The Public Life of the Earl of Macartney

John Barrow; George Macartney

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511793615

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Volume 1
John Barrow, George Macartney

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: May 2013
Print publication year:: 2011
First published in:: 1807
Online ISBN:: 9780511793615
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511793615

Subjects:: Social and Population History, East Asian History, Area Studies, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries

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George Macartney (1737–1806) had a long and distinguished political and diplomatic career. He held the post of Secretary for Ireland, was successively governor of Grenada, Madras and the Cape Colony, and served as trade envoy to Russia and China. The son of an Irish landowner, Macartney rose in his profession through diligent diplomacy, perseverance, ambition and integrity; he gradually advanced in both the British and Irish peerage. This two-volume biography by Sir John Barrow, who had accompanied Macartney to China and the Cape, was first published in 1807, and draws heavily on official documents from Macartney's periods in office. Volume 1 contains a chronological account of Macartney's professional life, focusing particularly on the challenges he faced while Governor of Madras in the 1780s, including military threats, wrangling over fiscal policies, the extension of Fort St George, and plans for a Madras police force.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

PREFACE
pp v-x

Contents
pp xi-xii

NARRATIVE of the Public Life of Lord Macartney, containing some Account

Of his Mission to the Court of St. Petersburgh as Envoy Extraordinary
pp 1-37

Of his Secretaryship of Ireland
pp 37-51

Of his Government of Grenada
pp 51-67

Of his Government of Madras
pp 67-316

Of his Appointment to the Government-General of Bengal
pp 316-339

Of his Embassy to the Court of Pekin
pp 339-356

Of his Government of the Cape of Good Hope
pp 356-370

Of his Character and general Characteristics
pp 370-412

APPENDIX
pp 413-608

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