GRANVILLE (2nd Earl Granville, George Leveson-Gower, 1815-1891, Liberal Statesman, from 1846 2nd Earl, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs)

Fine Clerk Written Letter signed to "His Highness the Khedive of Egypt" saying he has "received the Commands of the Queen my August Sovereign to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which Your Highness addressed to Her Majesty on the 28th ultimo, in which you request that Her Majesty may be pleased to reinstate General Baker in Her Military Service. I am commanded to acquaint Your Highness in reply, that the Queen fully appreciates the sentiments which have inspired Your Highness in making this request, and while I am to assure you of the Queen's earnest desire at all times to meet the wishes of Your Highness, I am to state that this being a matter which is connected with the Welfare of Her Service it will require the careful consideration of Her Majesty's advisers before a decision can be taken ... I am further commanded by the Queen to thank Your Highness for the sentiments toward Her Majesty expressed in your letter, and to assure you in return of Her Majesty's ardent wishes for your Health and Happiness, and for the Welfare and Prosperity of the territories governed by You Highness ...", 3 sides folio on black rimmed Foreign Office headed paper with stamped seal, 18th April

Mohamed Tewfik Pasha (1852-1892), also known as Tawfiq of Egypt, was khedive of Egypt and the Sudan between 1879 and 1892 and the sixth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. He was the eldest son of Khedive Ismail.
Valentine Baker, also known as Baker Pasha, (1827-1887), was a British soldier, and a younger brother of Sir Samuel Baker. In 1875 his career in the British army was ended by a scandal. He was arrested on a charge of indecent assault upon a young woman in a railway carriage. The woman, Rebecca Kate Dickinson, ended up clinging to the outside of the carriage to escape him. The matter went to trial and there was much public interest. Baker offered no defence, and was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine. He was then dismissed from the service. Two years later, having left England, he entered the service of the Ottoman Army in the war with Russia. After the peace he was employed in an administrative post in Armenia, where he remained until 1882. In this year he was offered the command of the newly formed Egyptian Army, which he accepted. On his arrival at Cairo, however, the offer was withdrawn and he only obtained command of the Egyptian police.

Item Date:  1884

Stock No:  41708      £225

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