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3 unusual facts about Robert Hamilton Lang


Robert Hamilton Lang

During his time on Cyprus Lang began acquiring antiquities, this leading to his own excavations around the villages of Dhali, in particular the site of ancient Idalion, and Pyla.

Lang was latterly appointed Director General of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, based in Constantinople, and was invested Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1886.

Sir Robert Hamilton Lang KCMG (1832-1913) was a Scottish-born financier, diplomat and collector of antiquities.



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