ff. 418). July, 1849-1850.Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1891.includes:ff. 5, 14, 142, 167, 292, 327, 353-360 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Correspondence... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXVII (ff. 409). Aug.-Nov. 1863.Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1881.includes:ff. 1, 46, 48, 100, 141-150, 310, 357, 359, 387 Sir Robert Burnett David Morier, GCB; diplomatist: Lett... British Library
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