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The British concession of Tianjin (Chinese: 天津英租界) was one of seven total British concessions in China.It was one of nine foreign concessions in Tianjin, and was the earliest established and most successful out of all of the concessions.
Postcard from the American concession c. 1900 Troops of the 15th Infantry on parade, 1931. The United States never requested or received a concession in Tianjin, but a de facto concession was administered from 1869 to 1880, principally under the aegis of the British mission.
Still standing, with bullet holes. British diplomat Augustus Margary was murdered here in 1875. Consulate built 1921. United States American concession of Shanghai: Shanghai: 1848 1863 Merged to form Shanghai International Settlement: American concession of Tianjin: Tianjin: 1860 1902 Merged to form British concession in Tianjin
The British concession of Tianjin (Tientsin), in which the trade centred, was situated on the right bank of the river Peiho below the native city, occupying some 200 acres (0.81 km 2). It was held on a lease in perpetuity granted by the Chinese government to the British Crown, which sublet plots to private owners in the same way as at Hankou ...
Barrier erected by Japanese troops around the British and French concessions of Tientsin in the summer of 1939. The Tientsin incident (天津事件) was an international incident created by a blockade by the Imperial Japanese Army's Japanese North China Area Army of the British settlements in the north China treaty port of Tientsin (modern day Tianjin) in June 1939.
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Former Wilhelm Street. Pelldram's drafted plans for the German concession included a small section under the British concession, present-day Xiaobailou Subdistrict. [2] The US consul in Tianjin at the time, Charles Denby Jr., protested, claiming that the district was under American jurisdiction, granted to the US for its role as mediator during the Convention of Peking in 1860.