George Macartney (Consul General)
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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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 |