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William Henry Pedder

1826–1900

Consular official. Entered consular service in China in 1848. Worked chiefly in Amoy; consul at Amoy from 1861. Retired in 1878 owing to impaired sight. Brother-in-law of Robert Swinhoe.

Source

Coates 1988, Foreign Office list 1901.

Bibliography

Coates, Patrick Devereux. 1988. The China consuls: British consular officers, 1843–1943. Hong Kong and Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Foreign Office list: The Foreign Office list. London: Harrison & Sons. 1852–1965.

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