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Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, GCB, PC ( Chinese: 砵甸乍, 璞鼎查; 3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Hong Kong .
The first governor, Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Bt., resided at the site of the now Former French Mission Building from 1843 to 1846. It was used as the home of the Provisional Government after Japanese surrender from 1945 to 1946. The building now houses the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
Henry Pottinger. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet Bt GCB PC (Chinese: 砵甸乍, 璞鼎查; 3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Hong Kong. Contents. 1 Early life. 2 India. 3 China. 4 Governor of Hong Kong. 5 Later life. 6 Family. 7 Namesakes. 8 Honours.
Pottinger, Sir Henry (1789–1856), 1st baronet, soldier and diplomat, was born 25 December 1789 at Mountpottinger, Co. Down, fifth son of Edward-Curwen Pottinger, landowner, and his wife Anne, daughter of Robert Gordon of Florida Manor, Co. Down. The Pottingers had emigrated from Berkshire to Belfast in the late sixteenth century and provided ...
Other articles where Henry Pottinger is discussed: China: The first Opium War and its aftermath: Elliot’s successor, Henry Pottinger, arrived at Macau in August and campaigned northward, seizing Xiamen (Amoy), Dinghai, and Ningbo. Reinforced from India, he resumed action in May 1842 and took Wusong, Shanghai, and Zhenjiang. Nanjing yielded in August, and peace was restored with the Treaty of ...
Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, 1789-1856. Physical description: 129 bundle(s) Custodial history: The collection was presented to the Foreign Office in 1950 by Sir Algar Howard. Administrative / biographical background:
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, GCB, PC (Chinese: 砵甸乍; 3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Hong Kong.
