Baldwin, George, 1743?-1826

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1760 travelled to Cyprus; 1763-1768 travelled to Acre; 1768 returned to England; 1768-c 1773 explored possible routes to India via the Red Sea; 1774 travelled to Cairo via the holy caravan from Mecca, then returned to England; 1774 secured employment with the East India Company; 1775-1779 merchant operating out of Cairo; 1786-1796 appointed to Egypt as consul-general; 1798 left Egypt; 1800 advisor to the British Expedition to Egypt.

Epithet: author, diplomat and merchant

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Birth 1744

Death 1826-02-19

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