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	George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (14 May 1737 - 31 May 1806) was a British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.
		George Macartney was descended from an old Scottish family, the Macartneys of Auchinleck, who had settled in 1649 at Lissanoure, County Antrim, Ireland, where he was born.
		After being created Earl Macartney in the Irish peerage (1792), he was appointed the first envoy of Britain to China.
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	George Macartney Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Macartney began his diplomatic career in 1764 as envoy to Russia.
		He was later appointed chief secretary for Ireland and in 1775 became captain general and governor of the Caribbee Islands (Grenada, the Grenadines, and Tobago).
		Macartney was sent on missions to China and Italy and served finally as governor of the Cape of Good Hope colony.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/M/Macartny.html (157 words)

	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Upon Frederick's death in 1751, the education of his son, Prince George, became a priority and in 1755 Bute was appointed as his tutor.
		Bute arranged for Prince George and his brother Edward to follow a course of lectures on natural philosophy by the itinerant lecturer Stephen Demainbray.
		This led to an increased interest in natural philosophy on the part of the young Prince George and was one in a series of events that led to the establishment of the George III Collection of natural philosophical instruments.
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	George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (14 May, 1737 - 31 May, 1806) was a (The people of Great Britain) British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.
		He declined the governor-generalship of (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India, and returned to (A division of the United Kingdom) England in 1786.
		After being created Earl Macartney in the Irish peerage (1792), he was appointed the first envoy of Britain to (A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world) China.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Ge/George_Macartney,_1st_Earl_Macartney.htm (481 words)

	Grenada - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Grenada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The town of St George's, from the vantage point at Fort George.
		The capital of Grenada, St George's is situated on a small peninsula on the southwestern coast of the island.
		George Brizan succeeded Braithwaite as NDC leader in September 1994 and as premier in February 1995.
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	Encyclopedia: George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, (28 September 1705-1 July 1774) was an English statesman.
		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst and 2nd Baron Amherst (1773 - 1857), was Governor-General of India.
		Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737 â€“; 1801) was a botanist and employee of the British East India Company (more commonly known as the East India Company) in the late eighteenth century.
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	Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, Viscount Macartney of Dervock, baron of Lissanoure, Baron Macartney of Parkhurst and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, Viscount Macartney of Dervock, baron of Lissanoure, Baron Macartney of Parkhurst and of Auchinleck, Lord Macartney...
		Mountbatten (of Burma), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl, Viscount Mountbatten Of Burma, Baron Romsey Of Romsey
		Thomas Sackville, the 1st earl of Dorset, and an English statesman, poet, and dramatist, is remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the collection Mirror for Magistrates (1563), probably the most important work between the periods of Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, and the...
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	Earl Macartney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Macartney was descended from an old Scottish family, the Macartneys of Auchinleck, who had settled in 1649at Lissanoure, County Antrim, Ireland, where he wasborn.
		On his return from a confidential mission to Italy (1795) he was raised to the Englishpeerage as a baron in 1796, and in the end of the same year was appointed governor of the newly acquired territory of the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained till ill health compelledhim to resign in November 1798.
		He died at Chiswick, Middlesex, on May 31, 1806, the title becoming extinct, and hisproperty, after the death of his widow (daughter of the 3rd earl of Bute), going to his niece, whose son took the name.
	www.therfcc.org /earl-macartney-256491.html (443 words)

	List of famous duels - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		1652: The George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos and Colonel Henry Compton (grandson of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton); Compton was killed, Chandos was found guilty of manslaughter and died whilst imprisoned.
		1667: George Villiers (later 2nd Duke of Buckingham) and Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury; Shrewsbury was killed, and George Villiers' second Sir J. Jenkins was killed by the Earl's second.
		Their seconds George Macartney, Esq and Colonel John Hamilton were found guilty of manslaughter.
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	JAMES HARRIS, 1ST EARL OF MALMESBURY - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES HARRIS, 1ST EARL OF MALMESBURY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Educated at Winchester, Oxford and Leiden, young Harris became secretary in 1768 to the British embassy at Madrid, and was left as charg daffaires at that court on the departure of Sir James Grey until the arrival of George Pitt, afterwards Lord Rivers.
		This interval gave him his opportunity; he discovered the intention of Spain to attack the Falkiand Islands, and was instrumental in thwarting it by putting on a bold countenance.
		He was succeeded as 2nd earl by his son James Edward (1778-1841), under-secretary for foreign affairs under Canning; from whom the title passed to James Howard, 3rd earl of Malmesbury (q.v.).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MALMESBURY_JAMES_HARRIS_1ST_EARL_OF.htm (670 words)

	OSBORN 18TH CENTURY BOUND MANUSCRIPTS
		George Ogle, and the volume belonged to Mary Dyott by 1782.
		Collection of poems by several 18th-century authors, including: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), Richard Roderick (d.1756), and Sneyd Davies (1709-1769); many of the poems are copied from journals and magazines, with their sources and dates identified.
		(1696-1728), Henry Levett, M.D. (1668-1725), Thomas Parker, 1st earl of Macclesfield (1667-1732), etc.; the letters were written when both were young men at Oxford and cast interesting sidelights on the social life of the day and the warm relationship that existed between two friends; accompanied by a modern doctoral dissertation on the subject.
	webtext.library.yale.edu /beinflat/osborn.cshelf.htm (16333 words)

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		George Macartney, diplomat and governor, is remembered primarily for his missions to China and India.
		The posting for which he is most remembered arrived in 1792 in the form of an embassy to Peking, although his hopes for the establishment of permanent British diplomatic presence in Peking did not come to fruition.
		He was created a viscount in the Irish peerage before his departure and was raised to ann earl on his return in 1794.
	www.gac.culture.gov.uk /search/Object.asp?object_key=32103 (266 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 2391
		George Macartney, Earl Macartney was born before 1753.
		George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie was the son of William Ramsay, 1st Earl of Dalhousie and Margaret Carnegie.
		A contract for the marriage of George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie and Lady Anne Fleming was signed on 10 December 1644.
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	National Portrait Gallery A-Z of Portrait Sitters (M)
		George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), Diplomat and colonial governor.
		Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (died 1694), Royalist soldier.
		Henry George McGhee (1898-1959), Labour MP for Penistone Division of Yorkshire from 1935.
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	March 31st
		George Macartney, a descendant of the Macartneys of Auchenleck, near Kirkcudbright, was born at his father's seat, Lissanoure, in the county of Antrim, Ireland, on the 14
		In this emergency, Macartney was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the Empress; and having received the honour of knighthood, departed on his delicate mission.
		A detailed account of this embassy, prepared by Sir George Staunton from Lord Macartney's own papers, was, till a very late period, the standard authority on all matters relating to the Chinese empire.
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	George Macartney, 1r Earl Macartney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Macartney, 1r earl Macartney (el 14 de mayo el 1737 - 31 de mayo de 1806) era un estadista británico, administrador colonial y diplomata.
		Descendieron a George Macartney de una vieja familia escocesa, el Macartneys de Auchinleck, que había colocado en 1649 en Lissanoure, condado Antrim, Irlanda, donde él nació.
		Después de ser earl creado Macartney en el peerage irlandés (1792), lo designaron el primer envoy de Gran Bretaña a China.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ge/George%20Macartney,%201r%20Earl%20Macartney.htm (463 words)

	William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst - China-related Topics U-X - China-Related Topics
		He was the nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of MontrealJeffrey, Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 by the remainder provided when the patent of nobility was renewed in 1788.
		On arriving in the Peiho he was given to understand that he could only be admitted to the emperor Jiaqing Emperor of ChinaJiaqing's presence on condition of performing the kow-tow, a ceremony which Western nations considered degrading, and which was, indeed, a homage exacted by a Chinese sovereign from his tributaries.
		To this Lord Amherst, following the advice of Sir George Leonard Staunton, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as George Macartney, 1st Earl MacartneyLord Macartney had done in 1793, unless the admission was made that his sovereign was entitled to the same show of reverence from a mandarin of his rank.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/William_Pitt_Amherst,_1st_Earl_Amherst (513 words)

	CHINA THROUGH WESTERN EYES Manuscript Records of Traders, Travellers, Missionaries & Diplomats, 1792-1942 Part 2: ...
		Macartney was chosen to be Britain's first ambassador to China.
		Sir George Leonard Staunton was secretary (second in command to Macartney) of the first British mission to China (the Macartney Embassy) in 1792-1794.
		During 1798-1817 George Thomas Staunton was chief of the East India Company's factory at Canton, and in 1816-1817 he was a ranking member of Britain's second mission to China (the Amherst Embassy).
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	William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was the nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 by the remainder provided when the patent of nobility was renewed in 1788.
		On arriving in the Peiho he was given to understand that he could only be admitted to the emperor Jiaqing's presence on condition of performing the kowtow, a ceremony which Western nations considered degrading, and which was, indeed, a homage exacted by a Chinese sovereign from his tributaries.
		He was created Earl Amherst, of Arracan in the East Indies, and Viscount Holmesdale, in the County of Kent, in 1826.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/William_Pitt_Amherst (482 words)

	The Ultimate William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On arriving in the Peiho he was given to understand that he could only be admitted to the emperor Jiaqing's presence on condition of performing the kow-tow, a ceremony which Western nations considered degrading, and which was, indeed, a homage exacted by a Chinese sovereign from his tributaries.
		To this Lord Amherst, following the advice of Sir George Leonard Staunton, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as Lord Macartney had done in 1793, unless the admission was made that his sovereign was entitled to the same show of reverence from a mandarin of his rank.
		The principal event of his government was the first Burmese war of 1824, resulting in the cession of Arakan and Tenasserim to Britain.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/William_Pitt_Amherst (373 words)

	OSBORN 18TH CENTURY BOUND MANUSCRIPTS (FOLIO)
		Collection of drawings of English coats of arms, in pencil and in ink; many are incomplete; accompanied by loose MS notes and genealogical trees illustrated with coats of arms of various noble families.
		Eight groups of poems bound together by William Phillipps; the poems range from an epithalamium of 1651 to a verse letter dated 1757; among the poems are "Second Advice to a Painter" by Sir John Denham (1615-1669) and an elegy on Queen Anne, queen of Gt.
		On Sir George Cockburn (1763-1847) and the provisioning of Napoleon I, emperor of the French (1769-1821), on St. Helena.
	webtext.library.yale.edu /beinflat/osborn.fcshelf.htm (17414 words)

	George Macartney - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Macartney - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
		The article about George Macartney contains information related to George Macartney.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/George_Macartney (87 words)

	OSBORN 19TH CENTURY BOUND MANUSCRIPTS (FOLIO)
		Consists of an account of Macartney's Embassy to China, covering the period of September 11, 1792 to January 15, 1794; relates to British foreign relations with China, China's court and courtiers, and description and travel in China.
		Presents watercolor sketches of Van Dyck's portraits of the Earl of Holland and the earl of Warwick; accompanied by the two sketches, 17 x 9 cm., which are signed and dated 1834.
		The journal describes the special mission to Russia of William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th duke of Devonshire (1790-1858) on the occassion of the coronation of Nicholas I, emperor of Russia (1796-1855), of which Lord Robert Grosvenor was a member; this MS was evidently written up later from a diary kept during the tour.
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	Kowtow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kowtow was very important in the diplomacy of China with European powers, since it was required to come into the presence of the Emperor, but it meant submission before him.
		Dutch traders had no problem to kowtow since they represented themselves, but the British embassies of George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1793) and William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1816) were foiled since kowtowing would mean acknowledging the King as a subject of the Emperor.
		This page was last modified 18:54, 21 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kowtow (355 words)

	George Thomas Staunton - China-related Topics E-H - China-Related Topics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born near Salisbury, EnglandSalisbury, he was the son of Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801), first baronet, diplomatist and Orientalist, and in 1792 accompanied his father, who had been appointed secretary to George Macartney, 1st Earl MacartneyLord Macartney's mission to China, to the Far East (1792-1794).
		He acquired a good knowledge of Chinese language, and in 1798 was appointed a writer in the British East India Company's factory at Canton (Guangzhou), and subsequently its chief.
		In 1816 he proceeded as second commissioner on a special mission to Beijing with William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl AmherstLord Amherst and Sir Henry Ellis.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/George_Thomas_Staunton (287 words)

	NIR_Castles.html
		It was first documented in McQuillan hands, in 1513, and later became the stronghold of the McDonnells, Earls of Antrim and Lords of the Isles.
		Randal, who became Viscount Dunluce, and 1st Earl of Antrim, founded a town, west of the castle, in 1620 and brought settlers from Scotland to live there.
		The Earl built the Manor House, with its bay windows, for her and a new kitchen court on the rock.
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	Bodleian Library: Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts: Western manuscripts
		Papers of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, 1820-70, with papers of related families, 17th-19th century.
		Correspondence of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon of the second creation, with his wife, Lady Katharine, and his sister, Lady Theresa Lewis, 1838-65; papers of Sir Thomas Villiers Lister, mainly Foreign Office memoranda and journals of diplomatic missions, 1845-92.
		Additional papers of George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) relating to his governorship of Fort St. George, Madras (India), 1781-6, and his embassy to China, 1792-4.
	www.bodley.ox.ac.uk /dept/scwmss/wmss/online/online.htm (2186 words)

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