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Willoughby, one of [[Temeraire]]'s harness-men, was one of the ten crew members chosen to accompany [[Temeraire]] and [[William Laurence|Laurence]] to Peking, along with [[John Granby|Granby]], [[Keynes]], [[Riggs]], [[Dunne]], [[Hackley]], [[Blythe]], [[Ezekiah Martin|Martin]], [[Therrows]] and [[Digby]]. ([[Emily Roland]] and [[Peter Dyer]] also went, on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thomas_Staunton George Staunton]'s advice. As they were children, they were not counted against the limit of ten set by [[Prince Yongxing]].) | Willoughby, one of [[Temeraire]]'s harness-men, was one of the ten crew members chosen to accompany [[Temeraire]] and [[William Laurence|Laurence]] to Peking, along with [[John Granby|Granby]], [[Keynes]], [[Riggs]], [[Dunne]], [[Hackley]], [[Blythe]], [[Ezekiah Martin|Martin]], [[Therrows]] and [[Digby]]. ([[Emily Roland]] and [[Peter Dyer]] also went, on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thomas_Staunton George Staunton]'s advice. As they were children, they were not counted against the limit of ten set by [[Prince Yongxing]].) | ||
− | The choice was an unfortunate one for Willoughby, who was killed during the attack by a <i>hunhun</i> gang on the Peking residence where the British were staying. | + | The choice was an unfortunate one for Willoughby, who was killed during the attack by a <i>hunhun</i> gang on the Peking residence where the British were staying. Willoughby was buried in China. [[Sun Kai]] arranged for an artist to prepare a drawing of his tomb for his mother, and [[Prince Mianning]] selected a young man of good family to carry out what the Chinese considered to be the proper sacrifices and rites. As Willoughby's mother was a strict Methodist, Laurence decided not tell her more than that the tomb was elegant and would be well-maintained. |
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− | Willoughby was buried in China. [[Sun Kai]] arranged for an artist to prepare a drawing of his tomb for his mother, and [[Prince Mianning]] selected a young man of good family to carry out what the Chinese considered to be the proper sacrifices and rites. As Willoughby's mother was a strict Methodist, Laurence decided not tell her more than that the tomb was elegant and would be well-maintained. | ||
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