Arthur Lumley Davids.
Politics
From 1847 to 1852, he sat in
parliament
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as the member for
Stafford
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, and carried on a vigorous campaign against Lord Palmerston's foreign policy.
He was against the imposition of sanitary reform, and vehemently opposed the passage of the
Public Health Act 1848
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.
The action of the United Kingdom in the
Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
provoked indignant protests from Urquhart, who contended that Turkey was in a position to fight her own battles without the assistance of other powers.
To attack the government, he organized "foreign affairs committees" which became known as ''Urquhartite,'' throughout the country, and in 1856 (with finance from ironmaster George Crawshay) became the owner of the ''Free Press'' (renamed the ''Diplomatic Review'' in 1866), which numbered among its contributors the socialist
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...
. In 1860, he published his book on
Lebanon
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.
Personal life
In 1854, Urquhart married
Harriet Angelina Fortescue
Harriet Angelina Fortescue (1825 – 1889) was a British writer on international affairs.
She was the wife of diplomat David Urquhart and wrote numerous articles in his publication, the ''Diplomatic Review'', under the signature of ''Carita ...
, an
Anglo-Irish
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aristocrat.
The couple had two daughters and three sons: including
Francis Fortescue Urquhart.
Harriet was involved in Urquhart's work and wrote numerous articles for ''Diplomatic Review'' under the signature of ''Caritas.
'' She died in 1889.
Urquhart introduced
Turkish baths
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to Great Britain.
He advocated their use in his book ''The Pillars of Hercules'' (1850), which attracted the attention of the Irish physician
Richard Barter.
Barter then introduced them in his system of
hydropathy
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at
Blarney
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,
County Cork
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.
The Turkish baths at 76
Jermyn Street
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Hist ...
, London were built under Urquhart's direction.
Starting in 1864, Urquhart lived in
Clarens, Switzerland
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Clarens was made famous throughout Europe by the i ...
next to
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for his health. There he devoted his energies to promoting the study of
international law
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. He died in 1877 and is buried in Clarens.
Select publications
* ''Turkey and its Resources: Its Municipal Organisation and Free Trade''. London: Saunders and Otley, 1833.
* ''England, France, Russia, and Turkey. 3rd edition''. London: J. Ridgeway and Son, 1835.
* ''The Spirit of the East''. in two volumes. 2nd edition. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1839.
* ''The Crisis. France in Face of the Four Powers. Second Edition''. Translated from the French. Glasgow: John Smith and Son, 1840.
* "Rupture of Alliance with France." ''Diplomacy and Commerce'' vol. 5. Glasgow: John Smith & Son, 1840.
* ''The Sulphur Monopoly''. T. Brettell, 1840.
* ''A Fragment of History of Serbia''. Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 1843.
* ''Annexation of Texas: A Case of War Between England and the United States''. London: James Maynard, 1844.
* ''England in the Western Hemisphere; the United States and Canada''. London: James Maynard, 1844.
* Reflections on Thoughts and Things, Moral, Religious, and Political. London: James Maynard, 1844.
* ''The Pillars of Hercules; or, A Narrative of Travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848''. in 2 volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1850.
* ''The Mystery of the Danube: Showing how Through Secret Diplomacy that River Has Been Closed, Exportation from Turkey Arrested, and the Re-opening of the Isthmus of Suez Prevented''. London:
Bradbury & Evans, 1851.
* ''The Crown of Denmark Disposed of by a Conscientious Minister Through a Fraudulent Treaty with the Treaty of the 8th of May 1852''. London: T. & W. Boone, March 1853.
* ''Recent Events in the East: Being a Reprint of Mr. Urquhart's Contributions to the Morning Advertiser, During the Autumn of 1853''. London:
Trübner & Co., 1854.
* ''The War of Ignorance and Collusion; Its Progress and Results: a Prognostication and a Testimony''. London: Trübner & Co., 1854.
* ''Familiar Words, as affecting the character of Englishmen and the Fate of England''. London: Trübner & Co., 1855.
* ''The Home Face of the “Four Points".'' London: Trübner & Co., 1855.
* ''Public Opinion and Its Organs''. London: Trübner & Co., 1855.
* ''The Effect of the Misuse of Familiar Words on the Character of Men and the Fate of Nations''. London: Trübner & Co., 1856.
* The Question is Mr. Urquhart a Tory Or a Radical? Answered by His Constitution for the Danubian Principalities. Sheffield: Isaac Ironside, 1856.
* ''The Queen and the Premier: A Statement of Their Struggle and Its Results. 2nd Edition''. London: David Bryce, 1857.
* ''The Sraddha: The Keystone of the Brahminical, Buddhistic, and Arian Religions, as Illustrative of the Dogma and Duty of Adoption Among the Princes and People of India''. London: David Bryce, 1857.
* ''Mr. Urquhart on the Italian War…to Which is Added a Memoir on Europe Drawn up for the Instruction of the Present Emperor of Russia''. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1859.
* ''Selections from “Progress of Russia in the West, North and South."'' Reprinted from
Stereotype
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edition. 1959.
* ''The Lebanon: (Mount Souria): A History and a Diary.'' 2 volumes. London:
Thomas Cautley Newby
Thomas Cautley Newby (1797/1798 – 1882) was an English publisher and printer based in London.
Newby published ''Wuthering Heights'' by Emily Brontë and both Anne Brontë's novels, ''Agnes Grey'' and ''The Tenant of Wildfell Hall''. He also ...
, 1860.
* ''The New Heresy: Proselytism Substituted for Righteousness, 2 letters to the Bishop of Oxford''. Whitefriars: Free Press Office, September 1862.
* ''The Right of Search: Two Speeches by David Urquhart''. London: Hardwicke, 1862.
* ''Manual of the Turkish Bath. Heat a Mode of Cure and a Source of Strength for Men and Animals''. London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865.
* ''Conscience in Respect to Public Affairs: A Correspondence''. Wyman & Sons, 1867.
* ''Russia, If Not Everywhere, Nowhere: A Correspondence''. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1867.
* ''The Abyssinian War: The Contingency of Failure''. London: Diplomatic Review Office, December 1868.
* ''Effect on the World of the Restoration of the Canon Law: Being a Vindication of the Catholic Church Against a Priest''. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1869.
* ''The Military Oath and Christianity''. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1869.
* ''The Military Strength of Turkey''. London: Effingham Wilson Royal Exchange, 1869.
* ''The Four Wars of the French Revolution''. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1874.
* "Naval Power Suppressed by the Maritime States: Crimean War." Reprinted from ''Diplomatic Review''. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1874.
See also
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Mission of the Vixen
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Russian background
Under the Treaty of Adrianople (1829), treaty of Adrianople, the ...
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Hammam
A hammam ( ar, حمّام, translit=ḥammām, tr, hamam) or Turkish bath is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited f ...
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Russophobia
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Eastern Question
References
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1805 births
1877 deaths
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