Percy Lyham Loraine papers, 1904-1960

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Summary

Creator:
Loraine, Percy Lyham, Sir, bart., 1880-1961
Abstract:
Sir Percy Lyham Loraine (1880-1961), was the 12th Baronet of Kirk Harle, Northumberland, and a British diplomat. After joining the Diplomatic Service in 1904, Loraine was stationed in Istanbul, Turkey, for three years before transfer to Iran, Greece, Egypt, and other locations. The collection includes correspondence concerning diplomatic matters in Turkey and the surrounding area (1906-1909, 1929, 1935?, 1938) and a detailed narrative journal by Loraine relating to Egyptian activity on the Turkish border near Akaba (Aqabah), 1905-1906.
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00824

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes correspondence concerning diplomatic matters in Turkey and the surrounding area (1906-1909, 1929, 1935?, 1938). Chiefly letters to Percy Lyham Loraine from fellow diplomats including George Lloyd and Gerald Fitzmaurice, and some letters and drafts of letters from Loraine to colleagues in the foreign service. Also included is a detailed narrative journal by Loraine relating to Egyptian activity on the Turkish border near Akaba (Aqabah), 1905-1906. Letters from Loraine to his wife (1929, 1935? and 1938) include observations about Turkey, the Balkan Conference, Romania, Germany, Austria, Japan, Churchill, and Ataturk's illness.

The "Roma" notebook, dated 1904-1960, is a hand-bound vellum volume inscribed to Loraine from "Valerie." This item was acquired separately from the remainder of the collection and includes some recorded entries and collected sayings by Loraine over a period of several decades in the mid-twentieth century.

Biographical / historical:

Sir Percy Lyham Loraine (1880-1961), was the 12th Baronet of Kirk Harle, Northumberland, and a British diplomat. After joining the Diplomatic Service in 1904, Loraine was stationed in Istanbul, Turkey, for three years before transfer to Persia and other locations.

Loraine's diplomatic appointments:
Date Event
1921-1926
British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Iran
1926-1929
British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece
1929-1933
British High Commissioner to Egypt and Sudan
1933-1939
British Ambassador to Turkey
1939-1940
British Ambassador to Italy
Acquisition information:

The Percy Lyham Loraine Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1998.

Addition 2022-0022 ("Roma" notebook) was acquired as a purchase from John Atkins in 2022.

Processing information:

Processed by Danielle Moore, June 2010

Encoded by Danielle Moore, June 2010

Accession 1998-0004 is described in this finding aid.

Updated by Meghan Lyon to include accession 2022-0022 in Sept. 2022.

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Collection is open for research.

Box 1 of this collection is missing as of 2010.

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