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Book description. Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. Orphaned at the age of five, he went to China on his own as a child and worked his way to the top. God-fearing and fearless, he believed his mission was to bring trade and ...
Cambridge University Library holds other papers relating to Sir Harry Parkes, which can be consulted in the Manuscripts Reading Room: 1. Jardine Matheson Archive Letter from Parkes, Canton, to Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, 9 July 1853. (B7/2/2890; microfilm reel 210) Copy of letter from Parkes, Canton, to R.S. Sturgis, 29 August 1853.
Some useful information about the inspectorship system and the arrears duties may be found in Fairbank, J. K., Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast (Cambridge, Mass., 1953) and Bartle's article on Bowring and the Chinese and Siamese commercial treaties. Google Scholar. Harry Parkes and the ‘Arrow’ War in China - Volume 9 Issue 3.
Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain’s relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. Orphaned at the age of five, he went to China on his own as a child and worked his way to the top. God-fearing and fearless, he believed his mission was to bring trade and ‘civilisation’ to ...
of the role of Harry Parkes in British diplomacy in Canton immediately after the incident. Before embarking on this project, however, it might be useful to give a brief introduction to Parkes and his background. Born in I828, Harry Smith Parkes was orphaned when he was five, and sailed for China when he was only thirteen. Apart from two brief
Henry Parkes was born in Canley in Warwickshire, England, and christened in the nearby village of Stoneleigh. 7. Henry Parkes's father, Thomas Parkes, was a small-scale tenant farmer. 8. Henry Parkes received little formal education, and at an early age was working on a ropewalk for 4 pence a day. 9.
