Ernest Mason Satow

The Right Honourable Sir Ernest Mason Satow GCMG, (June 30, 1843 - August 26, 1929) was a British scholar-diplomat born to an ethnically German father (Hans David Christoph Satow, born in Wismar, then under Swedish rule, naturalised British in 1846) and an English mother (Margaret, nee Mason) in Clapton, North London. He was educated at Mill Hill School and University College London (UCL).

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The Right Honourable - Sir - GCMG - June 30 - 1843 - August 26 - 1929 - British - Scholar - Diplomat - Wismar - Swedish - Clapton - London - Mill Hill School - University College London

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Satow is better known in Japan than in Britain. He was a key figure in East Asia and Anglo-Japanese relations, particularly in Bakumatsu (1853-1867) and Meiji Era (1868-1912) Japan, and in China after the Boxer Rebellion, 1900-06. He also served in Siam, Uruguay and Morocco, and represented Britain at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. In his retirement he wrote A Guide to Diplomatic Practice which is still widely used in an updated version today.

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East Asia - Anglo-Japanese relations - Bakumatsu - 1853 - 1867 - Meiji Era - 1868 - 1912 - Japan - China - Boxer Rebellion - Siam - Uruguay - Morocco - Hague Peace Conference

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