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- 1903-1972 (Creation)
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6 boxes.
1 document selected and described for the Archival City project.
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Biographical history
Born December 1884, son of J.H. Luke (formerly Lukacs).Educated Eton College; Trinity College, Oxford.
Private Sec. and ADC to the Governor of Sierra Leone, 1908-11, and to the Governor of Barbados, 1911.
Attached to Colonial Office, 1911.
Private sec. To high Commissioner of Cyprus, 1911-12.
Asst. Sec. to Govt. of Cyprus, 1912.
Served European War (Commander, RNVR) on the Syrian coast, 1914-15, on Staff of Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, Dardanelles, and as Government Sec., Mudros, Feb. 1915-June 1916.
Comr of Famagusta, Cyprus, 1918.
Political Officer to Admiral of the Fleet Sir J. de Robeck, Constantinople and Black Sea, 1919-20.
British Chief Commissioner in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, April-Sept. 1920.
Assistant Gov. of Jerusalem, 1920-24.
Commissioner to inquire into the Jaffa Riots of 1921, and into the affairs of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, 1921.
Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone, 1924-28.
CMG 1926; Chief Secretary of Palestine, 1928-30.
Lieut.-Gov. of Malta, 1930-38; Kt 1933.
Gov. and C-inC of Fiji, and High Comm. for the Western Pacific, 1938-42.
KCMG 1939.
Chief Rep of the British Council for the Caribbean, 1943-46.
Member of Foreign Relations Council of Ch. of England.
President, Malta League, 1955-65.
Died 11 May 1969.
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Scope and content
MS diaries 1903-59; ephemera from diaries; papers on Palestine; Memorial Service and Address by Stewart Perowne, 1969.
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Diaries; papers. This archival description follows the classification and arrangement standards of the fonds.
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Photocopying and quotation at the discretion of the Director of the Middle East Centre.
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ISAD(G), second edition, Ottawa 2000.
Available online : https://www.ica.org/en/isadg-general-international-standard-archival-description-second-edition
For dates : ISO 8601, 2nd edition, 2000.
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Entry prepared in January 2022.
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The sections on the contents and arrangement of the fonds include complete passages from St Antony’s College, « MECA Catalogues. Online Guides and Handlists. Luke, Sir Harry Charles » [Online], accessed in January 2022. URL : https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/gb165-0188_harry-luke-collection.pdf
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