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Our First Ambassador to China - An Account of the Life of George, Earl of Macartney, with Extracts from His Letters, and the Narrative of His Experiences in China, as Told by Himself, 1737-1806 (Paperback)
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Our First Ambassador to China - An Account of the Life of George, Earl of Macartney, with Extracts from His Letters, and the Narrative of His Experiences in China, as Told by Himself, 1737-1806 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
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George Macartney (1737-1806) was a British statesman, diplomat and
administrator who held a succession of important appointments. In
1764 he was sent as envoy extraordinary to Russia, but described
the Russian nobility as 'vain, petulant, inconsequent, indiscreet,
and changeable'. After several years as Chief Secretary for Ireland
(1767-1772) and a governorship in the West Indies, he served as
Governor of Madras in the early 1780s, a difficult role surrounded
by controversy and intrigue. In 1792-1794 he travelled to China on
behalf of the government and the East India Company on a mission to
negotiate a trade agreement, but was unsuccessful. He ended his
career as Governor of the Cape Colony. This 1908 biography, which
includes extracts from previously unpublished letters by Macartney
and other newly-researched archival material, complements the
two-volume 1807 account of Macartney's life by Sir John Barrow,
also reissued in this series.
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