Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish physician, judge and diplomat best known for his participation in the Macartney Embassy.
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, c. 1785
A portrait of Staunton's wife Jane and son George by John Hoppner, c. 1792
Erasmus Gower
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Admiral of the White Sir Erasmus Gower was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator.
Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet
…of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. This multi-volume work was taken chiefly from papers of Lord Macartney and Sir Erasmus Gower, Commander of the expedition. Sir Joseph Banks, the President of the Royal Society, was responsible for selecting and arranging engraving of the…
Portrait by Richard Livesay, c. 1799