William Henry Wilkinson
Sir William Henry Wilkinson was a British Sinologist who served as Consul-General for H.B.M in China and Korea. He was also a playing card collector and card game enthusiast.Books
Cards from Wilkinson's collection are now in the British Museum, and are referred to in https://archive.org/details/aen4312.0001.001.umich.edu [Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber by British Museum by Freeman M. O'Donoghue, pp. 184–185: "Chinese - Collection of modern packs acquired by the testator from Mr. W.H. Wilkinson of H.M. Consular Service, who has kindly furnished the following information: 'The packs contained in this collection were procured during the year 1889-90 from Canton, Swatow, and Foochow in South China, from Ningbo and Shanghai on the central sea-board, from Peking in the north, from Kiukiang and Yichang in mid- China, and from Chungking in the far west....''"
