Hart, Sir Robert, 1835-1911 (1st Baronet, Inspector-General of Customs at Peking)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1835 - 1911
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
File
Despatch re capture of Ya-choo-fu, 1864
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 31/22
Scope and Contents
A copy of 'Extracts from Mr. Giquells despatch to Mr. Hart with Regard to the capture of Ya-choo-fu', undated [1864].
Dates:
1864
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd, 3 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9AQ. Applicants may submit their request using the standard Jardine Matheson letter of application, which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
File
Foreign Customs Establishment in China, 1865
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 35/14
Scope and Contents
'Foreign Customs Establishment in China' (London, 1865) (Command Paper-Accounts and Papers, 3509), including a 'Note on the Introduction and Working of the Foreign Inspectorate of Customs' by Robert Hart, Shanghai, November 1864, 7 folios + cover (tied together).
Dates:
1865
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd, 3 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9AQ. Applicants may submit their request using the standard Jardine Matheson letter of application, which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Series
Letters to Parkes and others, 1831-1893
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related items, consisting chiefly of letters to Parkes. Some of the documents are undated. The regular correspondents are Sir Rutherford Alcock, William Thornton Bate, Sir John Bowring, Max August Scipio von Brandt, Sir Frederick William Adolphus Bruce, Arthur Davenport, (Baron) Edmund Hammond, Patrick Joseph Hughes, John Robertson and John Russell Young. Other correspondents include William George Aston, Byron Brenan, Sir William Montagu Dowell, Robert James Forrest, Sir...
Dates:
1831-1893
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd, 3 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9AQ. Applicants may submit their request using the standard Jardine Matheson letter of application, which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
File
Translations of Chinese poems and prose, circa 1858
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/11
Scope and Contents
'Translation of a Cantonese "Squib" upbraiding one of the officials for his covetousness': an English translation by Robert Hart of a lampoon in prose and verse against Lew Tae-yang (senior assistant of the Pwan-yu magistrate in Canton), 15 October 1858, 1 bifolio, including a drawing of a coffin and an explanatory note by Hart. There is also 'Translation of a Chinese Ballad found in the Western Suburbs': an English translation by Hart of a poem beginning 'Yeh and his deeds I sing, who all...
Dates:
circa 1858
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd, 3 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9AQ. Applicants may submit their request using the standard Jardine Matheson letter of application, which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.