![]() ![]() ![]() During his tenure of his post no questions of any great moment have arisen between the two countries but, should such questions arise in the future, Sir Edwin has simplified their solution for his successors by enhancing the kindly feeling of Anglo-Italian relations. He will be followed into his retirement by the good wishes not only of the British colony, who received constant proofs of his kindness and interest in their concern, but also of the Italian Government, which has always found in him a cordial representative of the traditional friendship that has so long existed between England and Italy. When Egerton retired in 1908, The Times correspondent in Rome wrote: Egerton was a member of the Tory-sympathetic 'Lyons School' of British diplomacy. ĭuring his time in Paris, Egerton was trained by Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, who was then British Ambassador to France. He was Secretary of Legation at Buenos Aires 1879–1881 and at Athens 1881–85 Consul-General in Egypt 1884–85 Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople in 1885 and at Paris during 1885–86 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece 1892–1903 Ambassador to Spain 1903–04 and Ambassador to Italy 1905–08. Sir Edwin Henry Egerton, GCMG, KCB, PC (8 November 1841 – 8 July 1916) was a British diplomat who was envoy to Greece and ambassador to Spain and Italy.Įdwin Egerton was educated at Eton College, and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1859 as an attaché at St Petersburg. ![]()
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