Sir Harry Smith Parkes GCMG KCB (24 February 1828 – 22 March 1885) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary... 30 KB (3,885 words) - 06:24, 2 May 2024 |
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... 32 KB (4,403 words) - 07:23, 28 March 2024 |
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... 9 KB (1,105 words) - 06:33, 13 March 2024 |
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... 4 KB (469 words) - 03:52, 12 February 2024 |
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... 26 KB (1,683 words) - 19:14, 21 April 2024 |
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... 15 KB (1,900 words) - 15:30, 19 April 2024 |
Beijing and sacked the Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace. After Harry Smith Parkes and the surviving diplomatic prisoners had been freed, Lord Elgin... 9 KB (988 words) - 02:37, 18 November 2023 |
Japan, Sir Harry Smith Parkes, the group toured not only manufacturing facilities but also villages, schools, almshouses, hospitals and parks, which had... 18 KB (2,178 words) - 04:37, 30 April 2024 |
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... 6 KB (621 words) - 23:51, 8 March 2024 |