Background
B RENAN, Byron was born on December 27, 1847 in France. Son of Colonel E. F. Br*manitoba
B RENAN, Byron was born on December 27, 1847 in France. Son of Colonel E. F. Br*manitoba
Private. Student Interpreter, China, 1866. 3rd Assistant, 1868; Acting Interpreter, Canton, 1871 - 72. 2nd Class Assistant, 1872.
Acting Interpreter, Shanghai, 1873.
1st Class Assistant, 1874. Acting Interpreter, Hankow, 1875.
Acting Assistant Chinese Secretary, Pekin, 1875. And 1877-1878. Acting Chinese Secretary, 1878-1880. Consul at Wulm, 1880.
Acting Consul at Tien-tsin, 1882- 1883.
Chefoo, 1883; Tientsin and Pekin, 1885. British Representative on Opium Mixed Commission at Hong Kong, 1886.
Consul, Canton, 1893. Was instructed to visit officially the principal Treaty Ports of China, Japan, and Corea, to report on the subject of British Trade, 1895.
His Britannic Majesty Consul-General, Shanghai, China, 1898- 1901.
Retired on a pension, 1901. H,ub: Royal Societies.
Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, 1907.