Appendix A Permanent Officials and Diplomats of the British Foreign Office ALSTON, BEILBY FRANCIS, b. I868. Entered Foreign Office, 1891; senior clerk, 1907, acting counsellor of legation at Peking, January to July 1912; resumed duty in Foreign Office, 30 September 1912; again acting counsellor in Peking, May to June 1913 and charge d'affaires, June to Novem­ ber 1913; then resumed duty in Foreign Office; acting counsellor in Peking, June 1916 and acted as charge d'affaires, November 1916 to October 1917; deputy high commissioner at Vladivostok, July 1918 to March 1919; charge d'affaires at Tokyo with local and personal rank of minister pleni­ potentiary, April 1919 to April 1920; promoted to be minister plenipotentiary, September 1919 and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Peking, March 1920; transferred to Buenos Aires, September 1922; promoted to be ambassador to Brazil, October 1925; died, June 1929. BARCLAY, CoLVILLE ADRIAN DE RuNE, b. 1869. Entered Foreign Office, 1894; appointed counsellor of embassy at Washington, October 1913 where he acted as charge d'affaires on various occasions in 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919; appointed a minister plenipotentiary in the Diplomatic Service, May 1918; appointed ambassador at Lisbon, June 1928; died, June 1929· BERTIE, SIR FRANCIS LEVESON, b. 1844. Entered Foreign Office, 1863; senior clerk, 1889; assistant under-secretary of state, 1894; appointed ambassador to Italy, 1903; transferred to Paris, 1905; created Lord Bertie of Thame, June 1915; retired, May 1918; died, September 1919. BRYCE (JAMES) VIsCOUNT, b. 1838. Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford, 187o; Liberal M.P. for Tower Hamlets, 188o--5 and for south Aberdeen, 1885 to 1907; parliamentary under-secretary at Foreign Office, February to August 1886; president of the Board of Trade, 1894-5 and chief secretary for Ireland, 1905--7; ambassador at Washington, 1907 to 1913; created Viscount Bryce of Dechmount, 1914; died, 1922. BUCHAN AN, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM, b. 1854. Entered Foreign Office, 1876; secretary of embassy in Diplomatic Service, May 1899; envoy extra­ ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, 1909; ambassador at St Petersburg (Petrograd), November 1910; transferred to Rome, October 1919; died, December 1924. 31 3 314 Great Britain and japan 1911-1} CAMPBELL, SIR FRANCIS ALEXANDER, b. 18p. Entered Foreign Office, 1871; senior clerk, 1896; assistant under-secretary of state, 1902; died, 28 December 1911. CROWE, EDWARD THOMAS FREDERICK, b. 1877. Student interpreter in Japan, 1897; commercial attache in embassy at Tokyo, 1906; director of the foreign division of the department of overseas trade, 1924; comptroller­ general of department of overseas trade, 1928; died, March 1960. CROWE, SIR EYRE, b. 1864. Entered Foreign Office, 1885; senior clerk, 1906; assistant under-secretary of state, January 1912; given rank of minister plenipotentiary while at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; permanent under­ secretary of state, 1920; died, April 1925. ELIOT, SIR CHARLES NoRTON EDGCUMBE, b. 1864. Entered Foreign Office, 1886; high commissioner and consul general on commission appointed by Great Britain, Germany and the United States to enquire into state of affairs in Samoa, 1899; agent and consul-general for the dominions of the sultan of Zanzibar, consul-general for British East Mrica and consul-general for German East Mrica, 1900; resigned from Foreign Office, June 1904; appointed high commissioner and consul-general in Siberia, August 1918; ambassador at Tokyo, 1920 to 1923; died, March 1931. GEDDES, SIR AucKLAND CAMPBELL, b. 1879. Formerly Professor of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin and McGill University; served in South Mrican war and in the European war, 19I4-I6; director of recruiting at War Office, I9I6-I7; minister of National Service, I9I7-I9; president of Local Government Board, I9I8 and of Board of Trade, May I9I9 to March 1920; ambassador at Washington, March 1920 until he resigned, February I924; died, January I954· GREENE, SIR WILLIAM CoNYNGHAM, b. I854· Entered Foreign Office, I877; H.M. agent at Pretoria under Colonial Office with rank of charge d'affaires in Diplomatic Service, 1896 to October I899; envoy and minister plenipotentiary to Swiss Confederation, I90I; transferred to Bucharest, I905 and to Copenhagen, January 1911; ambassador at Tokyo, December I9I2 to I9I9; retired, September I919; died, June I934· GREG, RoBERT HYDE, b. 1876. Entered Foreign Office, I9oo; assistant clerk, 1909, acting second secretary in Diplomatic Service and attached to agency at Cairo, August I9 I I; acting first secretary, July I 9 I 3; resumed service in Foreign Office, August I9I4 and reappointed to Cairo the same month; again in Foreign Office, January I9I5; envoy to Bangkok, I921; transferred to Bucharest, I926; British commissioner on the Caisse de Ia Dette Publique of Egypt, 1929; retired, August I94o; died, December 1953· GREGORY, JoHN DuNCAN, b. I878. Entered Foreign Office, 1902; assistant clerk, October 19I3; acting first secretary in Diplomatic Service, Appendix A 315 December 1914 and appointed to Sir Henry Howard's special mission to the Pope; resumed service in Foreign Office, November 1915; assistant secretary in Foreign Office, 1920; assistant under-secretary of state, May 1925; services ceased, 27 February 1928; died, January 1951· HARDINGE OF PENSHURST (CHARLES HARDINGE) LoRD, b. 1858. Entered Foreign Office, 188o; secretary oflegation at Teheran, 1896; secretary of embassy at St Petersburg, April 1904, permanent under-secretary in Foreign Office, February 1906; raised to the peerage as Baron Hardinge of Penshurst in the county of Kent, July 1910; viceroy of India, November 1910 to April 1916; chairman of the Royal Commission to enquire into the causes of the Irish rebellion, May 1916; rejoined Foreign Office and re­ appointed permanent under-secretary, June 1916; superintending ambassador at the Paris Peace Conference, 1918-19; ambassador at Paris, November 1920; retired, January 1923; died, August 1944. JORDAN, SIR JoHN NEWELL, b. 1852. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1876; student interpreter in China, 1876; consul-general for Korea, 1896; minister resident in Seoul, 1901; special envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the emperor of China, May 1906 and subsequently to the president of the Chinese republic; retired August 1920 but returned to attend the Washington Conference as a delegate, 1921-2; died, September 1925. KILMARNOCK(VICTORALEXANDERSERELDHAY)LORD,b. 1876. Entered Foreign Office, 1900; second secretary in Diplomatic Service, 1906; served in embassy at Stockholm from September 1909 until transferred to Tokyo, January 1913; transferred toLe Havre, November 1915; counsellor of embassy in Diplomatic Service, 1919; high commissioner on interallied Rhineland High Commission, 1921; succeeded as twentieth earl of Erroll, 1927; died, February 1928. LAMPSON, MILES WEDDERBURN, b. 1886. Entered Foreign Office, 1903; acting second secretary at Tokyo, September 1908; resumed duty in Foreign Office, December 1910; assistant clerk, December 1913; appointed to Peking with rank of acting first secretary, September 1916; acting high commissioner in Siberia, 1919-20; counsellor in Foreign Office, 1922; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Peking, 1926; high commis­ sioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1933; ambassador at Cairo, 1936; raised to the peerage as Baron Killeam in the county of Stirling, 1943; special com­ missioner in South-East Asia residing at Singapore, 1946-8; retired, August 1948; died, September 1964. LANGLEY, SIR WALTER Louis FREDERICK, b. 1855. Entered Foreign Office, 1878; assistant clerk, 1898; senior clerk, 1902; assistant under­ secretary of state, 1907; died, September 1918. 316 Great Britain and japan I9II-I) LINDLEY, FRANCIS OswALD, b. 1872. Entered Foreign Office, 1896; acting third secretary in Diplomatic Service, 1899; transferred to Diplomatic Service as second secretary, 1902; served in embassy at Tokyo, 1905-8; promoted to be first secretary, October 1909; transferred to Foreign Office, October 19II and then to Christiania (Oslo), January 1912; British com­ missioner and consul-general for Russia, June 1918; envoy at Vienna, 1919-20 and at Athens, 1921-2; ambassador at Lisbon, 1929; transferred to Tokyo, May 1931; retired, June 1934; died, August 1950. MACDONALD, SIR CLAUDE MAXWELL, b. 1852. Entered 74th High­ landers, 1872; served in Egypt; attached by War Office to agency at Cairo, 1883-7; retired from army, 1896; H.M. commissioner on the West Coast of Mrica, 1888; appointed minister at Peking, 1896; transferred to Tokyo as envoy extraordinary and minister to the emperor of Japan, October 1900; promoted as ambassador, November 1906; retired, December 1912; died, September 1915. MALLET, SIR Lours, b. 1864- Entered Foreign Office, 1888; assistant clerk, 1902; private secretary to Sir Edward Grey, December 1905; senior clerk, 19o6; assistant under-secretary of state, 1907; appointed ambassador at Constantinople, October 1913 and left, 1 November 1914, prior to declara­ tion of war on Turkey; attached to Peace Congress delegation at Paris 1919-20; retired, April 1920; died, August 1936. MAX MOLLER, WILLIAM GRENFELL, b. 1867. Entered Foreign Office, 1892; counsellor of legation at Peking, February 1909 where he acted as charge d'affaires, March to November 1910; employed in Foreign Office, September 1911 to September 1912; consul-general at Budapest, July 1913; left Budapest after