Heads of the United Kingdom Mission in Japan

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The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan, 1859–2004. Before 1905 there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary — a rank just below ambassador. Before 1859 there was no treaty and no diplomatic relations, because Japan was isolated from the world by the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation called sakoku (literally chained country).

Contents

1 Envoys extraordinary and Ministers plenipotentiary

2 Ambassadors

3 See also

4 External links

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Envoys extraordinary and Ministers plenipotentiary

Sir Rutherford Alcock, 1859-1864
Sir Harry Parkes,1865-1883
Sir Francis Plunkett, 1884-1887
Mr Hugh Fraser, 1889-1894
Mr Power Henry Le Poer Trench, 1894-1895
Sir Ernest Satow, 1895-1900

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Ambassadors

Sir Claude MacDonald, 1900-1912 (first ambassador from 1905)
Sir William Conynham Green, 1912-1919
Sir Charles Eliot, 1919-1925
Sir John Tilley, 1926-1931
Sir Francis Lindley, 1931-1934
Sir Robert Clive, 1934-1937
Sir Robert Craigie, 1937-1941

(World War II, 1941-1945)

Sir Alvary Gascoigne, 1946-1951 (head of liaison mission)
Sir Esler Dening, 1951-1957
Sir Daniel Lascelles, 1957-1959
Sir Oscar Morland, 1959-1963
Sir Francis Rundall, 1963-1967
Sir John Pilcher, 1967-1972
Sir Fred Warner, 1972-1975
Sir Michael Wilford, 1975-80
Sir Hugh Cortazzi, 1980-1984
Sir Sydney Giffard, 1984-1986
Sir John Whitehead, 1986-1992
Sir John Boyd, 1992-1996
Sir David Wright, 1996-1999
Sir Stephen Gomersall, 1999-2004
Mr Graham Fry, 2004-

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External links

British Envoys in Japan 1859–1972 (http://www.globaloriental.co.uk/book.asp?Title_ID=7), edited and compiled by Hugh Cortazzi, Global Oriental 2004, ISBN 1-901903-51-6

Chronology of Heads of Mission (http://www.uknow.or.jp/be_e/about_us/embassy/history2.htm) on the British Embassy in Tokyo's website

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Heads of the United Kingdom Mission in Japan

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Envoys extraordinary and Ministers plenipotentiary

Ambassadors

See also

External links

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