Sir Alexander Condie StephenKCMGKCVOCB(20 July 1850 – 10 May 1908) was a British diplomat and translator from Russian and Persian.
Sir Alexander Condie Stephen | |
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 Stephen caricatured bySpyforVanity Fair,1902 | |
| Born | 20 July 1850 |
| Died | 10 May 1908(aged 57) |
| Occupation | British diplomat |
He was the first translator ofLermontov's long poem "The Demon" into English, in 1875. He translated "Fairy Tales of a Parrot" from Persian in 1880.
In 1884–5, he was Assistant Commissioner on theAfghan Boundary Commission.he had the crucial role of keeping communications open between the commission, in north-west Afghanistan and threatened by a large Russian army, and the British government in London. When the commission's presence almost triggered a war in the aftermath of thePanjdeh incident,he was sent to London to report to the government in person.[1]
He was knighted KCVO on 24 August 1900, for being HM minister resident inDresdenandCoburg.He was Groom in Waiting toKing Edward VIIfrom 1901.[2]
He was caricatured in aVanity Fair"Spy" print on 18 December 1902, as "Russian, Persian and Turkish".
Stephen is buried inBrompton Cemetery,London.
References
edit- ^Salisbury, Robert(2020).William Simpson and the Crisis in Central Asia, 1884-5.ISBN978-1-5272-7047-3
- ^"No. 27336".The London Gazette.23 July 1901. p. 4838.
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