The Macartney embassy to China departs Portsmouth…

September 1792 CE

The Macartney embassy to China departs Portsmouth aboard three ships on September 26, 1792.

The warship HMS Lion, commanded by Captain Sir Erasmus Gower, leads the mission.

The Hindostan, belonging to the East India Company (and later purchased by the Royal Navy as HMS Hindostan), is commanded by Captain William Mackintosh.

These two vessels are accompanied by a brig, the Jackall.

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Portsmouth Hampshire United Kingdom View →

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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney View → Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville View → James Dinwiddie View → John Barrow, 1st Baronet View → Joseph Banks View → Qianlong Emperor View → Sir George Leonard Staunton View → Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet View → Thomas Hickey View → William Alexander View → William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville View → William Pitt the Younger View →

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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View →

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Macartney Embassy View →

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