Elgin

Japanese: Elgin
Elgin

...Anti-British movements were growing around Guangdong, while the Palmerston Cabinet decided to go to war, but in February of the following year, R. Cobden's resolution against the government was passed in the House of Commons, Palmerston dissolved the House of Commons, and forced the start of the war by holding a general election. In May, about 5,000 soldiers headed to China under Lord Elgin's plenipotentiary (on the way, this army participated in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny). Napoleon III of France sent a joint army under Gros' plenipotentiary, citing the murder of the Catholic priest Chapdelaine in Xilin, Guangxi Province.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Elgin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…広東周辺では反英運動が高まり,他方,本国のパーマストン内閣は開戦を決定したが,翌年2月下院でR.コブデンの政府反対決議が可決され,パーマストンは解散,総選挙によって開戦を強行した。5月にはエルギン伯LordElginを全権とする将兵約5000名が中国に向かった(途中この軍隊はインド大反乱すなわちセポイの反乱の鎮定に加わった)。フランスのナポレオン3世は,カトリック神父シャプドレーヌが広西省西林で殺害された事件を理由に,グロを全権として共同出兵した。…

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