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King
J. Stuart
Vice Consul at Zeila
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J. Stuart King was an Army officer, rising to the position of Major. He served as British Agent and Vice-Consul at Zeila, Somaliland from 1884-1886, and was interested in some elements of Somali language and culture on which he wrote letters to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society on occasion in the following years.