I am reading about George Macartney and Captain Shuttleworth the British Consuls in Kashgar during the period of the Great Game. These were the people who were present in Chinese Turkestan (called by the Chinese Hsinkiang, Sinkiang or Xinjiang) when the explorations of Aurel Stein took place, primarily known today for his acquisition of the Dunhuang manuscripts.
But what strikes me is how little information there is on Captain Shuttleworth. Every single source, including Wikipedia says the same thing and attributes this to Peter Hopkirk's book Foreign devils on the Silk Road. They say that Shuttleworth was acting consul in Kashgar in 1908 when Macartney was back in England. But I know for fact that he was there in 1909 as well. Isn't there some source that is more precise than Hopkirk's semi-popular books? This was an important period in both Chinese and British history, it would be useful to get the facts straight.
