" Sir Michael Seymour, 1 802-1 887, G.C.B.. Admiral R.N. Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station and at Canton 1857. Son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., K.C.B., 176 8- 18 34.
^* Dr. Maltby, Bishop of Durham, was his godfather.
^' Dr. M'Dougall, D.D., Bishop of Labuan, assisted Sir James Brook in his fight with the pirates at Sarawak, about 1847.
" Major Clifford was amongst other things a charming artist, and there is still carefully cherished a drawing of some Chinese children which he made, and which was given to the niece to whom the pigtail was promised — a promise that could not be kept.
" Chinese Commissioner Yeh, whose refusal to comply with the demand of Sir John Bowring, Governor of Hong Kong, for satisfaction when the Chinese-built boat Arrow, flying the British flag, had been boarded by a Chinese junk and the crew carried off on a charge of piracy, was the first step in the Chinese War of i860.
"Hon. Sir Frederick William Augustus Bruce, G.C.B,. 1814- 1867, son of 7 th Earl of Elgin. H.M.'s Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, British Envoy to the Emperor of China, and in 1865 British Envoy to the U.S.A.
•• The travesty of the religion of Buddha, which was all that Sir Frederick saw while he was in China, made a lasting impression. He could not even recognise a germ of truth in it, and the temples and idols were nothing but objects of contempt.
"^General Sir Charles van Straubenzee, G.C.B., b. 1812. Commanded the British troops in China 1857. Governor of Malta 1872-1878.
•* Afterwards Mrs. Henry Wilson and Mrs. Hugh Freeling.
"Sir Charles John Canning, K.G., K.C.B., P.C, 1812-1862. Made Earl Canning 1859. Governor-General of India 1855.
" Baron Gros was the French Plenipotentiary,
" General Moncriefif, 1805-1869, Scots Fusilier Guards.
*• Thomas Francis Wade, 18 18-1895. Twice appointed to Lord Elgin's Chinese Commission. Minister Plenipotentiary at Pekin 1871. K.C.B. 1875.
" A jingall is a very long gun requiring a standing support, generally a tripod, but sometimes another man's shoulder.
** This drawing is still in the possession of the family.
•• Lieutenant-Colonel H. Hope Crealock. Military Secretary to H.B.M.'s special embassy to China i860.
»" Susan Hamilton Stephenson, eldest daughter of Sir W. H. Stephenson, 1 841 -1899.
'^Laurence Oliphant, 1829-1888. W^riter and traveller, and ardent believer in the " spiritualism " of his day. Private secretary to Lord Elgin in America and China.
»* Augustus Terrick Hamilton, 18 18-1880, 71st Highland Light Infantry. Youngest son of W. R. Hamilton.
" The nurse in his brother's family.
"Albert Smith, 18 16-1860. Writer and public entertainer. His " Mont Blanc " and " To China and Back " drew crowds to the Egyptian Halls in Piccadilly, where he gave illustrated lectures.
" Susan Stephenson became one of the best amateur pianists of her day.
'• A Chinese dollar had been worth about 5s.
" Admiral Sir James Hope, b. 1808, G.C.B., principal Naval A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, etc. etc. Succeeded Sir Michael Seymour as Commander-in-Chief in China 1859, was wounded at the first unsuccessful attack on the Taku forts.
" War was declared between France and Austria in April 1859, and terminated June of the same year with the battles of Magenta and Solferino.
»• His sister, Mrs. Melvil Wilson, lived in Versailles at that time.j
" Dr. Maltby. Bishop of Durham.
** See Note 9 to Crimean Letters.
*' Admiral Jones was second in command to Sir James Hope.
*' Lady Stephenson's uncle, Rev. George Coxe, 1757-1844, Rector of St. Michael's, Winchester, brother of Archdeacon Coxe the historian. See "Romantic Story of Mrs. George Coxe" in Appendix.
** General de Montauban, Comte de Palikao, commanded the French forces in China at this time.
" Sir James Hope Grant of Kilgraston, G.C.B., 9th Lancers, 1808- 1875. Served in the Chinese War of 1841-1842, when he greatly distinguished himself. Was present at Sobraon and throughout the second Sikh War. Distinguished himself during the final operations of the siege of Delhi, and marched to the relief of Lucknow 1857. Commander-in-Chief of British forces in China i860.
*• M. BourbouUon was French Plenipotentiary before Baron Gros.
" Harry Smith Parkes, 1828-1885, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. Sometime H.B.M. Minister to China and Japan. Accompanied Sir Hope Grant on the march to Pekin; taken prisoner by the Chinese and cruelly tortured.