CALL TO THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS
- FOR SUSPENSION OF ISRAEL'S UNION OF ARCHITECTS -
INTENDED FOR THE 'AGENDA' AT NEXT MONTH'S U I A 2014 CONVENTION
DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA
[of all places]
Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestina
Ernest Tatham Richmond (1874-1955) FRIBA is listed in ‘Who’s Who in Architecture 1914’ and ‘Directory of British Architects 1834-1914’. From ‘Who’s Who’ one learns of Richmond’s imperial ‘family tree’ and successful marriage to Muriel, daughter of Henry Lubbock (Robarts Lubbock&Co.). Educated at Clifton, R.A. Schools and the Architectural Association, Richmond commenced independent practice in Cairo, Egypt (1896). Appointed to the post of Assistant Architect to the ‘Comite pour la Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe (1896); in which capacity he took part in numerous works connected with the preservation of the monuments of Islamic art in Cairo; such as the mosques of El Mardani, Sali Talay, Sultan Hassan etc. In 1900 appointed by the British War Office to the post of Surveyor to the Headquarters of the British Army of Occupation in Cairo. Designed and erected a large block of quarters for married soldiers in the city as well as quarters and houses for Officers and men. Subsequently appointed to the Public Works Department of the Egyptian Government, where, in the capacity of architect and subsequently as Director-General of the Department of Towns and State Buildings, he designed and supervised Public offices, Secondary Schools, Military Barracks, Dwelling houses, Cottages and Police Checkpoints. Returned to England in October 1911; where he continued a distinguished professional career.
However, in Paul Johnson’s epic ‘A History of the Jews’ (Weidenfeld&Nicolson 1987) one discovers a less sympathetic aspect of Richmond’s activities and character! In Part Six: Holocaust (pages 438-439) Johnson records the following facts, apropos events in the Land of Israel/Palestina, circa 1921:
Richmond was a passionate ‘anti-Zionist’, whom the Chief Secretary, Sir Gilbert Claydon, termed the ‘counterpart of the Zionist organization’. ‘He is a declared enemy of both the Zionist policy and the Jewish policy of His Majesty’s Government'; attested to by -
Three weeks later there were riots in Jaffa an elsewhere with 43 Jews massacred
Haji Amin al-Husseini turned the Supreme Moslem Council he controlled into a tyrannical instrument of terror and encouraged the local Arabs to make contact with their neighbors and thereby promote both the pan-Arab and Islamist movements.
“Haji Amin al-Husseini was a soft spoken killer and organizer of killers”
Ernest Tatham Richmond’s role as Chief Architect of the appointment of
the infamous Haji Amin al-Husseini as Grand Mufti has been established
hence his co-responsibility for subsequent murder of Jews is manifest
Accordingly it behooves the Past and Present Royal Institute of British Architects Presidents
Jack Pringle & Sunand Prasad as well as Lord Richard Rogers to reassess the wisdom of rendering their official support to the relentless anti-Israel boycott campaign waged by
ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS for JUSTICE in PALESTINE (APJP)Should APJP ever consider nominating a Patron then
ERNEST TATHAM RICHMOND’S
posthumous claim to such Patronage would be indisputable
ERNEST T RICHMOND'S PROMOTION OF JEW HATER HAJ AMIN al-HUSSEINI
DEMANDS LONG OVERDUE BIOGRAPHICAL ADDENDA TO THE
'DIRECTORY' & 'WHOSE WHO'
*Note*
‘The Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism’-Adolf Hitler&Haji Amin al-Husseini-
(Charles A. Morse 2003 http://www.iuniverse.com/ )