Arthur Hirtzel
Arthur Hirtzel | |
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Born | Frederic Arthur Hirtzel 14 May 1870 Minehead, Somerset, England |
Died | 2 January 1937 Fairford, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 66)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Civil Servant |
Spouse | Olive Ransome |
Sir (Frederic) Arthur Hirtzel
Biography
Frederic Arthur Hirtzel was born in
In 1899 he married Olive Ransome; the couple had three daughters and one son.[6]
He entered the
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1907 and a Knight Commander of the same order (KCB) in 1911.[5]
During the period 1925 to 1930, he was also Chairman of the Board of Governors at his old school, Dulwich College.
His main residences were 47 Palace Court, London, which he occupied during much of his official and married life, and East End House, Fairford, Gloucestershire, a spacious, three-storeyed property dating back to 1640 with later additions in the 1730s and 1890s.[6][2]
Perhaps surprisingly, Hirtzel never set foot in India, and his holidays were spent in Minehead and Cornwall.[8]
Publications
- P. Vergili Maronis Opera. Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Fredericus Arturus Hirtzel, Oxford: Clarendon, 1900.
- Imperial Christianity (reprinted from The East and the West), 1913.
- The Church, the Empire, and the World, London: SPCK, 1919.
- South Persia and the Great War: Discussion, The Geographical Journal, 58:2, August 1921, 117–8. [Discussion by Edmund Barrow, Arthur Hirtzel, George Napier and Charles Yate, 116-9, of Sir Percy Sykes, 'South Persia and the Great War', The Geographical Journal, 58:2, August 1921, 101–16.]
References
- ^ a b c "Sir Arthur Hirtzel". Obituaries. The Times. No. 47573. London. 4 January 1937. col B, p. 14.
- ^ a b 'Sir Arthur Hirtzel', The Times, London, 4 January 1937, pg. 14.
- ^ Oxford University Calendar 1895, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1895, pp. 278, 353.
- ^ Oxford University Calendar 1895, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1895, p.40.
- ^ a b Who's Who, 1935, London : A.& C. Black, 1935, p. 1575.
- ^ a b Who Was Who, 1929-1940, London : A. & C. Black, 1941, p.645.
- ^ The Times. No. 36402. London. 14 March 1901. p. 9.
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(help) - ^ John Fisher, ‘Sir Arthur Hirtzel and the Pax Britannica in the Middle East’, Diplomacy & Statecraft, 32:2 (2021), 263-288