FOREIGN OFFICE FILES FOR JAPAN AND THE FAR EAST
Series One: Embassy & Consular Archives - Japan (1905-1940)
(Public Record Office Class FO 262)

Part 1: Correspondence to and from Japan, 1905-1920 (PRO Class FO 262/1466-1511 & 2033-2034)

Part 2: Detailed Correspondence for 1921-1923 (PRO Class FO 262/1512-1601)

BRITISH AMBASSADORS TO JAPAN, 1905-1957

Rt. Hon. Sir Claude M MacDonald - Nov 1905 - Dec 1912

Rt. Hon. Sir W Conyngham Greene - Nov 1912 - Dec 1919

Rt. Hon. Sir C N E Eliot - Jan 1920 - Feb 1926

Rt. Hon. Sir J A C Tilley - Feb 1926 - May 1931

Rt. Hon. Sir Francis O Lindley - May 1931 - May 1934

Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Henry Clive - May 1934 - Aug 1937

Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Leslie Craigie - Aug 1937 - Dec 1941

[After the Second World War Sir Alvary Douglas Frederick Gascoigne served as Political Adviser from 17 June 1946; followed by Sir Maberley Esler Dening as Political Representative from 24 August 1951 until his appointment as Ambassador in 1952.]

Sir Maberley Esler Dening - May 1952 - Sep 1957

Sir Daniel William Lascelles - Sep 1957 - Mar 1959

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