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	The Baldwin Project: The Story of China by R. Van Bergen
		Harry studied hard, so hard that when the first war with England broke out, he was engaged to go with the fleet and help in the buying of provisions.
		Harry refused to do so, and said that he was there under a flag of truce, and that the British would punish them severely.
		Harry learned soon afterwards that he owed his escape to Prince Kung, who had managed to send him out of Peking fifteen minutes before the time when orders would arrive from the Emperor to put him and his companions to death.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=bergen&book=china&story=poor (1768 words)

	SIR HARRY SMITH PARKES - LoveToKnow Article on SIR HARRY SMITH PARKES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		(1828-1885), English diplomatist, son of Harry Parkes, founder of the firm of Parkes, Otway and Co., ironmasters, was born at Birchills Hall, near Walsall in Staffordshire, in 1828.
		Parkes, who was attached to the admirals staff, was the first man to enter the city, and himself tracked down and arrested Commissioner Yeh.
		Parkes and Loch were carried off to the prison of the board of punishments at Peking, where they were separately herded with the lowest class of criminals.
	58.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PA/PARKES_SIR_HARRY_SMITH.htm (917 words)

	Harry Smith Parkes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son of Harry Parkes, founder of the firm of Parkes, Otway and Co., ironmasters, he was born at Birchills Hall, near Walsall in Staffordshire, England.
		At this time what became known as the First Opium War (1839-42) had broken out, and Parkes eagerly prepared himself to take part in the events which were passing around him by diligently applying himself to the study of Chinese.
		In response to a strongly worded despatch from Parkes, Sir John Bowring, governor of Hong-Kong, placed matters in the hands of Admiral Sir M. Seymour, who took Canton at the close of the same month but had not a sufficient force to hold it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Smith_Parkes (1066 words)

	The Third China War
		With the main body of the Allied force delayed in the south waiting for supplies to be brought upriver, Harry Parkes and Thomas Wade rode ahead to Dongzhou to inspect the roads and living quarters available and to negotiate preliminary arrangements for their reception and the ratification of the Treaty of Tianjin.
		Harry Parkes returned to Dongzhou under a white flag of truce, escorted by a few dozen troopers of the King's Dragoon Guards and Fane's Horse Cavalry.
		When Parkes and Wade returned to Zhanjiawan the next day with the Allied advance party, they were surprised to find Chinese troops busily occupying the area, building gun emplacements and stationing cavalry nearby in an obvious attempt to entrap the entire Allied force when it arrived.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C19/E1907.htm (3881 words)

	Roy Hamilton Parks, Sr.
		Parks is known as one of the most able, astute and thoroughly learned of the lawyers practicing at the Moore county bar and has become a familiar figure in the courts here, but has still found time to devote to various other lines of endeavor.
		Parks was married Miss Eva Colsher, daughter of William H. and Sue Colsher, of Lynchburg, and to this union there have been born four children: Nell; Roy H., Jr.; Robert and Jack.
		Parkes served as county attorney for a number of years and represented Moore, Coffee and Bedford Counties in the state senate in 1919.
	www.knology.net /~jparkes/genealogy/mooretn/moore/rhparksr.htm (953 words)

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		At this time what was known as the " Opium War " had broken out, and Parkes eagerly prepared himself to take part in the events which were passing around him by diligently applying himself to the study of Chinese.
		Meanwhile the treacherous attack at Taku upon Sir Frederick Bruce led to a renewal of hostilities in the north, and Parkes was ordered up to serve as interpreter and adviser to Lord Elgin (July,186o).
		On the restoration (Oct. 1861) of the city to the Chinese he returned to England on leave, when he was made K.C.B. for his services; he had received the companionship of the order in r86o.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=51053 (933 words)

	The Parkes Family by Rufus Alonzo Parks #2
		Rufus Alonzo Parks, son of R.B. and E.J. Parks, was married Nov. 14, 1872, to Susan A. Holt, daughter of Jordan C. and Jane Holt.
		Parkes, probably a Colonel of militia, and Martin L. (Martin Livingston) Parkes, were sons of Ambrose Parkes and his wife, Frances (Isbell) Parkes, and were brothers of my grandfather, Allen W, Parkes.
		When Martin L. Parkes, 2nd., was a very small boy, Ambrose Parkes and his wife, Frances Isbell Parkes visited their sons and relatives here, and from here went on to Missouri to visit children and relatives there.
	www.knology.net /~jparkes/genealogy/parkes/papers/histrap2.htm (6789 words)

	Tillman McCarty
		Harry Leotis McCarty (1231) was born December 3, 1908 at Boskin, Louisiana.
		Edna Earl Parkes (1238) was born December 28, 1907 at Carthage, Mississippi and died June 24, 1924, and is buried at Carthage.
		Harry Smith Parkes (1239) was born September 2, 1910 at Freetrade, Mississippi.
	www.twmccarty.com /unadoc_tillman.html (11782 words)

	China Text: Chapter XIX - The Second Foreign War
		Parkes the settlement of the difficulty was to be concluded at Chan-chia-wan in an amicable manner.
		Parkes and some other officers and civilians had been sent ahead with an escort of Sikh cavalry to arrange the final preliminaries with the imperial commissioners at Tungchow, both as to where the camp was to be pitched and also as to the interview between the respective plenipotentiaries of the opposing powers.
		Parkes had only the personal satisfaction of knowing that he had done everything he could to prove that the English did not wish to press their military superiority over an antagonist whose knowledge of war was slight and out of date.
	www.enotes.com /china-text/72521 (16060 words)

	The Arrow Incident
		Parkes returned to the Consulate and sent a strongly-worded letter to Governor-General Yeh Mingchen that reported "all the particulars of this public insult to the British flag" and accused Yeh of violating Article 9 of the 1843 Supplementary Treaty of the Bogue, which dealt with British extraterritoriality.
		Parkes' belligerent position went well beyond any issue involving extraterritoriality, since the treaty provision he insisted should be applied to the lorcha dealt solely with British ships.
		Parkes restated the situation as he saw it to date and repeated his demand for satisfaction for the insult to the British flag.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C19/E1903.htm (2381 words)

	Paper
		The largest family in the Collections, the Moraceae family, is mainly covered by the Sir Harry Parkes collection.
		Parkes sent this report, along with over 400 specimens of paper and paper products, to England in 1871 where it was divided between the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
		Specimens included in the Parkes collection are dominated by paper made from the paper mulberry (Broussonetia), a type of paper first used in China for both ornamental and functional forms of paper, and later introduced to Japan in 610 AD.
	www.rbgkew.org.uk /collections/ecbot/Paper.htm (596 words)

	Story
		They made ceramic utensils in the form of Harry Parkes wine pots, Harry Parkes pillows, and the piece de resistance, a chamber pot in the form of Harry Parkes himself.
		In 1976 when the author was in Hawai'i and long before she had seen a genuine Harry Parkes Chamber Pot, the birthday of her father, Shekwan collector Olaf K. Skinsnes, occasioned an attempt to re-create the Harry Parkes Chamber Pot as it was reported but not described by Zhang Weichi.
		Initially horrified at seeing one of the original pieces she discovered that the hole was in the top hat, while in the contemporary attempt the hole was in the mouth.
	www.artcn.net /exhibit/200107/huzhi003story.htm (435 words)

	Thomas Francis Wade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On Lord Elgin's return to China in 1860, he resumed his former post of Chinese secretary, and was mainly instrumental in arranging for the advance of the special envoys and the British and French forces to Tientsin (Tianjin), and subsequently towards Peking.
		For the purpose of arranging for a camping ground in the neighborhood of Tongzhou he accompanied Mr (afterwards Sir) Harry Parkes on his first visit to that city.
		As early as 1866, Wade urged Chinese officials to discontinue their method of execution known as "slicing", which was made notorious via tales (perhaps exaggerated or inaccurate) of the death by a thousand cuts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/T.F._Wade (707 words)

	Josiah Parkes & Sons
		Parkes 00 Josiah Parkes and Sons Ltd are known worldwide as the manufacturers of Union Locks and builders and architectural hardware products.
		Parkes was founded around 1840 in Willenhall by Josiah Parkes (1823-99) and his brother, William, and they began their partnership as iron merchants, having premises at 28, 29 and 30 Doctor's Piece (illustration).
		In 1948 Josiah Parkes and Sons (South Africa) Ltd. was formed with WF Boustred as Chairman, for the purpose of manufacturing Union locks and architectural furniture in South Africa.
	www.antonymaitland.com /jp&s.htm (4921 words)

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		Sir Harry Parkes, incidentally, had started his career as a young orphan who had come to Macau aged 13 during the 1st Opium War to learn Chinese.
		Harry Parkes in fact had been the one more responsible than anyone else for the start of the 2nd Opium War.
		And yes, in case you were wondering, Parkes Street in the red-light area of Jordan near Kowloon Park is named after this Victorian political moralist.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=10523517&postID=113010852208623755 (522 words)

	Stagsnet - Site of the SSA
		Harry Wightman was selected by the directors as Bell's replacement, however, he took the job only until the end of the season.
		With Harry Parkes in place as the new manager there was plenty of excitement on the pitch as the Stags climbed into 9th position.
		In January 1938 the merry go round in the managers office continued as Harry Parkes left the club to be replaced by Jack Poole.
	www.stagsnet.net /vintage/history/Part5.html (1397 words)

	Parkes 1 Genealogy
		Josiah Parkes and Sons Ltd (lock manufacturers) was founded around 1840 in Willenhall by Josiah Parkes (1823-99) and his brother, William, and they began their partnership as iron merchants, having premises at 28, 29 and 30 Doctor's Piece.
		Professor Alan Parkes stated that Beatrice Turner was born in 1800, and her father was William Turner of Bilston.
		A Richard Parkes was mayor of Dudley in 1781, as was William Parkes snr in 1732.
	www.antonymaitland.com /parkes01.htm (10838 words)

	Isaac Parkes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		ISAAC1 PARKES was born 14 May 1815 in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England., and died 21 July 1859 in Bombala NSW..
		WILLIAM2 PARKES (ISAAC1) was born 12 June 1849 in High Plains Station near Bombala NSW., and died 16 December 1906 in Sydney NSW..
		JOSEPH (JOE)2 PARKES (ISAAC1) was born 1851 in " Makarette " near Bombala NSW., and died 1921 in Bombala NSW.
	www.cooma.nsw.gov.au /monaropioneers/parkes-i.htm (1012 words)

	Mansfield Town \| History \| MTFC History \| 1930s
		By the end of September 1935 Harry Johnson had scored his 100th league goal for the club, but it was obvious that he was near the end of his career.
		Harry Wightman was selected by the directors as Bell's replacement, however, he took the job only until the end of the season.
		With Harry Parkes in place as the new manager there was plenty of excitement on the pitch as the Stags climbed into 9th position.
	www.mansfieldtown.premiumtv.co.uk /page/ClubHistory/0,,10325~411657,00.html (1426 words)

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		PARKES, SIR HARRY SMITH (1828-1885), English diplomatist, son of Harry Parkes, founder of the firm of Parkes, Otway and Co., ironmasters, was born at Birchills Hall, near Walsall in Staffordshire, in 1828.
		Towards the end of 186o Parkes returned to his post at Canton.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=51053 (933 words)

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		As soon as they reached the outer door of the place, Parkes jumped off his pony and rushed in with such impetuosity that the crowds of servants running before him had no time to warn their master of the intruders' arrival.
		Parkes continued his rapid career straight into the inner room, where the Fantai himself sat at a table strewn with papers, absolutely calm, serene and unmoved.
		Hart left his work under Sir Harry Parkes with real regret in October 1858, when he was promoted and appointed interpreter at the British Consulate in Canton under Sir Rutherford Alcock; but in May 1859 he resigned to enter the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/12344/12344.txt (19084 words)

	Harry Smith Parkes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The son of Harry Parkes, founder of the firm of Parkes, Otway & Co., ironmasters, he was born at Birchills Hall, near Walsall in Staffordshire, England.
		Harry Schmidt is one of the pilots in the friendly-fire incident involving Canadian ground forces on 4/17/2002 while in Afghanistan.
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	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Harry_Parkes (2234 words)

	Kingsnorth bells
		The new treble and fifth bells were cast at the Whitechapel Bellfoundry on 16th December, the former in memory of Mr.
		Harry Parkes, a ringer and bellhanger, who was employed by the Whitechapel Foundry.
		Harry Parkes was a native of the neighbouring village of Mersham and between the wars, taught a band to ring at Kingsnorth.
	kent.lovesguide.com /articles/kingsnorth_bells.htm (1239 words)

	NSW Government Architect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cobden Parkes was keen for E H (Ted) Farmer to become his successor.
		Harry Rembert preferred not to be considered due to poor health and Farmer was appointed over five other contenders who had greater seniority.
		The award of the RAIA gold medal is just reward for the personal contribution that he has made to this record and for the work he had done in a number of fields.
	www.govarch.dpws.nsw.gov.au /history/farmer_johnson.htm (2784 words)

	Gallery 1b: Harris Treaty, 1851
		The new Thai-American treaty, known as the Harris Treaty, was named for U.S. Envoy Townsend Harris, the colorful, bombastic diplomat who was in a hurry to get to his new post as the first American Consul General and Minister to Japan.
		Harris went on to elaborate on this position in his formal audience with the Second King, Phra Pin Klao, the next day:
		This was followed by the barge containing the commissioner [Townsend Harris], his interpreter, Rev. Mr.
	www.mnh.si.edu /treasures/frame_exhibit_gallery1b_main.htm (558 words)

	HMS NARBOROUGH Casualties
		Son of William Henry and Hannah Parkes of 19 Lorrimore Avenue, Stoke, Devonport.
		Son of Harry and Ann Langridge; husband of Katherine Langridge of 14 Suffolk Rd., Milton, Portsmouth.
		Son of Harry Howard Philip and Elizabeth Catherine Venables of "Bronllwyn", Wingfield Rd., Whitchurch, Cardiff.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/narbcasl.htm (963 words)

	VillaTalk
		My dad remembers before the war, when streets were still filled with horse muck, most everyone wore cloth caps, and old dears came out to meet you and discuss that latest news from around the city.
		He remembers getting the tram from Ellison’s, of training at Birchfield as a teenager with the likes of Harry Parkes and Cummins, and of others lost in the great battle.
		Big matches, small matches it didn’t matter being at Villa Park is what mattered, it still does now, he misses it, misses being able to I suppose, but come Saturday, Portsmouth will get the usual abuse, even if its just a square screen its thrown at.
	www.villatalk.com /print.php?sid=2344 (736 words)

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		of Sir Harry Parkes of Oct. 31 re: quarantine laws.
		To Shioda Sabaro re: actions in U.S. courts in Japan.
		To Sir Harry Parkes re: treaty revision from Von Brandt.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/spc/xml/m0139.xml (528 words)

	PARKES, SIR HENRY (181... - Online Information article about PARKES, SIR HENRY (181...
		Empire newspaper to inculcate his policy of attacking abuses while remaining loyal to the See also:
		One of the reforms for which Parkes fought most strenuously was the full introduction of responsible See also:
		Parkes had for several years persistently advocated See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAI_PAS/PARKES_SIR_HENRY_18151896_.html (1163 words)

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