Oral Answers to Questions — Egypt. – in the House of Commons at on 8 April 1919.
asked whether an Egyptian is a British subject, and should enjoy in this country and in India the rights and privileges of British citizenship?
Mr. HARMSWORTH:
The answer is in the negative. Persons who are recognised by the Egyptian Government as Egyptian subjects are, however, like natives of other British Protectorates, entitled to the good offices of His Majesty's representatives abroad.
Do I understand that although we have annexed Egypt, although we have declared a Protectorate over it, that Egyptians are not thereby recognised British subjects?
Is it not clear that the Protectorate does not mean annexation, and that Egyptians are subjects of the Sultan of Egypt and not of the British Crown?