List of official overseas trips made by George V

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King George V acceded to the throne of the United Kingdom in May, 1910. Due to the outbreak of World War II and his poor health in post-War years, he only made a few state visits to other countries, including the first official visit to the Pope by a British monarch since the English Reformation, although he paid multiple visits to the Western Front during the War. He attended the Delhi Durbar of 1911 in person, becoming thus the first and only Emperor of India to set foot on British Raj, and made official tours of territories of the British Empire or under British control en route.

State visits

Date Country Areas visited Host
21–24 April 1914[1]  France Paris President Raymond Poincaré
9–11 May 1922[2][3][note 1]  Belgium Brussels, Zeebrugge, Zonnebeke, Tyne Cot, Ypres, Vlamertinge,
Hop Store, Brandhoek, Poperinghe, Lijssenthoek 		King Albert I
7–15 May 1923[4][note 2]  Italy Pisa, Civitavecchia, Rome, Tivoli, Vicenza, Montecchio Precalcino,
Asiago, Milan 		King Victor Emmanuel III
9 May 1923[5]  Holy See Vatican City Pope Pius XI

Official tours of territories of the British Empire or under British control as King-Emperor

Date Country Areas visited Host
21–23 November 1911[6]  Egypt[note 3] Port Said Khedive Abbas II
Counsul-General Lord Kitchener
28 November 1911[7] Aden Settlement[note 4] Resident Sir James Alexander Bell
2–17 December 1911,
29 December 1911 –
11 January 1912[8] 		 India Bombay Presidency (Bombay),
Punjab Province (Delhi),
Bengal Presidency (Calcutta),
Central Provinces and Berar (Nagpur) 		Viceroy Lord Hardinge
18–28 December 1911[9][note 5] Nepal[note 6] Thori Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Rana
17 January 1912[10] United KingdomKhedivate of Egypt Anglo-Egyptian Sudan[note 7] Port Sudan, Suakin, Sinkat Counsul-General Lord Kitchener
Governor-General Sir Reginald Wingate
20–22 January 1912[11]  Egypt Suez, Port Said Counsul-General Lord Kitchener
25–28 January 1912[12]  Malta Governor Sir Leslie Rundle
30 January – 2 February 1912[13] Gibraltar Governor Sir Archibald Hunter

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Part of a visit by the King to World War I cemeteries and memorials being constructed in Belgium and northern France by the Imperial War Graves Commission which was dubbed "The King's Pilgrimage".
  2. ^ The King paid visits to World War I cemeteries and memorials of British soldiers in northern Italy.
  3. ^ An autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire under British control.
  4. ^ A territory under the administration of the British Raj.
  5. ^ A hunting trip arranged by the Prime Minister of Nepal.
  6. ^ An autonomous tributary state of the British Raj under British control.
  7. ^ A territory whose sovereignty and administration were shared between both Egypt and the United Kingdom in name but is in practice under British control.

Sources

  1. ^ "The Arrival at Paris of King George V and Queen Mary, 21 April 1914 21 - 21 Apr 1914". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  2. ^ "British State Banquet at the Royal Palace of Brussels, 1922". The Royal Watcher. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ "The King's Pilgrimage". The Royal Family. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ "British State Visit to Italy, 1923". The Royal Watcher. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  5. ^ "British State Visit to Italy, 1923". The Royal Watcher. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  6. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  7. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  8. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  9. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  10. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  11. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  12. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  13. ^ "Royal Tour of India 1911-1912, 1911 - ArchiveSearch". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
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