Francis Humphrys
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, CIE[1] (24 April 1879 - 28 August 1971) was a colonial administrator, diplomat and cricketer.
He was educated at Shrewsbury School and later Christ Church, Oxford, where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University. His first-class debut came against the touring Australians in 1899. He played 3 further first-class matches in 1900, the last coming against Sussex.[2] In his 4 first-class matches, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 19.46, with best figures of 4/16.[3] He also played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Wiltshire.[4]
Humphrys served as British Minister at Kabul in the Kingdom of Afghanistan (Jan 1922-Feb 1929),[5] as British High Commissioner in the Kingdom of Iraq (Oct 1929-Oct 1932),[6] and in other postings.
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- ^ "Extradition Treaty, signed at Bagdad, May 2, 1932, and Exchanges of Notes relating thereto". United Nations Treaty Collection. http://untreaty.un.org/unts/60001_120000/17/39/00033918.pdf.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Francis Humphrys". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30480/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Francis Humphrys". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30480/f_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Francis Humphrys". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30480/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Representatives of the Government of India and the British Government in Afghanistan, c.1856-1947". British Library. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20080517064731/http://www.bl.uk/collections/afghan/afghanrep.html. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "Iraq - Initial Contacts with the British". The British Empire - where the Sun never sets. http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/iraq.htm.
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