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    Sir Harry Smith Parkes GCMG KCB (24 February 1828 – 22 March 1885) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary...
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  • royal spouse from a safe distance. An-yat-heh, an undercover agent of Harry Smith Parkes (Flashman and the Dragon). Aphrodite, one of Miss Susie's "gels" (Flashman...
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  • guns to the Taiping rebels. In Canton, Flashman manages to convince Harry Smith Parkes that he was trying to stop the shipment. However, instead of being...
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    province of Kwang-Tung, of which a lease was granted in perpetuity to Harry Smith Parkes, Esquire, Companion of the Bath, a Member of the Allied Commission...
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  • 1861 the society became moribund, but was rescued in 1864 by Sir Harry Smith Parkes, the British Consul. The Society’s stated intention was to study and...
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    Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor who made numerous film and television appearances...
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  • Chamber of Commerce in five spells between 1890 and 1900. He was Sir Harry Smith Parkes' son-in-law and taipan of Jardine, Matheson from the 1890s to the...
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    Beijing and sacked the Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace. After Harry Smith Parkes and the surviving diplomatic prisoners had been freed, Lord Elgin...
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    Japan, Sir Harry Smith Parkes, the group toured not only manufacturing facilities but also villages, schools, almshouses, hospitals and parks, which had...
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    May 1862 to begin his duties as medical officer and clerk under Sir Harry Smith Parkes. Between 1862 and 1867 he worked mainly in Yokohama. Being there on...
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