MacFarquhar, Roderick Lemonde [Rod] (1930–2019), journalist, politician, and China scholar, was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India, on 2 December 1930, the only child of Sir Alexander MacFarquhar (1903–1987), a member of the Indian Civil Service then serving as deputy commissioner in ...
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MacFarquhar, Roderick Lemonde [Rod] (1930–2019), journalist, politician, and China scholar
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Staunton, Sir George Thomas, second baronet (1781–1859), Sinologist and politician
Richard Davenport-Hines
Staunton, Sir George Thomas, second baronet (1781–1859), Sinologist and politician, was born on 26 May 1781 at Milford House, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, only surviving child of Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801), diplomatist, and his wife, Jane, née Collins (1753–1823). His father imposed peculiar educational notions on the boy; he was educated at home under his father's eye and lived entirely in adult society, developing precocious abilities at languages and natural history. In 1792 he attended the turbulent national assembly in ...
