- Conyngham Greene
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Sir William Conyngham Greene KCB, GCMG, PC (1854–June 30, 1934)[1] was a British diplomat.[2]
He was the ambassador in Tokyo in 1912–1919.[3]
Contents
Selected works
Some of Greene's writings were posthumously published.[4]
- Foreign Office files for Japan and the Far East (1991)
See also
- List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan
- Anglo-Japanese relations
Notes
- ^ Peerage: Sir William Conynghham Greene, ID#i37214
- ^ Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972, pp. 103-113.
- ^ The first British Ambassador to Japan was appointed in 1905. Before 1905, the senior British diplomat had different titles: (a) Consul-General and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, which is a rank just below Ambassador.
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Greene, William Conyngham Sir 1854-1934
References
- Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. 10-ISBN 1901903516/13-ISBN 9781901903515; OCLC 249167170
External links
- UK in Japan, Chronology of Heads of Mission
Categories:- 1854 births
- 1934 deaths
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan
- British diplomat stubs
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