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Admiral Sir Charles Elliot KCB (15 August 1801 – 9 September 1875) was a British Royal Navy officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator. He became the first Administrator of Hong Kong in 1841 while serving as both Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China. He was a key founder in the establishment of Hong Kong as a ...
Mar 30, 2018 · On January 26, 1841, the British took possession of the island of Hong Kong. The Convention of Chuenpi was immediately repudiated by both the British and Chinese governments and their...
Dec 1, 2014 · CAPTAIN CHARLES Elliot of the Royal Navy was more than anyone responsible for establishing the colony of Hong Kong in 1841. 1 But he first sailed for China Waters in 1834 in the lowly position of Master Attendant to Lord Napiter, Chief of a Commission of three Superintendents of British Trade in China, appointed to take the place of the East ...
- Derek Roebuck
- 1998
Jul 2, 2018 · There is pathos aplenty as Charles Elliot, the British superintendent of trade in Canton, falls apart under Chinese pressure in 1839, eventually beginning to doubt his own sanity.
Charles Elliot’s Public Notice to British Subjects (March 27, 1839) Charles Elliot’s Public Notice to British Subjects (March 27, 1839) Ten days after receiving Lin Zexu's declaration, the Chief superintendent of the trade, Charles Elliot, posted the following response. With communication to Britain (or even India) taking months rather than ...
Jan 1, 1995 · Elliot, Charles (1801–1875). Charles Elliot, British knight, admiral, and chargé d'affaires in Texas, the son of Hugh and Margaret Elliot, was born in 1801, probably in Dresden, Saxony, where his father was serving as British minister. In 1815 he entered the Royal Navy for service in the East Indies and on the African coast.
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Mar 30, 2018 · Who was Captain Elliot, and how did he find himself at the center of this debate? This book traces Elliot's career from his early life through his years in the Royal Navy before focusing on his role in the First Anglo-Chinese War and the founding of what became the Crown Colony of Hong Kong.
