Title: Public success, private sorrow
Description: The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.
Subjects: Officials and employees, China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu, China, Biography, Translators, China, biography
Places: China
People: C. H. Brewitt-Taylor (b. 1857)