The Burmese Embassy, 1872. Creator: Unknown.
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The Burmese Embassy, 1872. Creator: Unknown.

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The Burmese Embassy, 1872. Members of the Special Embassy to Great Britain: 'Mengyee Maha Sathoo Kenwoon Mengyee, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Burmah; Maha Meulha Kyoden Paden Woondouk (Minister of State, second grade), Attaché to the Embassy; Maha Mengyan Rajah Phungyet Woondouk (Minister of State, second grade), Attaché to the Embassy; Meulha Bayathoo, Seraydangyee (Secretary to the Embassy), and Mr. Edmund Jones, Agent to the King of Burmah. The political agent of the British Indian Government at the Court of Mandalya, Major M'Mahon, is now in England, and is attached to the Burmese Embassy during its stay here, by orders of the India Office. His Excellency the Ambassador is one of the chief pillars of the State in Burmah. He is a man of high literary attainments...His urbanity and agreeable manners have made him deservedly popular among all foreigners with whom he has come into contact...Mr. Edmund Jones is a merchant of London and Burmah, who enjoys a high position of trust at the Court of Mandalay...the Ambassador himself appears with Major M'Mahon at his right hand, and Mr. Edmund Jones at his left; the Secretary to the Embassy, and the Paden Woondouk and Phungyet Woondouk, are shown above'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.

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