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Show A NOTED tmtTISH DIPLOMAT. Sir Claude Macdonald, tho noted Hrltlsh diplomat and minister plenipotentiary plenipo-tentiary to China, haa returned to England Eng-land considerably advanced In publlo favor on account of tho maaterly manner man-ner In which he haa met the wilts ot LI Hung Chang In dealing with Oriental Ori-ental questions. Sir Claude Is a It C, II. ot the creation ot 1898, and for three yeara he has lived In the east as a diplomatic ngent of tha United King dom, He la a aon ot the late Oen. J, D, Macdonald. lie waa educated In Sandhurst, and when a youth he entered en-tered the Seventy-fourth Highlanders. In 1883 ho waa given the brevet ot major, ma-jor, and In that year he served through the Egyptian campaign. Ho u In sm CLAvni: mcdonalo. the Suaklm expedition (1SSI-85), and won the medal with three clasps, tho khedlve'a star, and the fourth-class order ot Osmanlch. Tor five years he vat a diplomatic ngent In Egypt, and he was consul-general at Zantlbir In 1SS7 and 1SSS. |