Arthur Raikes

Infobox Person
name = Arthur Raikes


caption = Arthur Raikes (right) with Sultan Ali Bin Hamud
birth_date = Birth date|1867|02|05
birth_place =
death_date = Death date and age|1915|03|03|1867|02|05
death_place = Kensington Court Gardens, London
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occupation = Army Officer
nationality = British

Arthur Edward Harington Raikes (5 February 1867 – 3 March 1915) was a British army officer.

Raikes was born on 5 February 1867 to Reverend Charles Hall Raikes and Charlotte d'Ende Arbuthnot. [http://thepeerage.com/p19058.htm Entry at The Peerage] ] Raikes served as a Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment before moving to Zanzibar where he was appointed Brigadier-General in the Sultan's army.Harvnb|Hernon|2003|p=400.] In 1896 he was involved in the Anglo-Zanzibar War, caused by the succession of a sultan unfavourable to the British, and led 900 pro-British Askaris during the bombardment of the Sultan's palace. In return for his service he was appointed a First Class (Second Grade) member of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar on 24 September 1896, a First Class member of the Zanzibari Order of Hamondieh on 25 August 1897 and later promoted to Commander of the Zanzibar armies. [LondonGazette|issue=26780|startpage=5320|date=25 September 1896|accessdate=2008-09-20] [LondonGazette|issue=26886|startpage=4812|date=27 August 1897|accessdate=2008-09-20]

By 1902 Raikes had been promoted to Captain of the Wiltshire Regiment.LondonGazette|issue=27614|startpage=6853|date=10 November 1903|accessdate=2008-09-20] On November 6 1903 he was granted approval to accept and wear the Cross of a Commander of the Order of Franz Joseph awarded to him by Francis Joseph I of Austria when he visited Zanzibar on board SMS "Zenta". On 26 July 1905 he was given approval to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of Christ, awarded to him by the Carlos I of Portugal in return for valuable services. [LondonGazette|issue=27822|startpage=5220|date=28 July 1905|accessdate=2008-09-20] On July 12 1906 Raikes was appointed a First Class Member of the Order of El Aliyeh for services rendered to the Sultan of Zanzibar. [LondonGazette|issue=27931|startpage=4805|date=13 July 1906|accessdate=2008-09-20]

Raikes served as Vizier to Zanzibar from 1906 until 1908 and was, at one stage, first minister to the country. [ [http://www.eastafricaadventure.com/zanzibar.htm East Africa Adventure Company page on Zanzibar] ] Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Domestic Announcements | newspaper = South Africa Magazine | pages = | year = | date = 6 March 1915 | url =http://www.genealogyworld.net/ellen/domestic/Domestics3-6-15.htm ] He married Geraldine Arbuthnot on 16 December 1899 with whom he would have one son. He died on 3 March 1915 at number 28 Kensington Court Gardens, London.

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*citation|last=Hernon|first=Ian|title=Britain's Forgotten Wars|publisher=Sutton Publishing|year=2003|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire| url= |isbn=0-7509-3162-0.