Walter Henry Medhurst
Diplomat. Joined the diplomatic service in China in 1840. Vice-consul, Amoy, 1848–9; Chinese secretary to the superintendent of trade in China, 1850; consul, Foo-chow-foo, 1854; Tangchow, 1858, Hankow, 1864. Acting consul, Shanghai, 1868; consul, 1871.
Source
Foreign Office List January 1873, p. 141.
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