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仲有一位 Jane Franklin 都埋葬喺 Kensal Green,而佢同香港都有啲間接聯繫。1841 年登錄香港島水坑口 Possession Point、換言之「開埠」嘅 Edward Belcher 海軍上校,1850 年代初身處北極,嘗試搜救 Jane 嘅老公 John;後者帶住 128 人出發去開拓穿越北極嘅西北航道,全員消失得無影無蹤。Without Jane's insistence there wouldn't be Belcher's rescue mission at all

而 John 手下嘅其中一位船長,James Fitzjames,係親歷鴉片戰爭嘅軍人。寧波作戰後,James 喺 Cornwallis 號戰船上養傷嘅同時,清英兩國喺同一艘船上面正式簽訂《南京條約》。

當時候稍為小小出名同重要嘅英國人,居然有唔少同香港有啲啲連繫,都幾得意嘅。Here's my take on Jane's, John's, and James' stories: https://thegentlemantechbro.substack.com/p/c78

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美好的回憶!

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