Background
JORDAN, John Newell was born on September 5, 1852 in 5 September 1852, Balloo, Company Down.
JORDAN, John Newell was born on September 5, 1852 in 5 September 1852, Balloo, Company Down.
Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Queen’s College, Belfast. 1st class Honours.
Appointed Student Interpreter in China, 1876. Assistant Chinese Secretary to His Britannic Majesty Legation, Pekin, 1889. Chinese Secretary, 1891.
Consul-General, Corea, 1896-1898. Charge d’Affaires, 1898 -1901. Minister Resident at Seoul, 1901.
His Britannic Majesty Minister Resident at Court of Corea, 1901-1906. Received the Jubilee Medal, 1897, and the Coronation Medal, 1902. H. B.M. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peking, since 190G.