William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier, Baron Napier (Chinese: 律勞卑) FRSE (13 October 1786 – 11 October 1834) was a British Royal Navy officer and trade envoy in China.

"This book tells the story of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier of Merchiston, who was sent to China in 1834, not to stop the opium smuggling (by which all local officials profited hugely), but to seek a settlement between the British sea-traders and the Cantonese authorities.

William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier, Baron Napier (Chinese: 律勞卑) FRSE (13 October 1786 – 11 October 1834) was a British Royal Navy officer and trade envoy in China. Quick Facts The Lord Napier, Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China ...

Napier fell into the hands of a faction at Canton who have for some years been bent on causing a rupture between England and China. As the Viceroy said, Napier should ‘on no account permit himself to be deluded by men around him’.

2011年11月15日 · Barbarian eye : Lord Napier in China, 1834, the prelude to Hong Kong by Napier, Priscilla Hayter, 1908-Publication date 1995 Topics Napier, William John, Baron Napier and Ettrick, 1786-1834 Publisher London : Washington : Brassey's Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary Contributor Internet Archive

This volume tells the story of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier of Merchiston, who was sent to China in 1834 to seek a settlement of the British sea-traders and the Cantonese authorities.

This delightfully written book tells the story of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier of Merchiston, who was sent to China in 1834, not to stop the opium smuggling (by which all local...

The whole export and import trade of the British nation in China, in all its branches, will be arrested by the measure of Lord NAPIER; and this amounts, in round numbers, to about twelve...

1995年9月1日 · This delightfully written book tells the story of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier of Merchiston, who was sent to China in 1834, not to stop the opium smuggling (by which all local officials profited hugely), but to seek a settlement between the British sea-traders and the Cantonese authorities.