Historedia
Person

British Vice-Consul

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1898

Every event in Historedia whose sources name British Vice-Consul, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Heraklion massacre of 1898 and the establishment of the Cretan State

    1898

    Role: Victim of the Heraklion massacre (identity unresolved; unnamed in sources)

    1. 25 August 1898 · Candia (modern Heraklion)Heraklion Massacre

      A Muslim mob in Candia killed hundreds of Cretan Greeks and British personnel, including the vice-consul and 14 soldiers.

    2. 21 December 1898 (Gregorian; 9 December 1898 Julian) · Cretan State administration (island-wide institutional context)Establishment of the Cretan State

      The autonomous Cretan State was founded when Prince George of Greece and Denmark arrived on 21 December 1898 to take office as first high commissioner.

Sources

  1. Cretan State Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-19