Charles Henry Churchill

Charles Henry Churchill

Colonel Charles Henry Spencer-Churchill (* 27. Mai 1828; † 3. April 1877) war ein britischer Offizier und Diplomat und britischer Konsul in Syrien.

Leben

Er war der Enkel von George Spencer-Churchill, 5. Duke of Marlborough. Seine Eltern waren Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill und Ethelred Catherine Benett.

Churchill forderte schon in den 1840er Jahren einen jüdischen Staat Israel in Palästina. Er verfasste mehrere bedeutende (kultur-)historische Werke über den Nahen Osten, darunter eine umfangreiche Biografie Abd el-Kaders, den er während dessen Exil in Damaskus kennengelernt hatte.

Er heiratete am 30. Oktober 1862 Rosalie Lowther.

Werke

  • Mount Lebanon : A Ten Years' Residence from 1842 to 1852, describing the Manners, Customs, and Religion of its Inhabitants with a Full and Correct Account of the Druse Religion and Containing Historical Records of the Mountain Tribes from Personal Intercourse with their Chiefs and Other Authentic Sources. – 3 Bände. London : Saunders & Otley, 1853 (faksimile-reprint Elibron Classics, 2000–02. – ISBN 1-40211050-2 (Band 1), ISBN 1-40211749-3 (Band 2) und ISBN 1-40210986-5 (Band 3))
  • The Druzes and the Maronites under the Turkish Rule from 1840 to 1860. – London : Bernard Quaritch, 1862 (faksimile-reprint Elibron Classics, 2001. – ISBN 1-40213059-7)
  • Life of Abd el-Kader: Ex-Sultan of the Arabs of Algeria: written from his own Dictation and compiled from other Authentic Sources. – London: Chapman and Hall, 1867, 8 Bände

Literatur

  • Kornrumpf, Hans-Jürgen; Kornrumpf, Jutta: Fremde im Osmanischen Reich 1826–1912/13: Bio-bibliographisches Register. – 2. Aufl. – Stutensee: Eigenverlag, 1998
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