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Harry Parkes

Harry Parkes

Former British Minister to Korea
Sir Harry Smith Parkes GCMG KCB was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese Qing Empire from 1883 to 1885,... Wikipedia
Born: February 24, 1828, Bloxwich, United Kingdom
Died: March 22, 1885 (age 57 years), Beijing, China
Previous office: British Minister to Korea (1884–1885)