Society
Cyprus Committee
London, United Kingdom
Society in London. 4 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1934–1936Viscount Mersey's Cyprus Committee raised private funds for Cypriot monuments and the Cyprus Museum; it gave 1,200 pounds for Famagusta monument work in 1935 and paid Peers' visit expenses after the Cyprus government declined. It had twelve founding members, seven of them Old Etonians, and included Ormsby-Gore and Sir George Hill.
LondonViscount MerseyWilliam Ormsby-GoreGeorge HillStanley-Price 2025
- 1935The Committee funded Famagusta monument work (1,200 pounds for the year); Hilton arranged the secondment of Theophilus Mogabgab as Antiquities Officer for Famagusta.
FamagustaJohn HiltonStanley-Price 2025
- 1935In the dispute leading to Hilton's dismissal, a view recorded from the Governor's side blamed Mersey for treating Hilton as if he belonged to the Cyprus Committee; Stanley-Price says Mersey did not observe protocol.
- 1936William Ormsby-Gore, a Cyprus Committee member, became Secretary of State for the Colonies in May 1936 and wrote sharply to Governor Palmer about the Director of Antiquities' support and Gunnis's role.
William Ormsby-GoreRichmond PalmerRupert Forbes GunnisStanley-Price 2025
People
4 peopleStaff and members · 4
- John Hiltonother (1934–1935) · worked closely with the Committee, which funded Famagusta work (not a member)Stanley-Price 20251934
- Viscount Merseypresident (c. 1934–1936) · head; fundraiserStanley-Price 20251934
- William Ormsby-Goremember (by 1936) · memberStanley-Price 20251936
- George HillmemberStanley-Price 2025
Sources
- 1.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.
- 2.T. Kiely (2017). “Britain and the archaeology of Cyprus II: 1914 to the present day”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 47, 253-310. Online