NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Staunton, George Thomas, Sir, 1781-1859 NRA: Staunton Sir George Thomas (1781-1859) 2nd Baronet MP Orientalist DNB: Staunton, Sir George Thomas, second baronet (1781-1859), Sinologist and politician LBT ID: GeStaun1859 VIAF ID: 66595175 LOC ID: n88068492 | B/BAP: 1781-05-26 DIED: 1859-08-10 |
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Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was chief of the East India Company's factory
at Canton and MP for St. Michael (1818-26), Heytesbury (1830-32), South Hampshire
(1832-34), and Portsmouth (1838-52). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Sir George Thomas Staunton, second baronet:
Embassy to the Emperor of China. Found 1.
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