CHARLES ELLIOT
(Sir Charles Elliot)
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The Chinese authorities wanted to stop the distribution and use of opium, but the British merchants, in one of the more disgraceful episodes of British history, would not stop the trade and actually went to war when the Chinese tried to stop the opium trade. See {625957} for more on this incident and the First Opium War that followed.
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Admiral Sir Charles Elliot KCB was a British Royal Navy officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator. He became the first Administrator of Hong Kong in 1841 while serving as both Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China. He was a key founder in the establishment of Hong Kong as a British colony.
