Harry Parkes (diplomat)

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Sir Harry Parkes
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to Japan
In office 1865–1883
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Sir Rutherford Alcock
Succeeded by	Sir Francis Richard Plunkett
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to China
In office 28 September 1883 – 22 March 1885
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	Thomas George Grosvenor
Succeeded by	Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor
Minister to Korea
In office 1884–1885
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Sir John Walsham
Personal details
Born	Harry Smith Parkes (1828-02-24)24 February 1828 Birchill Hall, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England
Died	22 March 1885(1885-03-22) (aged 57) Beijing, China

Sir Harry Smith Parkes GCMG KCB (24 February 1828 – 22 March 1885) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese Qing Empire from 1883 to 1885, and Minister to Korea in 1884. Parkes Street in Kowloon, Hong Kong is named after him.