Colonel Ruxton with an unidentified Chinese man

Colonel Ruxton with an unidentified Chinese man

Collection

Ruxton Family

Identifier

Ru-s146

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ru-s146. Colonel Robert Minturn Clarges Ruxton (1876-1946) was variously in the British ‘Weihaiwei’ or First Chinese Regiment, the Salt Gabelle (the Chinese state salt monopoly), and the Chinese Ministry of Finance, where he served as a Financial Advisor.  The unidentified man is wearing plus fours.

Estimated Date

1930s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph