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Nevill Barbour
Nevill Barbour (17 February 1895 – December 1972) was a BBC journalist and reporter who wrote about the Arab world. He was born in Eastbourne, England. He was the son of Sir David Barbour, who worked in the British bureaucracy in India. He served as the BBC correspondent in Palestine during World War II and after that returned to England, where he was appointed head of the Arab Department at the BBC. He was the editor of "The Arab Listener" published by the BBC. During the Algerian independence movement, Barbour helped in securing the transfer of media reporters from the Tunisian border to the combat units of the interior. In particular he worked with Djelloul Khatib. In April 1945, Barbour was one of three Christians (the others being Col. Newcombe and Ralph Beaumont MP) and three Jews (Albert Montefiore Hyamson Albert Montefiore Hyamson, (27 August 1875 – 5 October 1954) was a British civil servant and historian who served as chief immigration officer in the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevill Barbour
Nevill Barbour (17 February 1895 – December 1972) was a BBC journalist and reporter who wrote about the Arab world. He was born in Eastbourne, England. He was the son of Sir David Barbour, who worked in the British bureaucracy in India. He served as the BBC correspondent in Palestine during World War II and after that returned to England, where he was appointed head of the Arab Department at the BBC. He was the editor of "The Arab Listener" published by the BBC. During the Algerian independence movement, Barbour helped in securing the transfer of media reporters from the Tunisian border to the combat units of the interior. In particular he worked with Djelloul Khatib. In April 1945, Barbour was one of three Christians (the others being Col. Newcombe and Ralph Beaumont MP) and three Jews (Albert Montefiore Hyamson Albert Montefiore Hyamson, (27 August 1875 – 5 October 1954) was a British civil servant and historian who served as chief immigration officer in the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Barbour
Sir David Miller Barbour (28 December 1841 – 12 November 1928) was a British writer and civil servant in British India. Brbour was born at Calkill House near Omagh. He was educated at Omagh Academy and Queens College Belfast. On graduating he took the ICS examination, placing sixth overall and first in mathematics. When in India he served at all times in the Finance branch ending as Financial Member of the Viceroy's council. He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) for his services in India, and subsequently Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on 17 July 1899 for his various financial services to the British Government. He was a Financial Member of the Indian Viceroy's Council under Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, writer on monetary issues, and Irish loyalist. From 1903 to 1905 he was chairman of the Royal Commission on London Traffic. He was the father of Nevill Barbour Nevill Barbour (17 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djelloul Khatib
Djelloul Khatib alias commandant Djelloul (8 October 1936 – 6 February 2017) was a combatant for the Algerian independence and a public servant. During the war of independence he led the efforts towards the professionalization of the National Liberation Army (NLA). He contributed thereafter to building the civil service of newly independent Algeria. War of Independence Djelloul Khatib hails from the Casbah of Algiers. In 1956 he participated as a young freedom fighter to the battle of Algiers. He was then transferred to Egypt by the National Liberation Army (NLA) to attend military school. The Suez Crisis broke out just as he reported for duty in Cairo; he was mobilized and participated to the combats in Port-Said. He was assigned thereafter to the NLA Eastern base along the Algeria-Tunisian border and was promoted to the rank of officer. He then joined the First Supply Company which was tasked with channeling arms and ammunition from the Tunisian border to the mountaino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Beaumont
Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont CBE, TD, DL, JP (12 February 1901 – 18 September 1977), styled The Honourable from 1907, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. Background and education Born at Belgrave Square in London, he was the second son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale and his wife Lady Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest, daughter of George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry. His older brother was Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale. Beaumont was educated in Eton College and went then to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1923 and with a Master of Arts in 1953. Military career He joined the British Army and was promoted to a second lieutenant of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1931. Beaumont became lieutenant in 1934 and captain with the begin of the Second World War in 1939. He was finally advanced to lieutenant-colonel in 1947. Beaumont received the Territorial Decoration in 1948 and an addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Montefiore Hyamson
Albert Montefiore Hyamson, (27 August 1875 – 5 October 1954) was a British civil servant and historian who served as chief immigration officer in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1921 to 1934. The Political Zionist of the 1910s and 1920s Hyamson was born in London and educated at Swansea Grammar School and Beaufort College, St Leonards. He entered the Civil Service in 1895, where he initially worked at the Post Office. During the First World War, Hyamson was one of the most active Zionist writers in the UK. His work had been published by the Anglo-Zionist lobby group, the British Palestine Committee, the Zionist leadership in London and the British press. Lloyd George even claimed that one of Hyamson's articles in the ''New Statesman'' had stimulated his interest in Zionism. In April 1917, Hyamson was made the editor of ''The Zionist Review'' (the newspaper published by the Zionist Federation). In October of that year Ze'ev Jabotinsky proposed a Jewish Bureau for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
