| Birth: | 1830 | | Death: | Nov. 21, 1864 | 
British naval officer, a victim of the infamous "Kamakura Incident. Baldwin came to Japan and was stationed in Yokohama. For foreigners living in Yokohama, Kamakura was a favorite day-trip site. On November 21, 1864, he visited the Great Buddha together with his colleague Robert Nicholas Bird on horseback. On their way from the Great Buddha to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, they were attacked and killed by two local samurai with swords probably because the officers did not understand appropriate etiquette when encountering a samurai. One of the assailants was caught and executed. The other escaped, but reported to the police a year later. He too was executed. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Search Amazon for George Baldwin | | | Burial:
International Cemetery
Yokohama
Kanagawa, Japan |
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Originally Created by: Warrick L. Barrett
Record added: Oct 20, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9682883 |
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