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Explore the Gertrude Bell archive through a selection of key figures from the period. For a more comprehensive list of named individuals, please see below.

Gertrude Bell with Winston Churchill in front of a pyramid

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)

Served two terms as British Prime Minister, and was Secretary of State for Air and War and Colonial Secretary during WW1.

Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (1850-1937)

Chief political officer of the Indian Expeditionary Force during WW1 and later British High Commissioner to Iraq.

Feisal [Faisal] bin al-Hussein (1885-1933)

First King of Iraq who also participated in the 1916 Arab revolt during WW1, son of the Grand Emir of the Hejaz.

Abdulaziz ibn Saud (1876-1953)

Tribal and political leader who founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and became it's first monarch.

Walter Andrae (1875-1956)

Archaeologist and architect who participated in Robert Koldewey's dig at Babylon, Iraq (1904-1914).

Sir Mark Sykes (1879-1919)

Traveller, politician and diplomatic advisor who co-created the Sykes-Picot agreement (1916).

Sir Arnold Talbot [A.T.] Wilson (1884-1940)

Soldier, explorer, author and politican who served as Deputy and acting Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (1915-1924).

Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (1880-1960)

Archaeologist who is well known for his work at ancient sites in Syria, Iraq and Sudan.

Thomas Edward [T.E.] Lawrence (1888-1935)

Archaeologist, army officer, diplomat and writer, popularly known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

Full list of names

Name
Hedley, Sir Walter Coote, 1865-1937, Knight, Colonel, British army officer and
Henley, Anthony Morton, 1873-1925, Captain, British army officer and civil
Herbert, Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux, 1880-1923, Colonel, British soldier,
Herzfeld, Ernst Emil, 1879-1948, archaeologist and Iranologist
Hogarth, David George [D.G.], 1862-1927, archaeologist, scholar and acting
Hussein, Abdullah bin al-, 1882-1951, King of Transjordan and son of Hussein
Hussein, Ali bin al-, 1879-1935, King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca
Hussein, Feisal [Faisal] bin al-, 1885-1933, King of Iraq and son of Hussein
Hussein, Feisal [Faisal] bin al-, 1885-1933, King of Iraq and son of Hussein
Joyce, Pierce Charles [P.C.], 1878-1965, Lieutenant Colonel, British Army
Kenyon, Sir Frederic George [G.], 1863-1952, Knight, palaeographer and
Koldewey, Robert Johann, 1855-1925, archaeologist
Langdon, Stephen Herbert, 1876-1937, assyriologist
Langdon, Stephen Herbert, 1876-1937, assyriologist, 1876-1937, assyriologist
Lascelles, Gerald Claud, 1869-1919, son of Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles
Lascelles, Mary Emma [née Olliffe], 1845-1897, wife of Sir Frank Cavendish
Lascelles, Sir Frank Cavendish, 1841-1920, Knight, British diplomat
Lascelles, William [Billy] Frank, 1863-1913, Major, soldier and son of Sir
Lawley, Sir Arthur, 1860-1932, 6th Baron Wenlock, Knight, British colonial
Lawrence, Thomas Edward [T.E.], 1888-1935, Colonel, soldier, author and
Legrain, Léon, 1878-1963, clergyman, archaeologist, and professor of Assyriology
Littmann, Ludwig Richard Enno, 1875-1958, orientalist
Loraine, Sir Percy Lyham, 1880-1961, 12th Baronet, Knight, British diplomat and
Lowther, Mary Frances [née Beresford-Hope], 1854-1944, wife of 1st Viscount
Lowther, Sir Gerard Augustus, 1858-1916, 1st Baronet, British diplomat