The Anglo-Albanian Association is an association established in 1913 by Aubrey Herbert under the name Albanian Committee. [1] In 1918 this committee evolved into Anglo-Albanian Society and then into the Anglo-Albanian Association. [2]
The Anglo-Albanian Committee was originally founded to support the Albanian cause in Great Britain and to promote recognition of the Independent Albania. [3] The current Association holds regular events on Albanian history, culture and music. It also disseminates information on a range of Albania-related events and developments and produces an e-newsletter, the Anglo-Albanian Gazette. [4]
Some of the members were Edith Durham, Lord Lamington and Dervish Duma. [5]
After 1985 the Chairman of the Anglo-Albanian Association was Harry Hodgkinson, British writer, journalist, and naval intelligence officer. [6] Its current president is Noel Malcolm [7] and Vice President James Hickson, great-nephew of Edith Durham. [8]
At the time of the Conference of Ambassadors in London in 1913, he founded an Albanian Committee
This Albanian Committee evolved into the Anglo-Albanian Society (1918), of which Herbert was president, and finally into the Anglo-Albanian Association.
Harry Hodgkinson (1913–1994) was a writer, journalist, naval intelligence officer, Balkan expert and from 1985 Chairman of the Anglo-Albanian Association.