Colonial administration
Legislative Council of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus · founded 14 September 1878
Colonial administration in Nicosia, founded 14 September 1878; part of Government of Cyprus (British colonial administration). 7 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 14 September 1878An Order of 14 September 1878 established a Legislative Council and empowered the High Commissioner to enact laws; the Ottoman court system was kept in the six districts.
NicosiaGarnet Joseph WolseleyStanley-Price 2018, p. 3Stanley-Price 2018, p. 10
- 1883–1891Eustathios Constantinides, later Curator of Antiquities, sat on the Council.
- 1883A Cyprus Herald correspondent of December 1883 notes that archaeology was the thing of the moment; Charles Watkins, director of the Imperial Ottoman Bank at Larnaca and an excavator, is described as a member of the Council.
- 1890sG. Frangoudes, Greek Cypriot representative on the Council, asked the government about the permit granted to the British Museum for the Amathus excavations; the government replied that the dig took place with its knowledge and permission and the finds were to go to the British Museum. The Neon Ethnos of 1894 reports the controversy.
- 13 May 1901A Museum sub-committee formed after a meeting of 13 May 1901 included Pascal Constantinides and Ioannis Economides, lawyer and member of the Legislative Council.
NicosiaPaschalis ConstantinidesStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 226
- 1905A new Antiquities Law was voted by the Legislative Council: antiquities became the property of the government, collectors had to list holdings with the Museum Committee, which was given enforcement powers; amended 1928.
- 1925–1927Luke Zenon Pierides, a member of the Council, introduced the law allowing the Museum of Cyprus to cede part of the finds to the Swedish Cyprus Expedition; before it, all finds belonged to the Museum.
People
7 peopleStaff and members · 7
- Charles F. Watkinsmember (c. 1883–c. 1886) · memberTatton-Brown 2001, p. 2781883
- Eustathios Constantinidesmember (1883–1891) · memberMerrillees 2005, p. 131883
- Luke Zenon Pieridesmember (c. 1925–1927) · memberGjerstad 19801925
- Ioannis EconomidesmemberStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 226
- Ioannis Economidesofficial (1901–1901)Stylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 226
- Paschalis Constantinidesmember · memberMerrillees 2005, p. 17
- Yiorgos FrangoudesmemberMarangou 2000
Sources
- 1.Nicholas Stanley-Price (2018). “Illicit excavation: the trial of Alessandro Palma di Cesnola in Cyprus in 1878”. The Antiquaries Journal 98, 297-317.
- 2.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2005). “Towards a fuller history of the Cyprus Museum”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35, 191-214. Online
- 3.Veronica Tatton-Brown (ed.) (2001). Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction. Oxford, Oxbow.
- 4.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
- 5.T. Stylianou-Lambert, A. Bounia (2016). The Political Museum: Power, Conflict, and Identity in Cyprus.
- 6.E. Gjerstad (1980). Ages and Days in Cyprus.