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Consul / diplomat

J. Judson Barclay

fl. 1862–1865 · United States

American diplomat, active 1862–1865. Consul at Larnaca.

Life and work

  1. 1862
    Hosted William Waddington at Larnaca during the Vogüé mission; Duthoit's account says Vogüé and Duthoit lodged with the French consul Du Tour, 'pendant que Waddington logeait chez le Consul américain Barclay'. Elsewhere Duthoit writes that 'le Comte du Tour, consul de France et M. Barclay, consul d'Amérique' offered lodging and table.

    LarnacaFoucart-Borville 1985

  2. 28 June 1863
    A letter from Larnaca dated 28 June 1863 to the Comte de Vogüé (writer not identified on the page read) says 'Mr. Barclays and myself are desirous of learning when it is your intention to publish your researches in Cyprus'.

    LarnacaBonato 2000

  3. 1864
    Asked Secretary of State Seward to move him to a vacancy at Alexandria, citing the poor salary ($1000 a year); went to the US on leave and learned there that Cesnola had been appointed to his post.

    Marangou 2000, p. 155

Connections

3 people
Luigi Palma di CesnolaHenry William WaddingtonEdouard du TourJ. Judson Barclay
Colleagues

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  2. 2.Jacques Foucart-Borville (1985). “La correspondance chypriote d'Edmond Duthoit (1862 et 1865)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 4, 3-60. Online
  3. 3.Lucie Bonato (2000). “Chypre dans les archives de Melchior de Vogüé, III-IV : la correspondance de Dimitri Piérides”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 30, 99-118.