Abbas II, Hilmi

1874-1944

Khedive of Egypt, 1892-1914. Educated at Vienna.

Abdul Hak Hamid Bey

Councillor of Turkish Embassy at London, 1898-1908

Abdul Hamid I

1842-1918

Sultan of Turkey, 1876-1909

Abruzzi, Vice-Ammiraglio Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of the

1873-1933

Italian Inspector of Torpedo Craft, 1911-12; Commander-in-Chief, Italian Fleet at Taranto, 1914-17.

Ackermann, Kapitän zur See Richard

Captain, SMS Goeben, 1914.

A’Court-Repington, Lt-Col. Charles

1858-1925

British Military Attaché at Brussels and the Hague, 1899-1902; Military Correspondent of the Times, 1904-18.

Aehrenthal Alois, Baron Lexa Von (Count from 1909)

1854-1912

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, 1899-1906; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-1912

H.R.H. Prince Alexander

Crown Prince of Servia since 1909

Ali Jevad Bey

1st Secretary to the Sultan of Turkey, 1908

Amet, Contre-Amiral (later Vice-Amiral) Jean François Charles

1861-1940

Commanded Allied Squadron in the Aegean, 1918.

Arif Pasha

Turkish Governor of Adrianople, 1907; Minister of Marine, 1909.

Aristidi Pasha

Second Vice-President of the Turkish Chamber of Deputies, 1908.

Asquith, Herbert Henry

1852-1928

Liberal MP, 1886-1918, 1920-4. Home Secretary, 1892-5; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1905-8; Prime Minister, 1908-16; Secretary of State for War, 30 March-5 August, 1914.

Augagneur, Victor

1855-1931

French Minister of Marine, 1914-8.

Avarna, Duke D’

Italian Ambassador at Vienna, 1904-15.

Babington-Smith, Sir Henry

1863-1923

Director of the National Bank of Turkey, 1909-13.

Balfour, Sir Arthur James (later the Earl of Balfour)

1848-1930

Conservative MP, 1874-85, 1885-1906, 1906-22. First Lord of the Treasury, 1891-2, 1895-1902; Prime Minister, 1902-5; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1915-6; Foreign Secretary, 1916-9.

Ballard, Rear-Admiral George Alexander

1862-1948

Assistant Director of the Intelligence Department; Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty; Admiral of Patrols, East Coast, 1914-16; Senior Naval Officer, Malta, 1916-18.

Barclay, Mr. C. A. De R.

2nd Secretary at British Embassy at Paris, 1900-4; at Rio de Janeiro, 1904-6; 1st Secretary at British Legation at Bucharest, 1907-8 (sometimes Chargé d’Affaires); at Sofia, 1908.

Barclay, Mr. (since 1908, Sir) G. H.

1862-1921

2nd Secretary at British Embassy, Constantinople, 1898-1902; Secretary of Legation (later Councillor) at Tokyo, 1902-6; Councillor of Embassy at Constantinople, 1906-8 (sometimes Chargé d’Affaires); Minister at Tehran, 1908-1912; at Bucharest, 1912-18.

Barrère, M. Camille

French Ambassador at Rome, 1897-1924.

Barrington, Sir Eric

Private Secretary to the Marquess of Lansdowne, 1900-5; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1906-7.

Battenberg, Prince Louis Alexander of (later Admiral of the Fleet, Marquess of Milfordhaven)

1854-1921

Director of Naval Intelligence, 1903-5; commanded 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1905-7; second in command, Mediterraneanm 1908; C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet, 1910; Second Sea Lord, 1911; First Sea Lord, 1912-4.

Bayly, Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis

1857-1938

Commander of the 3rd Battle Squadron, 1913-4; 1st Battle Squadron, 1914-15.

Bax-Ironside, Sir Henry George Outram

1859-1929

British Minister at Berne, 1909-11; at Sofia, 1911-15.

Beatty, Admiral David

1871-1936

Naval Secretary to the First Lord, 1912; in command of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron from 1914; C-in-C, Grand Fleet, 1916-19; First Sea Lord, 1919-27.

Beaumont, Sir Henry

1867-1949

Counsellor at Athens, 1910-4; Counsellor at Constantinople, 1914 (Chargé d’Affaires July-August 1914).

Benckendorff, Count Alexander

1849-1917

Russian Ambassador at London, 1903-17.

Berchtold, Leopold, Count Von

1863-1942

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, 1906-11; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1912-15..

Beresford, Admiral Sir Charles William de la Poer

1846-1919

Conservative MP, 1874-80, 1885-9, 1897-1900, 1902, 1910-6. Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, 1905-7; Channel, 1907-9.

Bertie, Sir Francis Leveson (since 1915, 1st Baron; 1918, 1st Viscount)

1844-1919

British Ambassador at Rome, 1903-4; at Paris, 1905-18.

Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr Theobald von

1856-1921

Prussian Minister of the Interior, 1905-7; German Minister for the Interior, 1907-9; German Imperial Chancellor, 1909-17.

Bienaimé, Amiral Amadée

Conducted the French parliamentary inquiry into the Goeben affair.

Black, Sir Frederick William

1863-1930

Director of Naval Contracts, 1905-15; managing director, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, 1919-23.

Block, Sir Adam Samuel James

1865-1941

Chief Dragoman to the British Embassy at Constantinople, 1894-1903; Representative of the British and Dutch Bondholders on the Council of the Ottoman Public Debt, 1903; President of the British Chamber of Commerce from 1907 to 1914.

Bompard, M. Maurice

1854-1935

French Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1902-8; at Constantinople, 1909-14.

Borden, Sir Robert Laird

1854-1937

Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20.

Bridgeman, Admiral Sir Francis Charles

1848-1929

Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, 1907-9; First Sea Lord, 1911-2. Removed to make way for Battenberg.

Brodrick, William St. John Fremantle (9th Viscount Midleton & 1st Earl of Midleton)

1856-1942

Conservative MP, 1880-1906; Secretary of State for War, 1900-3.

Brown, Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Francis Clifton

1874-1963

Head of the Naval Mission to Greece, 1917-19.

Buchanan, Sir George William

1854-1924

British Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria, 1903-9; Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1910-18; at Rome, 1919-21.

Bülow, Herr Alfred Von

German Minister at Berne, 1898-1912.

Bülow, Bernard Count Von (since 1905, Prince)

1849-1929

German Imperial Chancellor, 1900-09.

Burney, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil

A member of the Troubridge court-martial bench.

Buxton, Noel Edward

1869-1948

Liberal MP, 1905-6, 1910-18. Labour MP, 1922-30. Co-founded the Balkan Committee, 1903.

Calice, Heinrich Baron Von

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Constantinople, 1880-1906.

Callaghan, Sir George Astley, Admiral

1852-1920

Admiral commanding the First and Second Fleets, 1911-14; Commander-in-Chief, the Nore, 1915-18.

Callwell, Major-General Charles Edward

1859-1928

Intelligence Branch, War Office, 1887-92. Retired from the Army in 1909 and recalled to the active list in 1914. Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, 1914-6.

Cambon, M. Jules

French Ambassador at Madrid, 1902-7; at Berlin, 1907-14.

Cambon, M. Paul

1843-1924

French Ambassador at London, 1898-1920.

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry

1836-1908

Liberal MP, 1868-1908; Prime Minister, 5 December 1905-4 April 1908.

Carden, Vice-Admiral Sackville Hamilton

1857-1930

Admiral Superintendent, Malta, 1912-4; Commander of the Anglo-French Squadrons in the Eastern Mediterranean 20 September 1914-16 March 1915.

Carnegie, Mr. L. D.

Councillor of British Embassy at Vienna, 1907-8 (sometimes Chargé d’Affaires).

Cartwright, Sir Fairfax L.

1857-1928

Councillor of British Embassy at Madrid, 1905-6; Minister Resident at Munich and Stuttgart, 1906-8; Ambassador at Vienna, 1908-13.

Cassel, Sir Ernest

1852-1921

British Financier.

Chamberlain, Right Hon. Joseph

Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903.

Chamberlain, Joseph Austen

1863-1937

Conservative MP, 1892-1937. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1903-5.

H.M. King Charles I

King of Roumania, 1881-1914.

Chirol, Mr. (later Sir) Valentine

1852-1929

Director of the Foreign Department of the Times, 1899-1912.

Church, Captain W. D.

Captain, HMS Weymouth, 1914.

Churchill, Sir Winston

1874-1965

President of the Board of Trade, 1908-10; Home Secretary, 1910-11; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-5.

Clemenceau, M. Georges

1841-1929

French Minister of the Interior, 1906; Premier and Minister of the Interior, 1906-9; Premier and Minister of War, 1917-20.

Clerk, Sir George R.

1874-1951

First Secretary at Constantinople, 1910-2; Senior Clerk at the Foreign Office (Eastern Department), 1913-4.

Condouriotis, Admiral Paul

Commander-in-Chief, Greek navy.

Constans, M. Jean E.

1833-1913

French Ambassador at Constantinople, 1899-1909.