583:
64:
624:
374:
972:
456:
corpus order. Kwok then sued
Pauncefote for damages for false imprisonment under the Habeas Corpus Act. Kwok almost won with the British jury finding 4–3 in Kwok's favour. Because a majority of five was needed to find in Kwok's favour the verdict was treated as a verdict for Pauncefote. In 1874, Pauncefote was appointed
455:
ordered his release on the basis that Kwok was entitled to take any necessary steps to secure his freedom. Pauncefote, as
Attorney General of Hong Kong, then had Kwok re-arrested to be tried for piracy. Smale again ordered Kwok's release on the basis the second arrest breached the first habeas
451:. In 1871, Kwok A Sing, a coolie on board a French ship the Nouvelle Penelope which had sailed from Macau, killed the master and took over the ship. Kwok was arrested in Hong Kong to be extradited to China. Kwok made a habeas corpus application seeking his release. Chief Justice
292:
and would be the last to use that title after the name changed to
British ambassador to the United States , an office that was upgraded to that of Ambassador to the United States in 1893. Elevated to the peerage as Baron Pauncefote in 1899, he died in office in 1902.
1210:
1215:
1109:
1088:
547:
289:
142:
88:
1180:
329:(no apparent relation to the Smith bankers). His father (who in 1809 assumed the surname of "Pauncefote" in lieu of his patronymic) was the grandson of John Smith (born 1716), next younger brother of
1265:
496:
in 1882. He was appointed first
British delegate to the Suez Canal Conference in Paris in 1885, and was rewarded for his services in this respect with appointment as a Knight Grand Cross of the
1235:
1185:
268:
49:
1220:
1056:
493:
477:
285:
1205:
1195:
447:
In Hong Kong, Pauncefote was involved in a major case involving the rights of enslaved coolies to free themselves. He ended up being sued for false imprisonment in the
513:
607:
1175:
976:
1255:
1225:
551:
725:
Re Kwok A Sing (No.1) and Re Kwok A Sing (No.2) HKC 710 and 737. North China Herald, 28 December 1871, pp. 1003–4, for details of the case against
Pauncefote.
582:
643:
took place at St John's
Episcopal Church in Washington, where his daughter had been married. His remains were transferred back to the United Kingdom in the
281:
264:
45:
1081:
175:
473:
1230:
1245:
509:
1260:
590:
In 1859 he married Selina Cubitt, a daughter of
William Cubitt, by whom he had one son, who died as an infant, and four daughters, including:
1009:
1024:
457:
1240:
1049:
410:
406:
1250:
999:
497:
485:
429:
651:
1066:
623:
272:
53:
405:
in 1852, after which he practiced as a conveyancing barrister. In July 1855, Pauncefote briefly became private secretary to
1127:
603:
520:
in
January 1897 negotiated an arbitration treaty, but the U.S. Senate, jealous of its prerogatives, refused to ratify it.
330:
1034:
628:
599:
338:
334:
354:
713:
631:
in
Nottinghamshire, parish church of the Bromley Baronets of Stoke Hall, into which family his daughter had married
448:
677:'Preston', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12, ed. A.R.J. Jurica (Woodbridge, 2010), pp. 301-317
536:
528:
63:
1200:
1190:
413:
at the time. His appointment lasted only short period ending with
Molesworth's death in October that same year.
74:
824:
820:
302:
1119:
704:
Review of Wright, Leigh, Julian Pauncefote and British Imperial Policy 1855-1889 on the freelibrary.com.
611:
524:
135:
594:
Lilian Pauncefote (1875–1963), youngest daughter, who on 24 February 1900 married her distant kinsman
373:
1170:
1165:
644:
36:
505:
394:
390:
322:
539:
of 1850, giving the United States the right to create and control a canal across Central America.
992:
908:
888:
868:
800:
780:
760:
740:
452:
326:
512:, and it made him the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps because Ambassador is superior to all other
543:
501:
489:
1140:
903:
883:
863:
795:
775:
755:
735:
636:
595:
425:
358:
341:
in Nottinghamshire (whose first wife Mary Howe was a co-heiress of the Pauncefote family of
226:
678:
567:
563:
559:
461:
402:
350:
342:
306:
504:(KCB), and the following year was sent to the United States as Envoy Extraordinary and
481:
416:
In 1862, facing crippling financial losses, Pauncefote decided to go and practise as a
362:
240:
163:
109:
1159:
640:
517:
437:
230:
606:(1714–1769)), honorary attaché to the British embassy in Washington. The wedding at
586:
Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote, with his wife Selina Cubitt, and daughters
441:
815:
69:
614:, in the presence of cabinet members, diplomats and other distinguished guests.
433:
310:
113:
421:
417:
971:
17:
532:
851:
655:
527:
in 1899 that partitioned the Samoan islands. In 1901 he negotiated the
318:
210:
1089:
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States
571:
523:
He was Britain's representative at negotiations and signatory of the
398:
386:
346:
314:
290:
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States
206:
143:
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States
476:. He soon transferred to the Foreign Office where he took over the
321:, the son of Robert "Pauncefote" (born "Robert Smith") by his wife
693:
622:
581:
574:, in Gloucestershire, was a former seat of the Pauncefote family.
516:
dispatched by other countries. He and American secretary of state
382:
372:
658:
became extinct at his death as he left no surviving male heirs.
694:
thepeerage.com Julian Pauncefote, 1st and last Baron Pauncefote
546:(GCB) in 1892, Pauncefote the following year became the first
1211:
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
716:, the History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, Vol II.
635:
Lord Pauncefote died in office at the British Embassy in
401:
Light Cavalry, but never took up his post, instead being
1216:
Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs
846:
Nelson M. Blake, "The Olney-Pauncefote Treaty of 1897,"
673:
671:
1181:
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States
1057:
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
927:. No. 36075. London. 26 February 1900. p. 6.
494:
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
286:
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1266:
Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria
500:(GCMG). In 1888, he became a Knight Commander of the
602:
in Nottinghamshire (descended in the male line from
472:
In 1876, Pauncefote returned to London as Assistant
957:. No. 36821. London. 16 July 1902. p. 11.
474:
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
246:
236:
216:
200:
195:
181:
169:
159:
141:
129:
119:
105:
87:
34:
1236:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
1186:Deans of the Diplomatic Corps to the United States
542:Having finally become a Knight Grand Cross of the
484:in 1876. Having been made Knight Commander of the
377:Julian Pauncefote as Attorney-General of Hong Kong
942:. No. 36809. London. 2 July 1902. p. 1.
492:(CB) the following year, Pauncefote was promoted
1221:Private secretaries in the British Civil Service
689:
687:
685:
301:Descended in the male line from the prominent
8:
1206:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
288:between 1882 and 1889 when he was appointed
276:(13 September 1828 – 24 May 1902), known as
1196:Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
187:Upgraded to Ambassador to the United States
981:
31:
627:Pauncefote memorial in the churchyard of
654:in Nottinghamshire on 15 July 1902. The
1110:British Ambassador to the United States
977:Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote
667:
650:, and were buried in the churchyard of
610:in Washington DC was officiated by the
548:British Ambassador to the United States
508:. His position was elevated in 1893 to
261:Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote
89:British Ambassador to the United States
1176:People educated at Marlborough College
488:(KCMG) in 1879 and a Companion of the
284:barrister, judge and diplomat. He was
1256:Chief justices of the Leeward Islands
1226:Civil servants in the Colonial Office
554:in 1894 and raised to the peerage as
27:British barrister, judge and diplomat
7:
1025:Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands
458:Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands
1035:Henry James Burford Burford-Hancock
411:Secretary of State for the Colonies
531:(with American Secretary of State
424:. In 1865 he was appointed acting
397:, he obtained a commission in the
25:
892:. 23 November 1894. p. 6625.
639:in May 1902, aged 73. His formal
498:Order of St Michael and St George
486:Order of St Michael and St George
970:
764:. 1 December 1885. p. 5817.
62:
1231:Colonial Legal Service officers
912:. 22 August 1899. p. 5249.
816:"Deans of the Diplomatic Corps"
596:Sir Robert Bromley, 6th Baronet
1246:Attorneys General of Hong Kong
953:"Funeral of lord Pauncefote".
744:. 23 April 1880. p. 2657.
652:St Oswald's Church, East Stoke
1:
1261:People from British Hong Kong
1128:Peerage of the United Kingdom
1000:Attorney General of Hong Kong
804:. 2 April 1889. p. 1863.
604:Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet
430:Attorney General of Hong Kong
357:(1717–1788), ancestor of the
331:Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet
280:between 1874 and 1899, was a
938:"The late Lord Pauncefote".
872:. 25 May 1892. p. 3137.
784:. 2 June 1888. p. 3123.
325:, a daughter of the painter
305:of bankers, who established
848:American Historical Review,
598:(1874–1906) of Stoke Hall,
101:1893 – 24 May 1902
1282:
1241:Smith and Carington family
608:St John's Episcopal Church
562:, Dymock in the County of
449:Supreme Court of Hong Kong
444:on a number of occasions.
1138:
1133:
1126:
1120:Sir Michael Henry Herbert
1116:
1107:
1102:
1086:
1082:Sir Lionel Sackville-West
1078:
1073:
1063:
1054:
1046:
1041:
1031:
1022:
1016:
1006:
997:
989:
984:
254:
191:
176:Sir Lionel Sackville-West
148:
136:Sir Michael Henry Herbert
94:
83:
61:
1251:British Hong Kong judges
850:(1945) 50#2 pp. 228-243
825:U.S. Department of State
821:Bureau of Public Affairs
506:Minister Plenipotentiary
393:. Intending to join the
353:), and elder brother of
313:in 1658, he was born in
428:and in 1866 became the
632:
587:
550:. He was sworn of the
407:Sir William Molesworth
378:
1097:Raised to ambassador
979:at Wikimedia Commons
626:
585:
537:Clayton–Bulwer Treaty
529:Hay–Pauncefote Treaty
525:Tripartite Convention
376:
278:Sir Julian Pauncefote
612:Bishop of Washington
436:he served as acting
37:The Right Honourable
1042:Government offices
395:British Indian Army
391:Marlborough College
381:He was educated at
41:The Lord Pauncefote
1050:The Lord Tenterden
993:John Jackson Smale
923:"Court Circular".
909:The London Gazette
889:The London Gazette
869:The London Gazette
801:The London Gazette
781:The London Gazette
761:The London Gazette
741:The London Gazette
633:
588:
578:Marriage and issue
535:), nullifying the
453:John Jackson Smale
379:
327:John Raphael Smith
1154:
1153:
1117:Succeeded by
1074:Diplomatic posts
1067:Sir Philip Currie
1064:Succeeded by
1032:Succeeded by
1007:Succeeded by
975:Media related to
544:Order of the Bath
502:Order of the Bath
490:Order of the Bath
468:Diplomatic career
403:called to the bar
359:Barons Carrington
258:
257:
204:13 September 1828
16:(Redirected from
1273:
1201:Knights Bachelor
1191:Diplomatic peers
1141:Baron Pauncefote
1079:Preceded by
1047:Preceded by
1017:Preceded by
990:Preceded by
982:
974:
959:
958:
950:
944:
943:
935:
929:
928:
920:
914:
913:
900:
894:
893:
880:
874:
873:
860:
854:
844:
838:
837:
835:
833:
812:
806:
805:
792:
786:
785:
772:
766:
765:
752:
746:
745:
732:
726:
723:
717:
711:
705:
702:
696:
691:
680:
675:
637:Washington, D.C.
556:Baron Pauncefote
426:Attorney General
275:
227:Washington D. C.
223:
196:Personal details
184:
172:
153:
132:
122:
99:
66:
56:
32:
21:
1281:
1280:
1276:
1275:
1274:
1272:
1271:
1270:
1156:
1155:
1144:
1122:
1113:
1092:
1084:
1069:
1060:
1052:
1037:
1028:
1020:
1012:
1003:
995:
968:
963:
962:
952:
951:
947:
937:
936:
932:
922:
921:
917:
902:
901:
897:
882:
881:
877:
862:
861:
857:
845:
841:
831:
829:
814:
813:
809:
794:
793:
789:
774:
773:
769:
754:
753:
749:
734:
733:
729:
724:
720:
712:
708:
703:
699:
692:
683:
676:
669:
664:
621:
580:
470:
371:
363:Barons Bicester
351:Gloucestershire
333:(1714–1769) of
299:
263:
225:
221:
205:
182:
170:
154:
149:
130:
120:
112:
100:
95:
79:
57:
44:
42:
39:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1279:
1277:
1269:
1268:
1263:
1258:
1253:
1248:
1243:
1238:
1233:
1228:
1223:
1218:
1213:
1208:
1203:
1198:
1193:
1188:
1183:
1178:
1173:
1168:
1158:
1157:
1152:
1151:
1146:
1137:
1131:
1130:
1124:
1123:
1118:
1115:
1106:
1100:
1099:
1094:
1085:
1080:
1076:
1075:
1071:
1070:
1065:
1062:
1053:
1048:
1044:
1043:
1039:
1038:
1033:
1030:
1021:
1018:
1014:
1013:
1008:
1005:
996:
991:
987:
986:
985:Legal offices
967:
964:
961:
960:
945:
930:
915:
895:
875:
855:
839:
828:. 1 March 2013
807:
787:
767:
747:
727:
718:
706:
697:
681:
666:
665:
663:
660:
620:
617:
616:
615:
579:
576:
482:Foreign Office
469:
466:
370:
367:
298:
295:
256:
255:
252:
251:
248:
244:
243:
238:
234:
233:
224:(aged 73)
218:
214:
213:
202:
198:
197:
193:
192:
189:
188:
185:
179:
178:
173:
167:
166:
164:Queen Victoria
161:
157:
156:
146:
145:
139:
138:
133:
127:
126:
123:
117:
116:
110:Queen Victoria
107:
103:
102:
92:
91:
85:
84:
81:
80:
68:Caricature by
67:
59:
58:
43:
40:
35:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1278:
1267:
1264:
1262:
1259:
1257:
1254:
1252:
1249:
1247:
1244:
1242:
1239:
1237:
1234:
1232:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1222:
1219:
1217:
1214:
1212:
1209:
1207:
1204:
1202:
1199:
1197:
1194:
1192:
1189:
1187:
1184:
1182:
1179:
1177:
1174:
1172:
1169:
1167:
1164:
1163:
1161:
1150:
1147:
1143:
1142:
1136:
1132:
1129:
1125:
1121:
1112:
1111:
1105:
1101:
1098:
1095:
1091:
1090:
1083:
1077:
1072:
1068:
1059:
1058:
1051:
1045:
1040:
1036:
1027:
1026:
1015:
1011:
1010:John Bramston
1002:
1001:
994:
988:
983:
980:
978:
973:
965:
956:
949:
946:
941:
934:
931:
926:
919:
916:
911:
910:
905:
899:
896:
891:
890:
885:
879:
876:
871:
870:
865:
859:
856:
853:
849:
843:
840:
827:
826:
822:
817:
811:
808:
803:
802:
797:
791:
788:
783:
782:
777:
771:
768:
763:
762:
757:
751:
748:
743:
742:
737:
731:
728:
722:
719:
715:
710:
707:
701:
698:
695:
690:
688:
686:
682:
679:
674:
672:
668:
661:
659:
657:
653:
649:
648:
642:
641:state funeral
638:
630:
625:
618:
613:
609:
605:
601:
597:
593:
592:
591:
584:
577:
575:
573:
569:
565:
561:
557:
553:
552:Privy Council
549:
545:
540:
538:
534:
530:
526:
521:
519:
518:Richard Olney
515:
511:
507:
503:
499:
495:
491:
487:
483:
479:
475:
467:
465:
463:
459:
454:
450:
445:
443:
439:
438:Chief Justice
435:
431:
427:
423:
419:
414:
412:
408:
404:
400:
396:
392:
388:
384:
375:
368:
366:
364:
360:
356:
355:Abel Smith II
352:
348:
344:
340:
336:
332:
328:
324:
320:
316:
312:
308:
304:
296:
294:
291:
287:
283:
279:
274:
270:
266:
262:
253:
250:Selina Cubitt
249:
245:
242:
239:
235:
232:
231:United States
228:
219:
215:
212:
208:
203:
199:
194:
190:
186:
180:
177:
174:
168:
165:
162:
158:
152:
147:
144:
140:
137:
134:
128:
124:
118:
115:
111:
108:
104:
98:
93:
90:
86:
82:
77:
76:
72:published in
71:
65:
60:
55:
51:
47:
38:
33:
30:
19:
1148:
1139:
1135:New creation
1134:
1108:
1103:
1096:
1087:
1055:
1023:
998:
969:
954:
948:
939:
933:
924:
918:
907:
898:
887:
878:
867:
858:
847:
842:
832:24 September
830:. Retrieved
819:
810:
799:
790:
779:
770:
759:
750:
739:
730:
721:
714:Norton-Kyshe
709:
700:
646:
634:
589:
568:Preston Hall
566:", in 1899.
555:
541:
522:
471:
446:
442:Puisne Judge
415:
380:
369:Legal career
307:Smith's Bank
303:Smith family
300:
277:
260:
259:
222:(1902-05-24)
183:Succeeded by
150:
131:Succeeded by
96:
73:
29:
1171:1902 deaths
1166:1828 births
904:"No. 27110"
884:"No. 26573"
864:"No. 26291"
796:"No. 25917"
776:"No. 25823"
756:"No. 25535"
736:"No. 24837"
440:and acting
237:Nationality
220:24 May 1902
171:Preceded by
121:Preceded by
75:Vanity Fair
1160:Categories
1145:1899–1902
1114:1893–1902
1104:New office
1093:1889–1893
1061:1882–1889
1029:1874–1876
1004:1866–1874
662:References
629:East Stoke
600:East Stoke
564:Gloucester
510:Ambassador
434:Ex officio
339:East Stoke
335:Stoke Hall
323:Emma Smith
311:Nottingham
125:New office
114:Edward VII
18:Pauncefote
955:The Times
940:The Times
925:The Times
645:USS
478:same post
422:Hong Kong
418:barrister
155:1889–1893
151:In office
97:In office
1149:Extinct
966:See also
852:in JSTOR
647:Brooklyn
533:John Hay
462:knighted
460:and was
361:and the
106:Monarchs
78:in 1883.
656:peerage
570:, near
560:Preston
480:at the
345:, near
343:Preston
319:Bavaria
297:Origins
282:British
241:British
211:Bavaria
160:Monarch
572:Dymock
558:, "of
514:Envoys
399:Madras
389:, and
387:Geneva
347:Dymock
315:Munich
247:Spouse
207:Munich
619:Death
383:Paris
349:, in
271:
267:
52:
48:
1019:None
834:2018
269:GCMG
217:Died
201:Born
50:GCMG
420:in
309:in
265:GCB
70:Spy
46:GCB
1162::
906:.
886:.
866:.
823:,
818:.
798:.
778:.
758:.
738:.
684:^
670:^
464:.
432:.
409:,
385:,
365:.
337:,
317:,
273:PC
229:,
209:,
54:PC
836:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
