Background
JORDAN, John Newell was born on September 5, 1852 in 5 September 1852, Balloo, Company Down.
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John Newell JORDAN
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He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen"s College, Belfast and Queen"s College, Cork.
Career
He apparently never lost his Irish accent. In 1876 he joined the Chinese Consular Service as a student interpreter. He held various posts in South China before being appointed Chinese Secretary at the British Legation in Peking in 1891.
In 1896 he was appointed Consul-General at Seoul, of Korea, becoming Chargé d"affaires in 1898 and Minister-Resident in August 1901.
In 1906 he was appointed Her Majesty Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China as the successor to Sir Ernest Satow and remained in the post until his retirement in 1920. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in the 1909 Birthday Honours and in 1910 received the Freedom of the City of Belfast at the same ceremony as the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
He was also appointed to the Privy Council in 1915, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable". In 1920, Jordan became a director of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
Jordan, despite his retirement, was a delegate to the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–1922.
At his death he left estate valued at £39,409. Jordan Road in Hong Kong"s Kowloon District is named after him.
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He remained there until November 1905, being appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George) in 1904. Jordan received the Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal in 1897 followed by the King Edward VII Coronation Medal in 1902. Jordan was appointed Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) in 1911, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George) in the 1920 Birthday Honours shortly after his retirement.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George King Edward VII Coronation Medal; Order of St Michael and St George; Grand Cross; Grand Commander; Jubilee Medal
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George King Edward VII Coronation Medal; Order of St Michael and St George; Grand Cross; Grand Commander; Jubilee Medal
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.