The eighth Earl of Elgin
Subtitle: a chapter in nineteenth-century imperial history
By: by J.L. Morison ...
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
Published: 1928
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Elgin, James Bruce, Earl of, 1811-1863; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century; Canada -- Politics and government -- 1841-1867; China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857-1861
Description: Biography of James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, who was Canada's Governor-General, 1847-54.
Table of contents: title: Imperial problems in the Victorian era; the beginning of Lord Elgin's career.; title: Apprenticeship in Jamaica, 1842-46.; title: Canada: Political and constitutional, 1847-54.; title: Canada: Economic developments to the reciprocity treaty of 1854.; title: The first mission to China and Japan, 1857-59.; title: The second mission to China, 1860-61.; title: India, 1862-63.