The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Japan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Japan, and is the head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.
 British Ambassador to Japan | |
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| Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Embassy, Tokyo | |
| Style | Her Excellency |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Appointer | King Charles III |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Sir Claude MacDonald |
| Formation | 1905 |
| Salary | £115,000-£120,000[1] |
| Website | British Embassy Tokyo |
The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan from 1859. 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 locked country).
List of heads of mission
editEnvoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
edit| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | Japanese emperor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin[2] | 1858 | 1858 | Queen Victoria | |
| Sir Rutherford Alcock[3] | 1859 | 1865 | ||
| Sir Harry Parkes[4] | 1865 | 1883 | ||
| Sir Francis Plunkett[5] | 1884 | 1887 | ||
| Hugh Fraser[6] | 1889 | 1894 | ||
| Power Henry Le Poer Trench[7] | 1894 | 1895 | ||
| Sir Ernest Satow[8] | 1895 | 1900 | ||
| Sir Claude MacDonald[9][10] | 1900 | 1905 |
Ambassadors
edit| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | Japanese emperor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Claude MacDonald[10] | 1905 | 1912 | ||
| Sir Conyngham Greene[11] | 1912 | 1919 | George V | |
| Sir Charles Eliot[12] | 1919 | 1925 | ||
| Sir John Tilley[13] | 1926 | 1931 | ||
| Sir Francis Lindley[14] | 1931 | 1934 | ||
| Sir Robert Clive[citation needed] | 1934 | 1937 | ||
| Sir Robert Craigie[15] | 1937 | 1941 |
No representation (1941–1946, due to World War II)
Political Representative
edit- Sir Alvary Gascoigne (1946–1951) [16]
- Sir Esler Dening (1951–1952)[17]
Ambassadors
edit| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | Japanese emperor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Esler Dening[17] | 1952 | 1957 | Elizabeth II | |
| Sir Daniel Lascelles[18] | 1957 | 1959 | ||
| Sir Oscar Morland[19] | 1959 | 1963 | ||
| Sir Francis Rundall[20] | 1963 | 1967 | ||
| Sir John Pilcher[21] | 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 | ||
| Sir David Warren | 2008 | 2012 | ||
| Tim Hitchens[22] | 2012 | 2016 | ||
| Paul Madden[23] | 2017 | 2021 | ||
| Julia Longbottom[24] | 2021 | Elizabeth II Charles III |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. ISBN 9780700705122; OCLC 42645589
- Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. ISBN 9781901903515; OCLC 249167170
- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
External links
edit- "UK and Japan". gov.uk.
- "Previous ambassadors to Japan". British Embassy Tokyo. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.
- "History of the Embassy". British Embassy Tokyo. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.
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