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William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
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William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC (14 January 1773 13 March 1857) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.Born at Bath, Somerset, Amherst was the son of William Amherst and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Paterson. He was the grand-nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 according to a special remainder in the letters patent. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.In 1816 he was sent as ambassador extraordinary to the court of China's Qing Dynasty, with a view of establishing more satisfactory commercial relations between that country and the United Kingdom. On arriving at Pei Ho (Baihe, today's Haihe), he was given to understand that he could only be admitted to the Jiaqing Emperor'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. To this, Amherst, following the advice of Sir George Thomas Staunton, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as Macartney had done in 1793, unle
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- GTIN 09786137875049
- Genre Medien & Kommunikation
- Auflage Aufl.
- Editor Elwood Kuni Waldorm
- Sprache Englisch
- Anzahl Seiten 116
- Größe H220mm x B220mm
- Jahr 2011
- EAN 9786137875049
- Format Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
- ISBN 978-613-7-87504-9
- Titel William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
- Untertitel William Amherst ,Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst,Westminster School
- Herausgeber PSYCHOPUB
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