British Japan Consular Service
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Britain had a functioning consular service in Japan from 1859 after the signing of the 1858 Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce between James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and the Tokugawa Shogunate until 1941 when war was declared after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
[edit] Notable officials
- William George Aston
- John Harington Gubbins
- Joseph Henry Longford, served 1869-1902
- Ernest Mason Satow, served 1862-83
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- "Britain's Japan Consular Service, 1859-1941" by J.E. Hoare in Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume II, ed. Ian Nish, 1997 ISBN 1-873410-62-X
