Myths and Legends of China

Werner arrived in Peking in the 1880s attached to the British Legation as a student interpreter. Werner remained in the British consular service in China until 1914 serving in postings including time working in the Chancery at the Peking Legation, then a year in Canton, two in Tientsin and another couple in Macao. He later spent a year in Hangchow, one in the Pagoda Anchorage, the isolated Kiungchow on Hainan Island, a couple of years on the Gulf of Tonkin in the remote posting of Pakhoi before being posted to Kongmoon . Promotion saw Werner Consul at the busy tea port of Kiukiang, serving for four years. In 1911 Werner became British Consul-General in Foochow . He left the consular service in 1914.