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George Baldwin (Royal Navy Officer)
George Baldwin may refer to: *George Baldwin (diplomat) (1744–1826), British diplomat and mystical writer *George Pearce Baldwin (1789–1840), British foundryman *George Rumford Baldwin (1798–1888), American civil engineer *George Baldwin (Wisconsin politician) (1830–1907), Wisconsin politician *George C. Baldwin (1917–2010), American theoretical and experimental physicist and professor *George Colfax Baldwin (1817–1899), American Baptist clergyman *George Baldwin (footballer) (1921–1976), English player of association football *George Baldwin (cricketer) (1878–1970), English cricketer *George Baldwin (American football) (1923–2013), American football player and coach See also *George Baldwin Selden (1846–1922), American inventor {{hndis, Baldwin, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Baldwin (diplomat)
George Baldwin was a British merchant, writer and diplomat of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries whose career was principally based in Egypt, where he established valuable trade links for the East India Company and negotiated directly with the Ottoman governors. Despite repeated warnings of the importance of Egypt to links with British India, his advice was ignored and thus when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1798 the British were ill-placed to respond directly. In 1801 he assisted the British counter-invasion of Egypt and later returned to Britain with his wife Jane Maltass, a famous society beauty. Although a highly successful merchant and diplomat, Baldwin found himself a subject of ridicule on his return to Britain for his belief in the healing power of magnets, then widely considered a pseudoscience. He retired to Earl's Court in London and died there in 1826. Early life George Baldwin was born in May 1744 (although some sources give 1743), the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |