Lord Macartney of Lissanoure, the first British ambassador to China, who had served in the West Indies, at the Court of Catherine the Great, and as Governor and President of Fort St George, Madras.
Quelle: Aubrey Singer: The Lion and the Dragon. The Story of the First British Embassy to the Court of the Emperor Qianlong in Peking 1792-1794. London: Barrie&Jenkins 1992.
