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George Henry Hodgson was born 25 January 1817 in London, England, to Rector and future Dean of Carlisle Robert Hogdson and his wife Mary Tucker. His older sister was Henrietta Mildred Hodgson, wife of Oswald Smith and great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Through his father, he was cousins to eminent naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson.
The First Opium War (1839-1842) can be roughly summarised as that in the early 19th century there was a trade imbalance between England and China, and to counter this imbalance England illegally traded opium in China. China wanted to put a stop to this, not least because of the worrying increase in opium addicts.
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (c. 15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536) was the son of Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged. He was the younger half-brother of Mary I, as well as the older half-brother of Elizabeth I and Edward VI.
4 de fev. de 2023 · The life of the ill-fated James Fitzjames is one of these stories, a man who despite the odds stacked against him became a star of the Victorian Navy. Despite this his notoriety slowly vanished over the years, any information other than his rank and fate on the Franklin expedition became lost. He became known for his tragedy rather than his ...
Henry FitzJames (Città di Westminster, 6 agosto 1673 – 16 dicembre 1702) era figlio di Giacomo II Stuart, re di Scozia e d’Inghilterra, e della sua amante Arabella Churchill. Biografia. FitzJames nacque nel 1673. Egli era fratello di James, maresciallo di Francia.
Fitzjames was recovering very well. The war is won by the English and the Treaty of Nanking signed aboard the Cornwallis. Henry T.D. Le Vesconte of HMS Clio (which was to be Fitzjames’ next ship) was one the attendees. 18 November 1842: Arrives in Hong Kong and stays there for the next few months 30 December 1842:
Fitzjames’ private letters were made public and edited to suit the purpose of propaganda and ultimately remembrance. Let us take a look at the publication history of Fitzjames’ last letters. After over two years of no word from the Franklin Expedition, in 1847 the Admiralty made preparations to send out a three-pronged search expedition in the Spring of 1848.
