British_delegation_Addis_Abeba.jpg

Summary

Description British delegation Addis Abeba.jpg	English: Photograph showing the members of the delegation sent to represent the British government at the coronation of Haile Selassie as emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. The delegates are standing on the steps of the British Legation in Addis Ababa. Front row, from left to right: Sir H. Kittermaster, Governor of Somaliland; Sir S. Barton, Minister Plenipotentiary to Ethiopia; the Duke of Gloucester, Head of the delegation; Sir J. Maffey, Governor-General of the Sudan; Admiral Fullerton, East Indies Station, Royal Navy. Standing behind Kittermaster and Barton is the Resident at Aden, Sir Stewart Symes. Young Wilfred Thesiger, who had been invited by Selassie to attend the event, is standing in the 4th row (arrow). Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa where his father was then the British Minister.
Date	1930
Source	Wilfred Thesiger, The Danakil Diary, Journeys through Abyssinia 1930-1934
Author	British government official photograph (Crown Copyright), 1930

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