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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (June) 1906-7.

General of Imperial Customs and Posts in China; b. Feb. 20, 1835, at Milltown, Co. Armagh, e. s. of Henry Hart, Ravarnette Honse, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and Anu, 2nd d. of John Edgar, Ballybray; m. 1866, Hester Jane, c. d. of Alexander Bredon, M.D., Portadown, 1866.

Educ.: Queen's College, Taunton ; Wesley College, Dublin; Queen's College, Belfast; B.A., 1853; M.A. 1871; Hon. LL.D., 1882. Entered Consular Service in China, 1854;

Supernumerary Interpreter, Su- perintendency of Trade, Hongkong, 1851; Supernumerary, British Con- sulate, Ningpo, 1851; Assistant, British Consulate, Ningpo, 1855; 2nd Assistant, British Consulate, Canton, 1858; Secretary to the Allied Commissioners for the Go-

vernment of the City of Canton, 1858; Interpreter, British Consulate, Canton, 1858; granted special per- mission to resign and accept an appointment in the Chinese Im- perial Maritime Customs, 1859; Chinese Maritime Customs: Deputy

Commissioner, Canton, 1859; Of- ficiating Inspector-General, 1861- 1863; Commissioner at Shanghai, with charge of Yangtze Ports and Ningpo, 1863; Inspector-General, 1863; gazetted Minister Plenipo- tentiary, 1835, but declined; Förderer of Museum für Volker- kunde, Zeipzig, 1878; Hon. Mem- ber, China Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai, 1879; Hon. Mem- ber of Oriental Museum, Vienna, 1880; Hon. Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, London, 1890; Hon. Mem- ber of Institute de Droit In-

ternational, 1892; appointment of

Chinese officials as Administrator-

in-Chief and Vice-Administrator

of Customs, May, 1906, involving

his practical supersession led to protests by British and American

Ministers. Decorations : Brevet

title of An Ch'a Ssu (Civil rank of

the 3rd class), China, 1864; Brevet

title of Pn Cheng Ssu (Civil rank of the 2nd class), China, 1869; Chevalier

of the order of Wasa, Sweden- Norway, 1870; Red Button of the 1st class, China, 1881; created

K.C.M.G., 1882;

1882; Grand Officer,

order of the Crown of Italy, 1884; Knight Grand Cross, order of Francis Joseph, Austria; Grand Officer, Legion of Honour, France, 1885; Commander, order of Pius IX, Rome, 1885; Double Dragon,

2nd division, 1st class, China, 1885 ; the Peacock's Feather, China, 1885; Knight Grand Cross, order of Christ, Portugal, 1888; created G.C.M.G., 1889; Ancestral rank of the 1st class of 1st order for three generations, with letters patent, China, 1889; created 1st Baronet, 1893; Knight Grand Cross, order of the Polar Star, Norway, 1894; Knight Grand Cross, order of Orange Nassau, Holland, 1897; order of the Crown, 1st class, Prussia, 1900; Brevet title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, China, 1901. Publication: "These from the Land of Sinim," 1901. Heir: 8., Edgar Bruce, b. 1893. Club: Athenæum, London. Address: Inspectorate General of Customs, Peking, China; 38, Cadogan Place, London, S.W.

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