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This man’s wife was one of the few victims of a failed mass poisoning with arsenic-laced bread that aimed to bring down his government, the 1857 Esing Bakery incident. Jeremy Bentham died in the arms of this disciple of his, who was often critiqued by Karl Marx for his proclamation that “Jesus Christ is free trade and free trade is Jesus Christ.” This man negotiated with a father-and-son pair of ministers from the Persian Bunnag family to create a successor to the (-5[1])Burney Treaty. As the fourth governor of (*) Hong Kong, this man and his envoy Harry Parkes used the Arrow incident as a pretext to shell Canton, kicking off the Second (-5[1])Opium (-5[1])War. This diplomat secured extraterritoriality and “most favored nation” (-5[1])status (-5[1])for Britain in a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce that was signed during Mongkut’s reign. (10[1])For 10 points, what (-5[1])British political economist’s namesake treaty “opened” Thailand? ■END■ (10[3]0[13])

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