George Lord Macartney
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George Lord Macartney was a British diplomat famous for his 1793 audience with the Qianlong Emperor.
Prior to his mission to China, Macartney served as ambassador to the court of Catherine the Great, and as governor of the colonies of Grenada (in the Caribbean), Madras (in India), and Capetown (in South Africa). Many of those who joined him in China had worked with him, or under him, previously.
References
- James Hevia, Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793, Duke University Press (1995), 26.
