LT. C.R. CONDER, R.E.
1848-1910
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In
June 1872, Lt. Claude Conder was appointed to the command of the
Survey of Western Palestine in place of Captain Stewart,
R.E., who had been
taken ill with malaria. In 1874, following the death of his assistant, Mr. Charles
Tyrwhitt-Drake, of malaria, he was joined by his friend,
Lt. Kitchener Together with Sgts Black and Armstrong,
R.E., they continued the work of the Survey until
an attack on their camp at Safed. Both officers and several other members of the party were seriously injured, and the work of the Survey was halted until the Ottoman authorities had dealt with the ringleaders of the
assault. Conder remained in Palestine during this period and then returned to England, bringing the maps and the information respecting the country which had been
collected. He then prepared the material for publication which started in
1880 and continued until 1884. In 1881 Captain Conder returned to carry out the Survey of Eastern
Palestine. However, relations between Turkey and Britain were strained, and after only 500 sq. miles had been surveyed, permission to continue was refused. Although his actual work in Palestine came to an end in 1882, Colonel Conder continued to study the geography, history, and archaeology of the country, and was the author of many books dealing with these subjects. He remained on the Executive Committee of the Fund until his death. |