Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to delineate the role of A. W. Keown-Boyd in the British policy towards Egypt's internal affairs during the period of the 1920's and 1930's.
A. W. Keown-Boyd was Director General of the European Department of the Ministry of the Interior, from its establishment in 1923 up to its aboiltion in 1937. During that period, he was in charge of protecting securities and interests of the Europeans in Egypt. He was called sometimes, behind his back, Minister of the Interior, and his hawkish policy towards Egypt's national liberation movements has been still within the memory of the contemporary Egyptian political leaders.
The name of A. W. Keown-Boyd has been, however, almost always neglected in the studies of Egypt's modern history or even political history of the 1920's and 1930's On the contorary, we can find so many materials in F. O. 141, F. O. 371 and F. O. 407, which show an eveidence of A. W. Keown-Boyd's important or even decisive role at the spear-head of the British colonial rule over Egypt.
In this paper, A. W. Keown-Boyd's role will be described, especially in relation to Egypt's labour movements, peasant unrests, rural securities, elections, party-politics, etc., on the basis of F. O. 141 materials.
