William Tarrant (died 26 January 1872; Chinese: 泰倫; Cantonese Yale: Taailèuhn) was a civil servant and newspaper editor in British Hong Kong. He served as Inspector of Land and Roads and subsequently Registrar of Deeds in the Hong Kong colonial administration from 1842 to 1847, but was removed from office and barred from public service owing to allegations he had raised against Colonial Secretary William Caine, which an internal government inquiry held to be fabricated. Tarrant then began a new career in journalism, purchasing the Friend of China newspaper in 1850. He became prominently involved in a scandal involving multiple senior government officers, the Caldwell affair, in 1857, and was ultimately found guilty of libel and imprisoned in 1859. He left the colony after his release in 18
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| - William Tarrant (泰倫, né à une date inconnue et mort le 26 janvier 1872) est un fonctionnaire puis journaliste britannique qui passa une grande partie de sa vie dans la colonie de Hong Kong. Il est inspecteur des terres et des routes et par la suite registraire des actes dans l'administration coloniale de Hong Kong de 1842 à 1847, mais est démis de ses fonctions et exclu du service public en raison d'allégations qu'il avait soulevées contre le secrétaire aux colonies (en), qu'une enquête gouvernementale interne estima fabriquées. (fr)
- William Tarrant (died 26 January 1872; Chinese: 泰倫; Cantonese Yale: Taailèuhn) was a civil servant and newspaper editor in British Hong Kong. He served as Inspector of Land and Roads and subsequently Registrar of Deeds in the Hong Kong colonial administration from 1842 to 1847, but was removed from office and barred from public service owing to allegations he had raised against Colonial Secretary William Caine, which an internal government inquiry held to be fabricated. Tarrant then began a new career in journalism, purchasing the Friend of China newspaper in 1850. He became prominently involved in a scandal involving multiple senior government officers, the Caldwell affair, in 1857, and was ultimately found guilty of libel and imprisoned in 1859. He left the colony after his release in 18 (en)
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| - William Tarrant (泰倫, né à une date inconnue et mort le 26 janvier 1872) est un fonctionnaire puis journaliste britannique qui passa une grande partie de sa vie dans la colonie de Hong Kong. Il est inspecteur des terres et des routes et par la suite registraire des actes dans l'administration coloniale de Hong Kong de 1842 à 1847, mais est démis de ses fonctions et exclu du service public en raison d'allégations qu'il avait soulevées contre le secrétaire aux colonies (en), qu'une enquête gouvernementale interne estima fabriquées. Il entame alors une nouvelle carrière dans le journalisme en achetant le (en) en 1850. Il s'intéresse de très près à un scandale impliquant plusieurs hauts fonctionnaires du gouvernement, l'affaire Caldwell, en 1857, et est finalement reconnu coupable de diffamation et emprisonné en 1859. Il quitte la colonie après sa libération en 1860, et fait deux tentatives au cours des années 1860 pour redémarrer le Friend of China à Canton et Shanghai, toutes deux sans succès. Finalement, il revend le journal en 1869 et se retire en Angleterre, où il meurt en 1872. (fr)
- William Tarrant (died 26 January 1872; Chinese: 泰倫; Cantonese Yale: Taailèuhn) was a civil servant and newspaper editor in British Hong Kong. He served as Inspector of Land and Roads and subsequently Registrar of Deeds in the Hong Kong colonial administration from 1842 to 1847, but was removed from office and barred from public service owing to allegations he had raised against Colonial Secretary William Caine, which an internal government inquiry held to be fabricated. Tarrant then began a new career in journalism, purchasing the Friend of China newspaper in 1850. He became prominently involved in a scandal involving multiple senior government officers, the Caldwell affair, in 1857, and was ultimately found guilty of libel and imprisoned in 1859. He left the colony after his release in 1860, and made two attempts over the course of the 1860s to restart the Friend of China in Guangzhou and Shanghai, each proving abortive. Finally, he sold the paper in 1869 and retired to England, where he died in 1872. (en)
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