Arthur Jaques
Arthur Jaques (7 March 1888 — 27 September 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Having initially played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on a tour of the West Indies in early 1913, Jaques played first-class cricket in the County Championship for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1913 and 1914, forming a successful bowling partnership with Alec Kennedy. In his two seasons playing for Hampshire, he took 168 wickets and was due to inherit the captaincy for the 1915 season, however the onset of the First World War meant he would never get the opportunity to captain Hampshire. Jaques would serve in the war with the West Yorkshire Regiment and was subsequently killed in action in September 1915 at the Battle of Loos. Early life and cricket career The son of Joseph Jaques, he was born in Shanghai International Settlement, Shanghai in March 1888. He was educated in England at Aldenham School in Hertfordshire, where he played for the sch ...
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Shanghai International Settlement
The Shanghai International Settlement () originated from the merger in the year 1863 of the British and American enclaves in Shanghai, in which British subjects and American citizens would enjoy extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction under the terms of treaties agreed by both parties. These treaties were abrogated in 1943. The British settlements were established following the victory of the British in the First Opium War (18391842). Under the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, the five treaty ports including Shanghai were opened to foreign merchants, overturning the monopoly then held by the southern port of Canton (Guangzhou) under the Canton System. The British also established a base on Hong Kong. American and French involvement followed closely on the heels of the British and their enclaves were established north and south, respectively, of the British area. Unlike the colonies of Hong Kong and Macau, where the United Kingdom and Portugal enjoyed full sovereignty i ...
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