Historedia
Person

George Staunton

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1793

Every event in Historedia whose sources name George Staunton, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Arrival of the Macartney Embassy in Canton

    1793

    Role: Macartney's deputy, entrusted to continue the mission if needed

    1. June 1793 (before Macartney's arrival) · Guangdong province, of which Canton was the principal portRequest to Land at Tianjin

      East India Company representatives asked the Guangdong military governor for permission to land at Tianjin rather than Guangzhou.

    2. 19 June 1793 · MacauArrival at Macau

      The embassy's ships reached Macau on 19 June 1793, the squadron's first arrival on the China coast.

Sources

  1. Macartney Embassy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24