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Article: Wright, Leigh, Julian Pauncefote and British Imperial Policy 1855-1889.(Book Review)
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- Borneo Research Bulletin
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- January 1, 2003
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Wright, Leigh, Julian Pauncefote and British Imperial Policy 1855-1889. University Press of America, Inc.; Lanham, Maryland; New York: Oxford, 2002; ISBN 0-7618-2202-X; paperback; xvi + 141pp; index.
The Right Honourable Sir Julian Pauncefote (1828-1902), created Lord Pauncefote of Preston in 1899, was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to the United States of America from 1889 until 1893, being upgraded to Ambassador there from 1893 until his death in 1902. He will be better known to readers of this journal, however, for his role in the chartering of the British North Borneo Company in 1881, a subject covered in chapter four ...