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RENNELL
(Sir James Rennell Rodd, 1858-1941, Diplomat and Writer, from 1933 1st Baron)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed 'Rennell Rodd' to an unnamed correspondent
regretting extremely that it is not possible for me to be in England at the time the proposed dinner to French men and women of letters will take place. I should be proud to be among the number of Stewards on such an occasion, but my letter will I fear reach you too late. Owing to a temporary absence from Athens and the delays of the post in Greece it was only today that I received the announcement..., 1 side 8vo., British Legation, Athens, 23rd May
Item Date: 1889
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Background
Rodd was educated at Haileybury and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was associated with the circle of Oscar Wilde. In 1880, he won the Newdigate prize for Raleigh. Wilde later assisted Rodd in securing publication for his first book of verse, Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf, for which Wilde provided an introduction. As Wilde began to court scandal in his public career, their friendship cooled. Following Wilde's trial, Rodd strongly dissociated himself from him, particularly as his own work had contained a number of gently homoerotic verses. Rodd entered the British Diplomatic Service in 1883, and served in minor positions at embassies in Berlin, Rome, Athens and Paris. From 1894 to 1902, Rodd worked under the Consul-General of Egypt, Lord Cromer. He played an important part in negotiating the Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897 with Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia.
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