George Macartney (British consul)

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

Sir George Macartney, KCIE[citation needed], (19 January 1867–19 May 1945), was the British consul-general in Kashgar at the end of the nineteenth century.

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

Macartney was succeeded by Sir Clarmont Skrine.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Sir Clarmont Skrine & Dr. Pamela Nightingale, Macartney at Kashgar: New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918 (London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1973)
  • Lady Macartney, "An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan"

[edit] References

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


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