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Code	DS/UK/466
Name	Hance; Henry Fletcher (1827-1886)
Dates and Places	b.4 Aug 1827, London; d.22 Jun 1886, Amoy
Surname	Hance
Forenames	Henry Fletcher
History	Aged seventeen, Hance entered the civil service of Hong Kong from which he transferred in 1854 to the superintendency of trade in China. Shortly after this, he was posted to the British consulate at Canton, where he acted as consul in 1881 and again in 1883. In 1886, he was appointed acting consul at Amoy, where he died of a fever. Throughout his life, Hance devoted his leisure time to the study of botany, occasionally working collaboratively with director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, Sir Joseph Hooker.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hance,_Henry_Fletcher_(DNB00)
Source	MR/89

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Reference	Title	Date
MCR/4/2/9	China: Hance	10 Nov 1882-16 Aug 1889
MCR/4/2/3	China: Economic Products	11 Mar 1867-14 May 1904

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