Monday, April 19, 2010

Arthur David ALBAN - service history

Born March 12 1862. 
Passed a. competitive examination on May 30, and appointed a Student Interpreter in the Levant, June 11, 1883. 
Promoted to be an Assistant, August; 1, 1885; and Vice Consul at Alexandria, February 1 1890. Acting Consul at Alexandria in 1890. 
Acting Vice-Consul at Beirout in 1888 and 1889. 
Acting Consul-General at Alexandria 1891, 1892 and 1894. 
Acting Consul at Jeddah in 1895 and 1896. Appointed British Delegate to the Quarantine Board of Egypt, July 1, 1897. 
Again Acting Consul- General at Alexandria in l897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902 and 1903. 
Promoted to be Consul, to reside at Alexandria, December 10, 1901; 
Consul at Cairo, for the Consular District of Cairo, March .27, 1903.
Was British Delegate to the International Sanitary Conference at Paris, October -November, 1903. 
Received the Coronation Medal, 1911. 
The maritime portion of Mudiria of Keneh was  excluded from the District of the Consulate, and a new Commission issued to Mr. Alban, April 1, 1918. 
Made an O.B.E. June 3, 1918. 
Promoted to be Consul-General at Alexandria, October 1, 1919. 
Retired on a pension, March 17,1924.

From an old newspaper clipping possibly published at the time of his retirement in 1924.

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