Bidspirit auction | The British Consulate in Jerusalem

The British Consulate in Jerusalem in relation to the Jews of Palestine 1838-1914, London 1939-1941. Vol 1 1838-1861, London, 1939. Vol 2 1862-1914, London 1941. The British Consulate in Jerusalem was opened in March 1839 and closed on the 16th of November 1914, on the outbreak of war with Turkey, and the archives were transferred for safe keeping to the representative of the United States of America in Jerusalem. During this period of seventy-six years, there were seven representatives of the British Government in Jerusalem. There were William Tanner Young (appointed September 19, 1838), James Finn (appointed November 25, 1845), Noel Moore (appointed October 31, 1862), John Dickson (appointed September 10, 1890), Edward Charles Blech (appointed November 7, 1906), Harold Satow (appointed November 3, 1909), and Peter James McGregor (appointed January 26, 1912). In 1838, when Mehmet Ali already controlled Palestine but had not yet arrived at a complete breach with the sultan, the British were successful in obtaining permission to open a vice-consulate at Jerusalem. Outside of Jerusalem, the Opium War was emerging between Great Britain and China in 1839, and until that war the Russians maintained no permanent consular office at Jerusalem. In addition, Muhammad Ali expanded his rule to Palestine between 1839 and 1840. His policies modified the feudal order, increased agriculture, and improved education. Eight years later in 1847, during James Finn's term as British Consul, the first press was opened in the Holy Land named the ”Press of (Latin) Custodianship”. The Valero family opened the first ”bank” in 1848 in Jerusalem one year later, introducing currency and money exchange to the Holy Land. Vol 1, 294, Vol 2, 294-592 pp, Good Condition.