Bowring Treaty

Bowring Treaty

Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Siam
Thai version of the Treaty, written on Thai black books, prior to being sent to Great Britain to be affixed with the Royal seal.
Type	Treaty
Signed	18 April 1855
Location	Bangkok, Siam
Parties	Siam  British Empire
Language	Thai and English
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The Bowring Treaty was a treaty signed between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Siam on 18 April 1855. The treaty had the primary effect of liberalising foreign trade in Siam, and was signed by five Siamese plenipotentiaries (amongst them Wongsa Dhiraj Snid, one of the King's half-brothers) and Sir John Bowring, the British envoy and colonial governor of Hong Kong.