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Jasper Yeates Brinton (born in
American Expeditionary Force
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His experience during the war to end all wars and connections he made in France (including French language skills) led to his appointment in 1921 by Egypt's then sultan soon to be monarch, Arabic: فؤاد الأول Fu’ād al-Awwal Turkish: I. Fuad or Ahmed Fuad Paşa) (with the approval of the United States government) as a Justice of the Mixed Courts of Egypt (Arabic: المحكمة الدستورية العليا, Al Mahkama Al Dustūrīya El ‘Ulyā)[4][5]
Brinton was a Justice of the Mixed Courts of Egypt from 1921 through 1948 (and was appointed as president of the court in 1943).Henry Morgenthau, Sr., a former ambassador to Turkey, for showing how “the protection of foreign interests has been reconciled with the claims of Egyptian national pride.” Morganthau praised Brinton and reported confidently that the United States had “contributed equally with the other great powers of the world in making possible . . . success” of the Mixed Courts of Egypt[7][8]
- ^ https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upt50s664 (accessed March 13, 2021)
- ^ http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaid1619brinton.pdf (© 2005 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Accessed March 13, 2021)
- ^ https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upt50s664 (accessed March 13, 2021)
- ^ (the foremost judicial authority in Egypt between 1875 and 1949, when their functions were transferred to new National Courts) https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/the-mixed-courts-of-egypt-1938-1949-f0tloLWZ3l
- ^ https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/197005/jasper.yeates.brinton-an.american.judge.in.egypt.htm (accessed March 10, 2021)
- ^ "Jasper Yeates Brinton: an American Judge in Egypt". Saudi Aramco World. 1949-10-15. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- ^ Jasper Yeates Brinton Dead; Headed Mixed Courts of Egypt 'New York Times' obituary published August 13, 1973 and accessed March 13, 2021
- ^ https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upt50s664