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'''David Robinson Lockhart "Lock" Lorimer''' (1876-1962) was a British officer, first in the Indian Army 1896 and then | '''David Robinson Lockhart "Lock" Lorimer''' (1876-1962) was a British officer, first in the Indian Army (1896) and then theI ndian Political Service (1903-27). The Indian Political Service extended to the Middle East, and he was British Political Representative in Cairo during the [[First World War]].<ref name=UKArcF177>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_13&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 | | url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_13&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 | ||
| title = British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections; Private Papers [Mss Eur F175 - Mss Eur F199] | | title = British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections; Private Papers [Mss Eur F175 - Mss Eur F199] | ||
| contribution = Papers of Emily Overend Lorimer, author, editor of 'Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lorimer, Indian Political Service 1903-27 Mss Eur F177 1902-1949 | | contribution = Papers of Emily Overend Lorimer, author, editor of 'Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lorimer, Indian Political Service 1903-27 Mss Eur F177 1902-1949 | ||
| author = Emily Overend Lorimer | | author = Emily Overend Lorimer | ||
| publisher = National Archives (UK)}}</ref> | | publisher = National Archives (UK)}}</ref> In the 1920s and 1930s, he published on Asian languages. | ||
His wife, [[Emily Overend Lorimer]], unofficially but powerfully was his aide in Cairo; she had been a tutor at Oxford before they married and later an authority on Naziism. He also had a high regard for the knowledge of [[Gertrude Bell]].<ref name=Wallach>{{citation | His wife, [[Emily Overend Lorimer]], unofficially but powerfully was his aide in Cairo; she had been a tutor at Oxford before they married and later an authority on Naziism. He also had a high regard for the knowledge of [[Gertrude Bell]].<ref name=Wallach>{{citation | ||
Revision as of 14:02, 18 December 2009
David Robinson Lockhart "Lock" Lorimer (1876-1962) was a British officer, first in the Indian Army (1896) and then theI ndian Political Service (1903-27). The Indian Political Service extended to the Middle East, and he was British Political Representative in Cairo during the First World War.[1] In the 1920s and 1930s, he published on Asian languages.
His wife, Emily Overend Lorimer, unofficially but powerfully was his aide in Cairo; she had been a tutor at Oxford before they married and later an authority on Naziism. He also had a high regard for the knowledge of Gertrude Bell.[2]
They were both linguists, and he was known for publications about an language called Burushaski spoken in Hunza (in present-day Pakistan).[3]
References
- ↑ Emily Overend Lorimer, Papers of Emily Overend Lorimer, author, editor of 'Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lorimer, Indian Political Service 1903-27 Mss Eur F177 1902-1949, British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections; Private Papers [Mss Eur F175 - Mss Eur F199], National Archives (UK)
- ↑ Janet Wallach (1999), Desert Queen, Anchor Books, Random House, ISBN 1400096197, p. 149
- ↑ Julie Flowerday, Society and Environment Publications, Truman State University