Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer NPG x197050

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Alexander Bassano, published by Ogden's

Sir Evelyn Baring was an administrator and diplomat whose twenty-four year rule in Egypt as British agent and Consul General (1883-1907) profoundly influenced Egypt's development as a modern state. Born of a family distinguished in politics and banking, Evelyn Baring received his training at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from which he graduated at the age of seventeen. He received a commission in the Royal Artillery and served in Corfu, Malta, and Jamaica. For a while he served in the War Office, but military life... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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