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Ernest Missett | |
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| Born | ca. 1764 |
| Died | 22 September 1820 (aged 55–56) Florence, Italy |
Resting place | Livorno |
| Known for | Consul-general in Egypt |
Lt. Col. Ernest Missett (ca.1764 – 22 September 1820)[1] was the British consul-general in Egypt[2] from 1803 to 1816.[3] He was instrumental in consulting with the Mamelukes during the Battle of Rosetta.[4][5]
Military career
[edit]The earliest known information regarding his military career begins in France as a Second Lieutenant but was promoted to Captain in 1796.[6] In 1799 he was appointed Captain in Stuart's Minorca Regiment. Missett was promoted to Brigade Major in 1801,[7] the same year he took part in the Battle of Alexandria, where he was wounded by a saber.[8] He would later be promoted to Lt. Colonel in 1811.[9][10]
Consul General
[edit]In 1803, Charles Stuart appointed Missett, who had been his Military Secretary, to be the British Agent in Egypt.[11] This was later changed to Consul General. During his time in Egypt, Missett hosted many travelers, such as James Silk Buckingham,[12] Lady Hester Stanhope,[13] Giovanni Belzoni[14] & J.L. Burkhardt.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Little is known of Missett's personal life, other than what is recorded by guests of his home in Alexandria. Sometime around 1804, he lost the use of his limbs.[16] He had a wife named Giuseppa,[17] who is only ever mentioned in his will. He kept a pet Chameleon.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 91, Part 1; Volume 129. 1821. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ Bosworth, C.E. "Henry Salt, Consul in Egypt 1816-1827 and Pioneer Egyptologist" (PDF). University of Manchester 1974. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "Story Behind the Stamp Rosetta". Egypt Study Circle. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ "Ozavci, Ozan". Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ Elliott-Wright, Philipp J. C. (1997). The Officers of the Irish Brigade and the British Army 1789-98 (PDF). PHD Thesis, University of Leeds.
- ↑ Wilson, Sir Robert T. (1803). History of the British Expedition to Egypt; to which is subjoined, a sketch of the present state of that country and its means of defence. C. Roworth.
- ↑ "The Bury & Norwich Post". The Bury & Norwich Post (986). 20 May 1801.
- ↑ Morkot, Robert G. (2021). "Ernest Missett, Britain's Irish (Roman Catholic?) Consul-General in Egypt, 1803-1816". The Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East. 85: 22.
- ↑ Public Record Office, Great Britain (1963). List of War Office Records. p. 5.
- ↑ Fortescue, Hon. Sir John William (2014). A History Of The British Army – Vol. VI – (1807-1809). Normanby Press. ISBN 9781782891338.
- ↑ Buckingham, James Silk (1855). Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham. Longman.
- ↑ Stanhope, Lady Hester (1846). Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope: Forming the Completion of Her Memoirs. H. Colburn.
- ↑ Mayes, Stanley (1959). The Great Belzoni. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Johann Ludwig (1819). Travels of M. Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia. From the Calcutta Journal. Sir Richard Phillips and Company.
- ↑ Stanhope 1846, p. 218.
- ↑ "Will of Ernest Missett, Lieut. Col. in the Army of Pisa, Tuscany". UK National Archives.
- ↑ Usick, Patricia (2002). Adventures in Egypt and Nubia The Travels of William John Bankes (1786-1855). British Museum Press. p. 23. ISBN 9780714118031.