Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs (26 August 1871 – 30 May 1934) was an administrator in

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and High Commissioner of Iraq.

Career

Dobbs was educated at

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and

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. He joined the

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in 1892, and in 1903 he was sent to repair boundary pillars erected by the

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along the Russo-Afghan border. After several other posts, he served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan 1917–1919. Dobbs was the British Representative on the Kabul Mission in January 1921, during which he met with Afghan Foreign Minister Mahmud Tarzi to discuss Anglo-Afghan relations. The result was the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 22 November 1921, which confirmed the Indo-Afghan border, established diplomatic ties between

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and

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, and defined special trade agreements. He later served as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Iraq from 1923 to 1929, the longest time this position was held by anyone during the course of the Iraq Mandate.

Honours

He was appointed a Companion of the

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(CIE) on 31 May 1905 for his services in Afghanistan, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) on 18 August 1916 for meritorious war services. In January 1921, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE), He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1923, a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in the 1925 Birthday Honours List and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) on 1 March 1929.London Gazette, 1 March 1929
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Publications

*''A monograph on the pottery and glass industries of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh'', North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad, 1895. *''Korah (A drama, in verse)'', Grant Richards, London, 1903.

References

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DOBBS, Sir Henry Robert Conway
Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobbs, Henry 1871 births 1934 deaths Indian Civil Service (British India) officers People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iraq Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Indian Political Service officers British people in colonial India