Letter, 4 March 1864, appointing Sir John Bowring Knight as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. 1864.

Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...

Kamehameha V, King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1830-1872

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