David Urquhart (1805 - May 16, 1877) was a British diplomat and writer. 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Born Cromarty, Scotland, Urquhart was educated, under the supervision of his widowed mother, in France, Switzerland, and Spain. He returned to Britain in 1821 and spent a gap year learning farming and working at the Woolwich Arsenal before attending St John's College, Cambridge. He never completed his classics degree as his mother's finances failed. Location within the British Isles. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The British English term Gap year is given to a prolonged period (often, but not always, a year) taken off full-time education by a student leaving high school and (ideally) before matriculating in college or university. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... The Woolwich Arsenal was an armaments manufacturing facility on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London. ... Full name The College of Saint John the Evangelist of the University of Cambridge Motto - Named after The Hospital of Saint John the Evangelist, Cambridge, named after John the Evangelist Previous names - Established 1511 Sister College Balliol College Master Prof. ... Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ...

In 1827, Urquhart joined the nationalist cause in the Greek War of Independence. Seriously injured, he spent the next few years championing the Greek cause in letters to the British government, a self-promotion that entailed his appointment in 1831 to Sir Stratford Canning's mission to Constantinople to settle the border between Greece and Turkey. 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Greek War of Independence was fought from the Greeks declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire on March 25 (now Greek Independence Day) 1821 until the modern state of Greece was granted independence by the Treaty of Constantinople in July 1832. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Map of Constantinople. ...

Urquhart's principle role was to nurture the support of Reschid Pasha, intimate advisor to the Sultan Mahmud II. He found himself increasingly attracted towards Turkish civilisation and culture, becoming alarmed at the threat of Russian intervention in the region. Urquhart's campaigning, including publication of Turkey and its Resources, culminated in his appointment on a trade mission to the region in 1833. He struck such an intimate relationship with the government in Constantinople that he became outspoken in his calls for British intervention on behalf of the Sultan against Muhammad Ali of Egypt in opposition to the policy of Canning. He was recalled by Palmerston just as he published his violently anti-Russian pamphlet England, France, Russia and Turkey which brought him into conflict with Richard Cobden. Sultan Mahmud II Mahmud II (July 20, 1785–July 1, 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Muḩammad `Alī Muhammad `Ali; Pasha the Great; (many spelling variations, included Turkish Mehmet Ali (Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Paşa), are encountered) (1769-August 2, 1849), was a viceroy of Egypt, and is sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt. ... Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British Prime Minister and Liberal politician. ... Richard Cobden Richard Cobden (June 3, 1804 - April 2, 1865) was an English manufacturer and radical politician. ...

In 1835 he was appointed secretary of embassy at Constantinople, but an unfortunate attempt to counteract Russian aggressive designs in Circassia, which threatened to lead to an international crisis, again led to his recall in 1837. In 1835, before leaving for the East, he founded a periodical called the Portfolio, and in the first issue printed a series of Russian state papers, which made a profound impression. From 1847 to 1852 he sat in parliament as member for Stafford, and carried on a vigorous campaign against Lord Palmerston's foreign policy. 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Circassia, also known as Cherkessia, is a region in Caucasia, in the Karachay-Cherkessia republic of the Russian Federation. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Location within the British Isles. ...

The action of England in the Crimean War provoked indignant protests from Urquhart, who contended that Turkey was in a position to fight her own battles without the assistance of other powers. To attack the government, he organized "foreign affairs committees" which became known as Urquhartite, throughout the country, and in 1855 founded the Free Press (in 1866 renamed the Diplomatic Review), which numbered among its contributors the socialist Karl Marx. In 1860 he published his book on Lebanon. From 1864 until his death, Urquhart's health compelled him to live on the continent, where he devoted his energies to promoting the study of international law. The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 to 1856. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Karl Marx Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was an influential German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmens Association. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He married Harriet Angelina Fortescue and the couple had three sons, one of whom, William, died aged only thirteen months, and two daughters. She wrote numerous articles in the Diplomatic Review under the signature of Caritas.

Urquhart introduced Turkish baths into Great Britain. He advocated their use in his book Pillars of Hercules (1850), which attracted the attention of the Irish physician Richard Barter. Baxter introduced them in his system of hydropathy at Blarney, County Cork. The Turkish baths in Jermyn Street, London were built under Urquhart's direction. A Turkish bath is a method of cleansing the body and relaxation that was particularly popular during the Victorian era. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy, is probably the oldest form of medical treatment. ... Blarney (Irish: An Bhlárna), is an Irish village near Cork, County Cork. ... County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... Jermyn Street is a street in central London parallel and adjacent to Piccadilly that is famous for its resident shirtmakers. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

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