George Macartney (Consul General)

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Sir George Macartney (born January 19, 1867 - May 19, 1945 ) was the British Consul General in Kashgar at the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century and a collector of antiques.

In Kashgar he and his wife, Lady Catherine Macartney, supported archaeologists traveling through in search of Buddhist treasures from the Silk Road . Her guests included Albert von Le Coq and Aurel Stein . Lady Macartney wrote a book about her time in Kashgar entitled "An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan".

In 1900 Macartney was inducted into the Order of the Indian Empire as a Companion and knighted as Knight Commander of the same order in 1913 .

His successor as Consul General was Clarmont Skrine, who wrote a book with Pamela Nightingale on Macartney's diplomatic career in Kashgar.

literature

  • Catherine Macartney: To English Lady in Chinese Turkestan . Oxford Univ. Press, Hong Kong 1985, ISBN 0-19-583879-3 .
  • Clarmont Percival Skrine, Pamela Nightingale: Macartney at Kashgar: New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890–1918 . Methuen, London 1973, ISBN 0-416-65390-1 .
  • Peter Hopkirk : The Silk Road. In search of lost treasure in Chinese Central Asia. rororo, Reinbek near Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-499-18564-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Macartney, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Macartney, Sir George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Consul General
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1867
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1945