ABSTRACT
This chapter examines aspects of the relatively neglected subject of Foreign Office involvement in British graves located in British, European and international cemeteries in Morocco. It also considers issues that arose concerning Protestant Churches there and touches, briefly, on matters raised by the presence, from the mid-1870s, of various Protestant missions which were active in Morocco from that time. The chapter presents a case study of the interface of administrative and international history in peace time, and of the use and control of sacred space, and, to a lesser extent, of public space, against a changing political backdrop. The issue of sacred space in Morocco illuminated attitudes and exacerbated concerns held by members of the British colony. Perceived encroachments upon their interests from whatever source were resisted. The remains of illustrious, and even lesser, members of the colony were not to be trifled with.
