The Anglo-German Friendship Committee was a London-based association founded in 1905 to promote the improvement of cordial relations between

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and

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. The Committee was launched on 1 December 1905 at a meeting in

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, London. Its principal founders were the banker and politician Lord Avebury and the politician Lord Courtney. The pacifist Baroness

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, who was awarded the

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in the same month, was also involved. F. W. Fox became the honorary secretary. The committee's establishment was welcomed by prominent

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, who sent a telegram of support to the inaugural meeting. The German ambassador in London and the British ambassador in Berlin both also expressed their approval.

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