Hugh Edward Richardson

Hugh Richardson
CIE OBE FBA
Hugh Richardson CIE OBE FBA
	Hugh Richardson, 1936, Tibet
Born	22 December 1905; St. Andrews
Died	3 December 2000 (aged 94)
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Diplomat, tibetologist
Spouse(s)	Huldah Rennie, m. 1951
Parent	Colonel Hugh Richardson
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE); Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE); Light of Truth Award; Honorary Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)

Hugh Richardson in Tibet 1940/ 1941 said, '"Maru the pony. A good one, my dear pony"^[1]

11 January 1943 signing of the Treaty Between His Majesty in Respect of the United Kingdom and India and His Excellency the President of the National Government of the Republic of China for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China and the Regulation of Related Matters, became effective 20 May 1943. Front row (left to right): Wellington Koo, Horace James Seymour, T. V. Soong, Hugh Edward Richardson, Wu Guozhen

Hugh Edward Richardson CIE OBE FBA (22 December 1905 – 3 December 2000^[2]) was an Indian Civil Service officer, British diplomat and Tibetologist. His academic work focused on the history of the Tibetan empire, and in particular on epigraphy. He was among the last Europeans to have known Tibet and its society before the Chinese invasions which began in 1950.

^ www.inetlab.co.uk, David Harris. "Hugh Richardson in Tibetan clothes mounted on a horse". University of Oxford. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ Douglas, Ed (5 January 2001). ""Our Last Man in Lhasa, He Brought Unrivalled Knowledge of Tibet to Warnings of Chinese Ambitions" The Guardian (London), 5 January 2001 (obituary)". tibet.ca. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017. In fact, Richardson's greatest threat to the Chinese was his objective observation of the labyrinthine world of Tibetan politics and his deep understanding of Tibetan culture. When he argued that Tibet had been an independent state before its occupation by the Chinese, he did so with immense authority.

[1] www.inetlab.co.uk, David Harris. "Hugh Richardson in Tibetan clothes mounted on a horse". University of Oxford. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[2] Douglas, Ed (5 January 2001). ""Our Last Man in Lhasa, He Brought Unrivalled Knowledge of Tibet to Warnings of Chinese Ambitions" The Guardian (London), 5 January 2001 (obituary)". tibet.ca. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017. In fact, Richardson's greatest threat to the Chinese was his objective observation of the labyrinthine world of Tibetan politics and his deep understanding of Tibetan culture. When he argued that Tibet had been an independent state before its occupation by the Chinese, he did so with immense authority.

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Hugh Richardson CIE OBE FBA
Hugh Richardson, 1936, Tibet
Born	(1905-12-22)22 December 1905 St. Andrews
Died	3 December 2000(2000-12-03) (aged 94)
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Diplomat, tibetologist
Spouse(s)	Huldah Rennie, m. 1951
Parent	Colonel Hugh Richardson
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Light of Truth Award Honorary Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)