1. Henry Pottinger was the fifth son of Eldred Curwen Pottinger and his wife Anne.
14 Facts About Henry Pottinger
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Henry Pottinger attended the Belfast Academy until the age of 12.
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Henry Pottinger studied local languages in Bombay and became an assistant teacher.
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Henry Pottinger explored the lands between the Indus and Persia, traveling in disguise as a Muslim merchant and studying local languages, under the orders of Sir John Malcolm.
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Christie went north to Herat and then west while Henry Pottinger went west across two deserts to Kerman and Isfahan where they rejoined.
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Henry Pottinger was made a baronet when he returned to England in 1839.
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Henry Pottinger accepted Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston's offer of the post of envoy and plenipotentiary in China and superintendent of British trade, thus replacing Charles Elliot.
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Henry Pottinger wrote in a letter to Aberdeen that at a feast celebrating the ratification with his Hong Kong counterpart, Keying, Keying insisted they ceremonially exchange miniature portraits of each member of each others' families.
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Henry Pottinger became the second Administrator of Hong Kong and the first Governor of Hong Kong.
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Towards the end of his tenure, Henry Pottinger lost the support of the local British merchants and was isolated.
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Henry Pottinger returned to India as Governor of Madras from 1848 to 1854, and was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1851.
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Henry Pottinger died in retirement in Malta on 18 March 1856.
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Henry Pottinger was buried in the Protestant cemetery, now known as the Msida Bastion Historic Garden, in Floriana.
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In 1820, Henry Pottinger married Susanna Maria Cooke, daughter of Captain Richard Cooke.