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- Born in (Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire)
Died at 5 Brunswick Terrace
Henry Alfred Cumberbatch (British consul in Smyrna 1896-1908) ismentioned in the memoirs of the famous English traveller and writerGertrude Bell, whose relevant section mentioning her being hosted by him and his wife in 1907 on her expedition to a Hittite monument in the hinterland of Anatolia. On April 5-7 she travelled to Nif.Gertrude's letters and diaries are online at:http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk- search for Cumberbatch; "Friday Ap 5. [5April 1907] Off at 8.15 with the Cumberbatches and drove to Nif[Kemalpasa]... The road very bad. It was being repaired and we had frequently to drive into the surrounding country when we as frequently stuck in the mud."
CUMBERBATCH, Henry Alfred, C.M.G., 1896; H.M. Consul-General for theVilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon 1908-1914; was alsoBritish Post Office Agent; has been employed at the Foreign Officesince Nov. 1914; b. Berdiansk (Russia), 27 June 1858; s. of late R.W.Cumberbatch of H.M.'s Consular Service; m. Helene Gertrude, d. of lateT.B. Rees of Smyrna, 1891; three s. two d. Educ.: Christ College,Finchley. Student Dragoman, Constantinople, 1876; employed atBelgrade, 1876-78; appointed H.M.'s Vice-Con. Bucharest, 1879; H.M.'sVice-Con. Soulina (Roumania (sic)), 1881; Con. Adrianople, 1888;Acting Consul-General, Philippopolis (Bulgaria), 1888 and 1890; ActingConsul-General, Salonica, 1891; Acting Con-Gen., Smyrna 1892;transferred to Angora, 1893; was at Erzeroum (Kurdistan) during themassacres of Armenians at that place, 1895; Consul for Kurdistan,1895-1896. Consul at Smyrna, 1896-1900; was also British Post OfficeAgent; Consul-General, 1900-8. Decorated for services rendered in AsiaMinor, etc. Recreation: golf. Address: Foreign Office, S.W. Club: St.James's. (Died 3 Dec. 1918)
Source: Who Was Who 1916-1928 p.252; R920/042 Guildhall Library
Awards Order of St Michael & St George
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1858 - 1918 (~ 60 years)