John Bowring
4th Governor of Hong Kong; hymnwriter; translator (1792-1872) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 80
Sir John Bowring, or Phrayā Siam Mānukūlakicca Siammitra Mahāyaśa was a British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong.
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![Bowring appears in this painting of the 1840 World's Anti-Slavery Convention.[10] Move your cursor to identify him on the second row to the right or click the icon to enlarge](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/The_Anti-Slavery_Society_Convention%2C_1840_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon.jpg/1280px-The_Anti-Slavery_Society_Convention%2C_1840_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Bowring appears in this painting of the 1840 World's Anti-Slavery Convention.[10] Move your cursor to identify him on the second row to the right or click the icon to enlarge
Marble bust of Bowring by Edward Bowring Stephens (1815-1882) of Exeter. Collection of Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter, of which he was president 1860-1861
Sir John Bowring, 4th Governor of Hong Kong
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He was appointed by Queen Victoria as emissary to Siam, later he was appointed by King Mongkut of Siam as ambassador to London, also making a treaty of amity with Siam on 18 April 1855, now referred to as the "Bowring Treaty". His namesake treaty was fully effective for 70 years, until the reign of Vajiravudh. This treaty was gradually edited and became completely ineffective in 1938 under the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram. Later, he was sent as a commissioner of Britain to the newly created Kingdom of Italy in 1861. He died in Claremont in Devon on 23 November 1872.
