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Early lifeEdit

Urquhart was born at Braelangwell, Cromarty, Scotland.<ref name="DNBv58" /> He was the second son of Margaret Hunter and David Urquhart.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His father died while he was a boy.<ref name=":2" /> Urquhart was educated, under the supervision of his widowed mother, in France, Switzerland, and Spain. Jeremy Bentham assisted with Urquhart's education.<ref name=":2" />

He returned to Britain in 1821 and spent a gap year learning to farm and working at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. In 1822, he attended St John's College, Oxford.<ref name="DNBv58" /> However, he left before completing college because of his poor health and, instead traveled to eastern Europe.<ref name=":2" /> He never completed his classics degree as his mother's finances failed.

CareerEdit

Greece and TurkeyEdit

In 1827, Urquhart joined the nationalist cause and fought in the Greek War of Independence.<ref name=":2" /> Seriously injured, he spent the next few years championing the Greek cause in letters to the British government, self-promotion that entailed his appointment in 1831 to Sir Stratford Canning's mission to Istanbul to settle the border between Greece and Turkey.<ref name="DNBv58" />

Urquhart's principal role was to nurture the support of Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha, intimate advisor to the Sultan Mahmud II. He found himself increasingly attracted to Turkish civilisation and culture, becoming alarmed at the threat of Russian intervention in the region. Urquhart's campaigning, including the publication of Turkey and its Resources, culminated in his appointment on a trade mission to the region in 1833.<ref name="DNBv58" /> He struck such an intimate relationship with the government in Istanbul that he became outspoken in his calls for British intervention on behalf of the Sultan against Muhammad Ali of Egypt in opposition to the policy of Canning. He was recalled by Palmerston just as he published his anti-Moscow pamphlet England, France, Russia and Turkey which brought him into conflict with Richard Cobden.<ref name="DNBv58" />

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The Circassian national flag

In 1835, he was appointed secretary of embassy at Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire, but an unfortunate attempt to counteract Russian aggressive designs in Circassia, which threatened to lead to an international crisis, again led to his recall in 1837.<ref name="DNBv58" />

Urquhart's position was so aggressively anti–Russian and pro–Turkish that it created difficulties for British politics. In the 1830s, there was no anti-Russian coalition in Europe; it had yet to be created. Britain could suddenly find itself in a situation of military conflict with Russia and, moreover, alone. As a result, Urquhart was recalled from Turkey, and the conflict with Russia was settled by peace talks.

In 1835, before leaving for the East, he founded a periodical called the Portfolio, and in the first issue printed a series of Russian state papers, which made a profound impression.<ref name="DNBv58" /><ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |

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Urquhart later publicly accused Palmerston, the head of British foreign policy, of being bribed by Russia. This view was constantly promoted in the London magazines he published. Among the regular authors of his publications was Karl Marx, who fully supported Urquhart's views on Palmerston.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Personally, Karl Marx himself, in correspondence with his friend Engels, considered Urquhart a "form of maniac" in his accusations of Palmerston and the worship of the Turks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1838, Urquhart published a book, Spirit of the East, where he examines Turkey and Greece, while also drawing on work previously done by Arthur Lumley Davids.<ref name=":3" />

PoliticsEdit

From 1847 to 1852, he sat in parliament as the member for Stafford, and carried on a vigorous campaign against Lord Palmerston's foreign policy.<ref name="DNBv58" /><ref name="EB1911"/> He was against the imposition of sanitary reform, and vehemently opposed the passage of the Public Health Act 1848.<ref>Urquhart, D (1848) in Hansard, Commons Sitting, 5 May 1848, 98, p. 717</ref>

The action of the United Kingdom in the Crimean War provoked indignant protests from Urquhart, who contended that Turkey was in a position to fight her own battles without the assistance of other powers.<ref name="DNBv58" /> To attack the government, he organized (what became known as "Urquhartite") foreign affairs committees throughout the country.<ref>Shannon, Richard. 'David Urquhart and the Foreign Affairs Committees' In: Pressure from without in early Victorian England. Edited by Patricia Hollis. (London: Edward Arnold, 1974)</ref> In 1856 (with finance from ironmaster George Crawshay) he became the owner of the Free Press (renamed the Diplomatic Review in 1866), which numbered among its contributors the socialist Karl Marx.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1860, he published his book on Lebanon.<ref name="DNBv58" /><ref name="EB1911" />

Personal lifeEdit

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Jermyn Street Turkish baths, 1862

In 1854, Urquhart married Harriet Angelina Fortescue, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat.<ref name="DNBv58" /> The couple had two daughters and three sons: including Francis Fortescue Urquhart.<ref name=":2" /> Harriet was involved in Urquhart's work and wrote numerous articles for Diplomatic Review under the signature of Caritas.<ref name=":2" /> She died in 1889.<ref name="DNBv58" />

In his book The Pillars of Hercules (1850), Urquhart wrote about the hammams of Morocco and Turkey and advocated their use in the United Kingdom.<ref name=":4" /> This attracted the attention of Irish physician Richard Barter who sought Urquhart's help in building such a bath at his hydropathic establishment in Blarney, County Cork.<ref>Avcıoğlu, Nebahat. (2011) Turquerie and the politics of representation, 1728-1876. (Farnham: Ashgate) pp.204—205.</ref>

Although their first bath was unsuccessful, Barter persevered and, by copying the hot dry air baths of the ancient Roman thermae, built an "Improved Turkish bath" which later became known as the Victorian Turkish bath to distinguish it from the Islamic hammam.<ref name="VTB">Shifrin, Malcolm. (2015). Victorian Turkish baths (Swindon: Historic England) Chapter 4</ref>

In 1857, Urquhart built the first such bath in England at Broughton Lane, Manchester, in conjunction with the local foreign affairs committee.Template:R More than 30 of the first Victorian Turkish baths in England were built by members of these committees under Urquhart's direction, and the exemplar baths at 76 Jermyn Street, London, were built by the London & Provincial Turkish Bath Co Ltd, also under his direction.Template:R This type of bath quickly spread round the Empire, the United States, and parts of Europe.

Starting in 1864, Urquhart lived in Clarens, Switzerland next to Lake Geneva for his health. There he devoted his energies to promoting the study of international law. He died in 1877 and is buried in Clarens.<ref name="DNBv58" /><ref name="EB1911" />

Select publicationsEdit

Turkey and its Resources: Its Municipal Organisation and Free Trade. London: Saunders and Otley, 1833.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
England, France, Russia, and Turkey. 3rd edition. London: J. Ridgeway and Son, 1835.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Spirit of the East. in two volumes. 2nd edition. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1839.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite book</ref>
The Crisis. France in Face of the Four Powers. Second Edition. Translated from the French. Glasgow: John Smith and Son, 1840.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
"Rupture of Alliance with France." Diplomacy and Commerce vol. 5. Glasgow: John Smith & Son, 1840.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Sulphur Monopoly. T. Brettell, 1840.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
A Fragment of History of Serbia. Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 1843.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Annexation of Texas: A Case of War Between England and the United States. London: James Maynard, 1844.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
England in the Western Hemisphere; the United States and Canada. London: James Maynard, 1844.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Reflections on Thoughts and Things, Moral, Religious, and Political. London: James Maynard, 1844.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Pillars of Hercules; or, A Narrative of Travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848. in 2 volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1850.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite book</ref>
The Mystery of the Danube: Showing how Through Secret Diplomacy that River Has Been Closed, Exportation from Turkey Arrested, and the Re-opening of the Isthmus of Suez Prevented. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1851.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Crown of Denmark Disposed of by a Conscientious Minister Through a Fraudulent Treaty with the Treaty of the 8th of May 1852. London: T. & W. Boone, March 1853.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Recent Events in the East: Being a Reprint of Mr. Urquhart's Contributions to the Morning Advertiser, During the Autumn of 1853. London: Trübner & Co., 1854.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The War of Ignorance and Collusion; Its Progress and Results: a Prognostication and a Testimony. London: Trübner & Co., 1854.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Familiar Words, as affecting the character of Englishmen and the Fate of England. London: Trübner & Co., 1855.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Home Face of the “Four Points". London: Trübner & Co., 1855.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Public Opinion and Its Organs. London: Trübner & Co., 1855.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Effect of the Misuse of Familiar Words on the Character of Men and the Fate of Nations. London: Trübner & Co., 1856.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Question is Mr. Urquhart a Tory Or a Radical? Answered by His Constitution for the Danubian Principalities. Sheffield: Isaac Ironside, 1856.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Queen and the Premier: A Statement of Their Struggle and Its Results. 2nd Edition. London: David Bryce, 1857.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Sraddha: The Keystone of the Brahminical, Buddhistic, and Arian Religions, as Illustrative of the Dogma and Duty of Adoption Among the Princes and People of India. London: David Bryce, 1857.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Mr. Urquhart on the Italian War…to Which is Added a Memoir on Europe Drawn up for the Instruction of the Present Emperor of Russia. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1859.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Selections from “Progress of Russia in the West, North and South." Reprinted from Stereotype edition. 1959.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Lebanon: (Mount Souria): A History and a Diary. 2 volumes. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1860.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The New Heresy: Proselytism Substituted for Righteousness, 2 letters to the Bishop of Oxford. Whitefriars: Free Press Office, September 1862.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Right of Search: Two Speeches by David Urquhart. London: Hardwicke, 1862.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Manual of the Turkish Bath. Heat a Mode of Cure and a Source of Strength for Men and Animals. London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Conscience in Respect to Public Affairs: A Correspondence. Wyman & Sons, 1867.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Russia, If Not Everywhere, Nowhere: A Correspondence. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1867.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Abyssinian War: The Contingency of Failure. London: Diplomatic Review Office, December 1868.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Effect on the World of the Restoration of the Canon Law: Being a Vindication of the Catholic Church Against a Priest. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1869.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Military Oath and Christianity. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1869.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Military Strength of Turkey. London: Effingham Wilson Royal Exchange, 1869.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Four Wars of the French Revolution. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1874.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
"Naval Power Suppressed by the Maritime States: Crimean War." Reprinted from Diplomatic Review. London: Diplomatic Review Office, 1874.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>