Lionel Edward Gresley Carden
| Sir Lionel Edward Gresley Carden | |
|---|---|
| File:Lionel Carden (ca. 1900).jpg | |
| Born | 15 September 1851 Brighton, Sussex, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Knightsbridge, London, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Colonial civil-servant |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Eliza née Lefferts |
Sir Lionel Edward Gresley Carden KCMG (15 September 1851 – 16 October 1915) was a British diplomat.[1]
Early life
Carden was born on 15 September 1851 in Brighton, Sussex the son of the Reverend Lionel Carden and Lucy Lawrence née Ottley. He was educated at Eton College.[2]
Diplomat
In 1877 Carden was appointed the vice-consul in Havana and held a number of diplomatic posts around Central America.[2]
Lionel Carden played a central part in an extraordinary plot by Lord Salisbury, then prime minister, to foil Parnell’s remarkably successful Home Rule campaign in the 1880s by attempting to prove Parnell’s complicity in criminal activities.[3] Salisbury sought to imply that Parnell encouraged the Phoenix Park murders in 1882, and that he was linked to the dynamite outrages in England which culminated in a bomb in the House of Commons in 1887, the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. These claims were ultimately disproved in a dramatic hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in 1889. The principal organiser of the outrages was a certain General Millen who became chairman of the military arm of the American activists. What was kept secret was that in 1885 Lionel Carden, then acting chargé d'affaires at HM Legation in Mexico, interviewed General Millen and with government approval recruited him as a spy, and became his paymaster. Through intermediaries General Millen was directed by Lord Salisbury to ensure that the dynamite explosions continued, thereby creating public outrage against Irish nationalists and Parnell. General Millen met Lionel Carden again in 1888 with an offer, for a very large sum of money, to appear as a witness at the hearing mentioned above, which was about to take place.
In May 1902 Carden was appointed British Minister Resident to Cuba,[4] serving as such until 1905, when he transferred as British Ambassador to Guatemala. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1912.
In 1913 he was recalled from Mexico after his criticism of Woodrow Wilson.[5][6]
Family and later life
He married Anne Eliza Lefferts, daughter of John Lefferts, on 15 February 1881 in the United States. Carden died on 16 October 1915 in London at age 64, without issue.[1][6]
| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by | British Ministers Resident in Cuba 1902–1905 |
Succeeded by Arthur Grant Duff |
| Preceded by
Sir Audley Gosling
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British Ambassador to Guatemala 1905–1913 |
Succeeded by Alban Young |
| Preceded by | British Ambassador to Mexico 1913–January 1914 |
Succeeded by no representation |
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Death Of Sir L. Carden." Times [London, England] 18 Oct. 1915: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.
- ↑ Christy Campbell. "Fenian Fire: The British government plot to assassinate Queen Victoria." Harper Collins, London, 2002. ISBN 0-00-710483-9
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27440. p. 3681. 6 June 1902.
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