The Macartney embassy to China departs Portsmouth…
September 1792 CE
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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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
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James Dinwiddie
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John Barrow, 1st Baronet
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Joseph Banks
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Qianlong Emperor
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Sir George Leonard Staunton
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Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet
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Thomas Hickey
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William Alexander
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William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
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William Pitt the Younger
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