Henry Alfred Cumberbatch 1858-1918

Biography of Henry Alfred Cumberbatch CMG. H.M. Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beirut, Syria and who had been employed at the Foreign Office since Nov. 1914.

CUMBERBATCH, Henry Alfred, C.M.G., 1896;

H.M. Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon 1908-1914; was also British Post Office Agent; has been employed at the Foreign Office since 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 late T.B. Rees of Smyrna, 1891; three s. two d. Educ.: Christ College, Finchley. Student Dragoman, Constantinople, 1876; employed at Belgrade, 1876-78; appointed H.M.’s Vice-Consul Bucharest, 1879; H.M.’s Vice-Consul Soulina (Roumania (sic)), 1881; Consul Adrianople, 1888; Acting Consul-General, Philippopolis (Bulgaria), 1888 and 1890; Acting Consul-General, Salonica, 1891; Acting Consul-General, Smyrna 1892; transferred to Angora, 1893; was at Erzeroum (Kurdistan) during the massacres of Armenians at that place, 1895; Consul for Kurdistan, 1895-1896. Consul at Smyrna, 1896-1900; was also British Post Office Agent; Consul-General, 1900-8.

Decorated for services rendered in Asia Minor, 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

Born

27 June 1858 Berdiansk, Russia son of Robert William Cumberbatch

Educated

1873: Christ College, London

1876: Dragoman, Constantinople

Married

Helene Gertrude Rees youngest daughter of Thomas B Rees of Smyrna on 16 January 1891 at the British Consulate, Smyrna and on 17 January 1891 at All Saints Church, Boudja (Buca) near Smyrna, Turkey

CMG

Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, Esq., Her Majesty’s Consul at Angora.

Downing Street, May 20, 1896.

THE Queen has been graciously pleased to give directions for the following appointments to the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:

To be Ordinary Members of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Distinguished Order:—

Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, Esq., Her Majesty’s Consul at Angora.

The London Gazette Publication date:2 June 1896 Issue:26745 Page:3245

Died

3 December 1918 5 Brunswick Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England

Buried

7 Dec 1918 Brompton Cemetery, London, England

In Everloving Memory of my Beloved Husband HENRY ALFRED CUMBERBATCH CMG Late H.B. Consul General in Syria. Born June 27th 1858. Died December 3rd 1918 aged 60 years.

“Blessed are the Pure in Heart”