George Seward

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George Frederick Seward (1840 – November 28, 1910) was an insurance executive^[1] and United States diplomat during the late 19th century. He served as "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" to China from 1876 until 1880.

Minister to China

Seward, a native of Florida, New York,^[1] was appointed to the position of U.S. Consul in Shanghai on 1861, U.S. Consul General in Shanghai on 1863, and U.S. Minister to China on January 7, 1876. He presented his credentials to the Chinese on April 24, 1876. Seward served as minister until August 16, 1880.^[2]

He died in New York, November 28, 1910.^[1]

Personal life

George Seward was the nephew of former United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Geo. F. Seward Dead, Insurance Head; President of Fidelity and Casualty Company Dies at City Home In His 70th Year." (PDF). The New York Times. 1910-11-29. p. 11. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
↑ "China," Chiefs of Mission by State, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 8 May 2007.

References

"George Seward," Index to Politicians, The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 8 May 2007.

v t e United States Ambassadors to China

Envoys to the Qing Empire 1843-1858	Caleb Cushing 1843-44 Alexander Hill Everett 1845-47 John Wesley Davis 1848-50 Humphrey Marshall 1852-54 Robert Milligan McLane 1853-54 Peter Parker 1855-57

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plentipotentiary to the Qing Empire 1858-1913	William Bradford Reed 1857-58 John Elliott Ward 1858-60 Anson Burlingame 1861-67 John Ross Browne 1868-69 Frederick F. Low 1869-73 Benjamin Avery 1874-75 George Seward 1876-80 James Burrill Angell 1880-81 John Russell Young 1882-85 Charles Harvey Denby 1885-98 Edwin H. Conger 1898-05 William Woodville Rockhill 1905-09 William James Calhoun 1909-13

Envoy to the Republic of China 1913-1929	Paul Samuel Reinsch 1913-19 Charles Richard Crane 1920-21 Jacob Gould Schurman 1921-25 John Van Antwerp MacMurray 1925-29

Ambassador to the Republic of China 1929-1949	Nelson T. Johnson 1929-41 Clarence E. Gauss 1941-44 Patrick J. Hurley 1944-45 John Leighton Stuart 1946-49 Embassy in Taipei 1949-Pres.

Chiefs of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing 1973-79	David K. E. Bruce 1973-74 George H. W. Bush 1974-75 Thomas S. Gates, Jr. 1976-77 Leonard Woodcock 1977-79

Ambassador to the People's Republic of China 1979-Present	Leonard Woodcock 1979-81 Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. 1981-85 Winston Lord 1985-89 James R. Lilley 1989-91 J. Stapleton Roy 1991-95 Jim Sasser 1996-99 Joseph Prueher 1999-01 Clark T. Randt, Jr. 2001-09 Jon Huntsman, Jr. 2009-11 Gary Locke 2011-

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Persondata
Name	Seward, George F.
Alternative names
Short description	American diplomat and insurance executive
Date of birth	1840
Place of birth
Date of death	November 28, 1910
Place of death	New York

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