Government department

Antiquities Advisory Board, Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus

Government department in Nicosia. 2 people in the register connected with it.

History

February 1936
Governor Richmond Palmer abolished Gunnis's Inspector of Antiquities post and named him Travelling Member of the new Antiquities Advisory Board with a 150 pound annual allowance. In 1936 the Colonial Office, under Ormsby-Gore, asked that his role be defined and the stipend forfeited.
NicosiaRupert Forbes Gunnis Richmond Palmer Stanley-Price 2025 Stanley-Price 2025
April 1936
John Hilton, first Director of Antiquities, was dismissed in April 1936; Stanley-Price argues Gunnis's opinions helped bring this about. Hilton's March 1936 statement made charges about Gunnis's export of antiquities, which Palmer did not pursue.
John Hilton Rupert Forbes Gunnis Richmond Palmer Stanley-Price 2025

2 people

Rupert Forbes Gunnismember (from 1936) · Travelling Member, with £150 annual allowanceStanley-Price 2025 Stanley-Price 20251936
Richmond Palmerofficial (from 1936)Stanley-Price 2025

1.Nicholas Stanley-Price (2025). “Illicit excavation and the sale of 'duplicate' antiquities: Rupert Gunnis and the Cyprus Museum, 1926-1932”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 55, 269-301. Online
2.Nicholas Stanley-Price (2025). “Colonial society and the dismissal of John Hilton, first Director of Antiquities in Cyprus”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 109-126.