Talk:Austen Henry Layard

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[edit] GCB

The 1911 article states that Layard received the GCB in 1878 on the occasion of the Berlin Conference. This cannot be correct, as the Berlin Conference was in 1884. Other places mention him receiving it upon his retirement as ambassador in Constantinople, yet in the text of the Cyprus Convention he is listed with GCB in his title. Is there some source to find the correct info reagrding this?

The Congress of Berlin was in 1878 as its function was to place the terms of the treaty of San-Stefano signed between the Ottoman Empire and Russia earlier that year before the great powers for renegotiation. According to the dictionary of national biography Layard got his GCB in June 1878 presumably due to his success in bringing the Ottoman Empire and Britain closer together.

Yusuf

I see the problem. It was the Congress of Berlin, not the Berlin Conference. Looking at the Cyprus Convention, I noticed that Layard was not written with GCB on June 4, 1878, but he was on July 1, 1878. The Congress of Berlin began June 13, so that all seems consistent. --Mmm 08:04, 4 May 2006 (UTC)