William Pitt, Earl Amherst (1773-1857). It was Amherst's diplomatic work in China which laid the real foundation of British trade in the Far East. Later British Prime Minister

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William Pitt, Earl Amherst (1773-1857). It was Amherst's diplomatic work in China which laid the real foundation of British trade in the Far East. Later British Prime Minister

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