Catalogue of the papers of Sir J. Richmond

Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Richmond, Sir John
Dates of creation: 1977
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Richmond, Sir John
Language: English

Sir John Richmond

(1909 - 1990)


	1931-1936	Various archaeological expeditions
	1937-1939	H.M. Office of Works
	1939-1946	War service: Middle East
	1946-1947	Department of Antiquities, Palestine Government
	1947	H.M. Diplomatic Service, Baghdad
	1951	Foreign Office
	1953-1955	Counsellor, British Embassy, Amman
	1955-1958	H.M. Consul-General, Houston, Texas
	1958-1959	Foreign Office
	1959	Counsellor, British Property Commission, Cairo
	1961-1963	H.M. Ambassador to Kuwait
	1963-1964	Supernumary Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford
	1965-1966	H.M. Ambassador to Sudan
	1966-1974	Lecturer Modern Near East History, School of Oriental Studies, University of Durham

Arrangement

1. Lectures

Accession details

Presented by Sir John Richmond, 1977

Catalogue

1. Lectures, Articles

SAD.639/8/1-19

1977 May 16
Text of lecture on “Gertrude Bell as a political influence” given by Sir John Richmond at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, as part of a series, in conjunction with the Gertrude Bell exhibition held in Oxford. (Copy typescript with amendments in Richmond's hand)

SAD.639/8/20-23

1977
Copy article by Sir John Richmond on his father, E.T. Richmond, entitled “Prophet of doom: E.T. Richmond, F.R.I.B.A., Palestine 1920-1924”, published in Arabic and Islamic garland: historical, educational and literary papers presented to Abdul Latif Tibawi by colleagues, friends and students (Islamic Cultural Centre, London, 1977)