London Protocol (1829)
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Amendment to the first London Protocol (1828) on the independence of Greece
The London Protocol of 22 March 1829 was an agreement between the three Great Powers (Britain, France and Russia), which amended the first London Protocol on the creation of an internally autonomous, but tributary Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty.[1]
As a result of the
Poros Conference of the Great Powers' ambassadors in September 1828. In November 1828, disregarding the ambassadors' recommendations, the Great Powers agreed on the first London Protocol, which created an autonomous Greek state encompassing the Peloponnese (Morea) and the Cyclades
islands only.
On 22 March 1829, the British Foreign Minister,
which had played a major part in the War of Independence and were still under Greek control.The Ottoman Empire was forced to acknowledge the protocol in the
Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29, but soon after this, the Powers began to turn towards complete independence for Greece, which was recognized in the London Protocol
of 3 February 1830.
References
- ^ William Wrigley, "The Ionian Islands & the Restoration of Anglo-Ottoman Diplomacy, 1827–29" Südost-Forschunge (2010/2011), Vol. 69/70, pp. 51–89.
Further reading
- Anderson, M.S. The Eastern Question, 1774–1923: A Study in International Relations (1966) online