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Sir Ernest James Lennox Berkeley (31 May 1857 - 24 October 1932) was a British military officer and administrator, who served as the British Consul-General for Tunis between 1899 and 1920.

Biography

Berkeley was born illegitimately, the son of George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley, 7th Earl of Berkeley and Cécile Drummond.

He was educated at Royal Academy School in Gosport and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the British Army, becoming an officer in the 57th Foot in 1876, and the 60th Rifles in 1877.

In 1885 he became the British Vice Consul for East Africa and in 1891, Consul for Zanzibar. He simultaneously acted as Administrator of the Imperial British East Africa Company's territories between 1891 and 1892. He was appointed as the British Commissioner and Consul-General for Uganda between 1895 and 1899. He thereafter left East Africa, when he was made Consul-General for Tunis between 1899 and 1920.

He died on 24 October 1932 aged 75.

References

1. ^ "Ernest James Lennox Berkeley". The Peerage.
2. Joan Plubell Mattia, Walking the Rift: Idealism and Imperialism in East Africa, Alfred Robert Tucker (1890-1911), Wipf and Stock Publishers, 24 May 2017, p.195

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