§ 1. Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what were the circumstances in which Prince Seif-ed-Din was originally brought to this country and placed in a lunatic asylum?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson)Prince Ahmed Seif-ed-Din was originally sentenced in 1898 by the Egyptian Courts to five years' imprisonment for the attempted murder of Prince Ahmed Fuad, uncle of the then Khedive, and now King of Egypt. During the Prince's detention he showed a tendency to homicidal mania, and, as no suitable institution existed in Egypt, the Egyptian Government asked Lord Cromer, in the Prince's own interests, to arrange for his reception in an asylum in England. In compliance with this request, the Prince was brought to this country in 422 July, 1900, and was placed in the private asylum at Ticehurst.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYMay I ask the hon. Gentleman—whom I congratulate on his new position—if he is aware that Prince Ahmed Seif-ed-Din has since been declared sane by medical experts, and why he was kept all these years in this country without release?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe question asked was, what were the circumstances in which he was brought to this country?