All Outputs (20)

The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As British Ambassador at Constantinople during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, Austen Henry Layard was the proverbial ‘man on the spot’: an emissary, on the fringes of empire, entrusted to defend Britain’s informal empire in the Near East. Layard’s fo... Read More about The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877.

Our Man in Fez: James MacIver Macleod (2019)
Journal Article

This article will illustrate several facets of MacLeod’s career. First, it will consider his appointment and the years immediately afterwards, when he struggled to gain recognition of his status from the Makhzen, the Moroccan government. Second, it w... Read More about Our Man in Fez: James MacIver Macleod.

The de Bunsen mission to South America, 1918 (2017)
Book Chapter

On 21 April 1918, a special mission left Devonport on board HMS Arlanza, bound for South America. Its aims were threefold. First, it would offer thanks to countries which had either actively sided with the Allies in the First World War or otherwise s... Read More about The de Bunsen mission to South America, 1918.

The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (2016)
Book

This book addresses the interface of the British Foreign Office, foreign policy and commerce in the twentieth century. Two related questions are considered: what did the Foreign Office do to support British commerce, and how did commerce influence Br... Read More about The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century.

The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8 (2012)
Journal Article

This article examines the interface of military service and the Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services during the First World War. That convergence encompassed efforts by those institutions to respond in a patriotic spirit to demands for... Read More about The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8.

British diplomacy and the descent into chaos: The career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19 (2011)
Book

In his diplomatic career, from 1902–19, Jack Garnett served widely overseas during a period of dramatic change in international politics and in Britain's role on the world stage. In this book, John Fisher reveals Garnett as a fascinating individual:... Read More about British diplomacy and the descent into chaos: The career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19.

An eagle whose wings are not always easy to clip: Walter Burton Harris (2011)
Book Chapter

Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24 (2010)
Journal Article

This article examines the British expatriate community in Morocco and specifically in Tangier at a formative time in the country's history. Growing French ascendancy in Morocco and the strains imposed by war exposed weaknesses in British prospects in... Read More about Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24.

Gentleman spies in Asia (2010)
Journal Article

This article covers the gathering of intelligence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Asia, particularly in Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Inevitably, the Great Game and concerns about Russian intentions loomed large. Initially... Read More about Gentleman spies in Asia.

The gyrations of a die-hard? Lord Curzon and the Dardanelles campaign (2010)
Book Chapter

The church of England and British policy towards the Assyrians, 1914-55 (2010)
Book Chapter

Religion and diplomacy: religion and British Foreign Policy 1815-1941 (2010)
Book

For long a missing dimension in British foreign policy, religion impinged upon the formulation of Britain’s overseas interests in many ways. This was true of policy makers’ unspoken assumptions about the nature of humanity and international politics,... Read More about Religion and diplomacy: religion and British Foreign Policy 1815-1941.

Introduction (2010)
Book Chapter

‘“A call to action”: The Committee on British Communities Abroad, 1919-20 (2009)
Journal Article

British consular representation in Morocco, 1912-1924: “A question of pounds, shillings and pence” (2009)
Journal Article

Man on the spot: Captain George Gracey and British policy towards the Assyrians, 1917-45 (2008)
Journal Article

Official responses to foreign travel at the british foreign andlndia offices before 1914 (2007)
Journal Article

Lord Robert Cecil and the formation of a Middle East Department of the Foreign Office (2006)
Journal Article

Gentleman spies: British agents in the empire and beyond (2002)
Book

The Rabegh crisis, 1916-17: 'A comparatively trivial question' or 'a self-willed disaster' (2002)
Journal Article