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Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Public Life of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford
The personal account of sinologist Sir George Thomas Staunton about his involvement in nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations.
Memoir of the Life & Family of the Late Sir George Leonard Staunton, Bart
Biographical sketch of Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801), plus some of his papers.
Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Public Life of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart. Hon. D. C. L. Of Oxford
Excerpt from Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Public Life of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart. Hon. D. C. L. Of Oxford: One of the King's Commissioners to the Court of Pekin, and Afterwards for Some Time Member of Parliament for South Hampshire, and for the Borough of Portsmouth 1812 Return to England 1813 Letters of Lord Buckinghamshire on East India Charter. 1814 - 1817 Last Visit to China 1815 Provincial Negotiations 1816 President of Select Committee at Canton; and King's Commissioner with Lord Amherst at Pekin 1817 Remarks of Mr. Ellis and Lord Amherst 1820 Testimonial of Gentlemen of the Factory 1817 Opinions of the Reviewers Settlement at Home 1831 Communications with India Board...
Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Public Life of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford
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Britain’s Second Embassy to China
Lord Amherst’s diplomatic mission to the Qing Court in 1816 was the second British embassy to China. The first led by Lord Macartney in 1793 had failed to achieve its goals. It was thought that Amherst had better prospects of success, but the intense diplomatic encounter that greeted his arrival ended badly. Amherst never appeared before the Jiaqing emperor and his embassy was expelled from Peking on the day it arrived. Historians have blamed Amherst for this outcome, citing his over-reliance on the advice of his Second Commissioner, Sir George Thomas Staunton, not to kowtow before the emperor. Detailed analysis of British sources reveal that Amherst was well informed on the kowtow issue a...
