Erasmus Gower
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Admiral of the White Sir Erasmus Gower was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator.
Portrait by Richard Livesay, c. 1799
Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish physician, judge and diplomat best known for his participation in the Macartney Embassy.
Erasmus Gower
…Japan, the Philippines and Celebes while Macartney was in China but was frustrated by adverse weather conditions and lack of essential medical supplies. George Staunton, Secretary to the Embassy, was charged with producing the official account of the expedition after their return. This multi-volume work was taken chiefly…
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, c. 1785
A portrait of Staunton's wife Jane and son George by John Hoppner, c. 1792