George McCartney (British consul)

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Sir George McCartney should not be confused with George Macartney, an earlier British statesman.

Sir George McCartney, KCIE[citation needed], (19 January 186719 May 1945), was the British consul-general in Kashgar at the end of the nineteenth century.

In Kashgar his wife, Lady Catherine McCartney, assisted the archaeologists who found the library at Dunhuang.[1]

McCartney was succeeded by Sir Clarmont Skrine, who co-authored with Dr. Pamela Nightingale a book on McCartney's diplomatic career in Kashgar, Macartney at Kashgar: New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918 (London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1973).

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Isabel Montgomery, "Hear This," The Guardian (London), Oct. 8, 1999.


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