Henry McMahon
| Henry McMahon link (Soldier, diplomat) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1862 |
| Died | 29 December 1949 |
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry McMahon was a British Indian Army officer and diplomat who was Foreign Secretary in the Government of India from 1911 to 1915 and High Commissioner in Egypt from 1915 to 1917.[1]
As the Foreign Secretary, Henry McMahon conducted the tripartite negotiations between Tibet, China and Britain that led to the Simla Convention. Even though China did not in the end sign the Convention, the agreement governed the British relations with Tibet till 1947.[2]
In Egypt, McMahon was best known for the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence with Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, and the Declaration to the Seven in response to a memorandum written by seven notable Syrians. After the Sykes-Picot Agreement was published by the Bolshevik Russian government in November 1917, McMahon resigned.[3]
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