List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan

List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan

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 plenipotentiaryndash 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").

List of Heads of Mission

Envoys extraordinary to and Ministers plenipotentiary in Japan

* Sir Rutherford Alcock (1859 - 1864)
* Sir Harry Parkes (1865 - 1883)
* Sir Francis Plunkett (1884 - 1887)
* Hugh Fraser (1889 - 1894)
* Power Henry Le Poer Trench (1894 - 1895)
* Sir Ernest Satow (1895 - 1900)
* Sir Claude MacDonald (1900 - 1905)

Ambassadors to Japan

* Sir Claude MacDonald (1905 - 1912)
* Sir William Conyngham Greene (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)

"No representation (1941 - 1946, due to World War II)"

Political Advisor to Japan

* Sir Alvary Gascoigne (1946 - 1951)

Political Representative in Japan

* Sir Esler Dening (1951 - 1952)

Ambassadors to Japan

* Sir Esler Dening (1952 - 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 - 1980)
* 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)
* Sir Graham Fry (2004 - 2008)
* David Warren (2008 - )

See also

* Anglo-Japanese relations
* Foreign and Commonwealth Office

References

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

External links

* [http://www.uknow.or.jp/be_e/about_us/embassy/history.htm History of the British Embassy in Tokyo] on the Embassy's website

* [http://www.uknow.or.jp/be_e/about_us/embassy/history2.htm Chronology of Heads of Mission] on the Embassy's website


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