Charles Stoddart
PersonVictorian Era
British officer and diplomat executed in Bukhara
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Charles Stoddart
- Victorian Era
- Colonial Empires
Colonel Charles Stoddart was a British officer and diplomat active in Central Asia during the Great Game. Educated at Norwich School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was sent to Bukhara to seek the release of Russian slaves and a treaty with Britain. Arrested in 1838, he was executed with Captain Arthur Conolly in 1842 on charges of spying for the British Empire. A Sri Lankan lizard species, Ceratophora stoddartii, commemorates him.
- Born
- 23 July 1806, Ipswich
- Occupation
- British officer and diplomat
- Commemoration
- Ceratophora stoddartii, a Sri Lankan lizard
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Charles Stoddart (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q1066168
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By William Brockedon. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsWilliam Brockedon, National Portrait GalleryModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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