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The British Ministry under Lord Minto sent the 1809 expedition to defend Portuguese colonial interests at [[Macao]] (Macau)<ref>{{War|name=Macau Expedition,[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id|dates=1809 |image=TNY2AAAAMAAJ&pg|location=PA247&lpgMacau, China |combatant1=PA247&dqCalcutta Troops |combatant2=defend+the+Portuguese+at+Macao+against+the+"French&source=bl&ots=MtXdrdLUek&sig=MkGUYPDu-RhFW5BQy9xe96kCrm0&hl=en&ei=qH6qS5egOYegsgPp6tThBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=" |result&resnum=4&vedWithdrawal |medal=0CBQQ6AEwAw#v| category=onepage&q=defend%20the%20Portuguese%20at%20Macao%20against%20the%20French&fWars and Campaigns|Macau Expedition |link1=false]</ref>, against the French after Napoleon occupied Portugal. Seeing it as disrespectful, the Chinese objected and stopped trading with the East India Company, so the British withdrew and returned to India. }}
Thomas Mathius Weguelin ==Summary==[[Lord Minto]] sent the 1809 expedition to defend Portuguese colonial interests at [[Macao]] (Macau)<ref>Dictionary Of Indian Biography Macau Expedition,[http://www.archivebooks.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelin] Dictionary Of Indian Biography, Cgoogle. Eco. BUCKLAND,1906<uk/ref> led books?id=TNY2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=defend+the expedition. He participated in +Portuguese+at+Macao+against+the [[Battle of Mauritius]] 1810+French&source=bl&ots=MtXdrdLUek&sig=MkGUYPDu-12, the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the [[Commissariat General]]. RhFW5BQy9xe96kCrm0&hl=en&ei=qH6qS5egOYegsgPp6tThBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAw#v=Notesonepage&q=defend%20the%20Portuguese%20at%20Macao%20against%20the%20French&f= false]<references /ref> , against the French after Napoleon occupied Portugal.
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Seeing it as disrespectful, the Chinese objected and stopped trading with the East India Company. With no credible French threat to Macau, and not wishing to upset relations with China, the British withdrew and returned to India.
Thomas Mathius Weguelin <ref>Dictionary Of Indian Biography [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelin] Dictionary Of Indian Biography, C. E. BUCKLAND,1906</ref> led the expedition. He participated in the [[Battle of Mauritius]] 1810-12 - the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the [[Commissariat General]].
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