Alexander Condie Stephen
Sir Alexander Condie Stephen | |
|---|---|
| Stephen caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1902 Stephen caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1902 | |
| Born | 20 July 1850 |
| Died | 10 May 1908 (aged 57) |
| Occupation | British diplomat |
Sir Alexander Condie Stephen KCMG KCVO CB (20 July 1850 – 10 May 1908) was a British diplomat and translator from Russian and Persian.
He was the first translator of Lermontov's long poem "The Demon" into English, in 1875. He translated "Fairy Tales of a Parrot" from Persian in 1880.
In 1884–5, he was Assistant Commissioner on the Afghan Boundary Commission. he had the crucial role of keeping communications open between the commission, in north-west Afghanistan and threatened by a large Russian army, and the British government in London. When the commission's presence almost triggered a war in the aftermath of the Panjdeh incident, he was sent to London to report to the government in person.[1]
He was knighted KCVO on 24 August 1900, for being HM minister resident in Dresden and Coburg. He was Groom in Waiting to King Edward VII from 1901.[2] Although he lived chiefly in London, he was also between 1901 and 1904 tenant of Castle House in Ludlow, Shropshire.[3]
He was caricatured in a Vanity Fair "Spy" print on 18 December 1902, as "Russian, Persian and Turkish".
Stephen is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
References
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External links
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- 1850 births
- 1908 deaths
- 19th-century British diplomats
- English translators
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Burials at Brompton Cemetery
- Russian–English translators
- Persian–English translators
- 19th-century English translators
- British expatriates in Germany