The Semi-Official Letters of British Envoy Sir Ernest Satow from Japan and China (1895-1906)

The Semi-Official Letters of British Envoy Sir Ernest Satow from Japan and China (1895-1906)

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 1430315024

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PAPERBACK The diplomat Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) left many important papers (diaries and letters) in the Public Record Office (now the UK National Archives). This book is a complete and unabridged collection of his semi-official ('demi-official' in the contemporary jargon) private letters as Her Britannic Majesty's envoy to Japan (1895-1900) and China (1900-1906), with an introduction by noted Foreign Office historian and East Asia expert J.E. Hoare and annotations by Ian Ruxton. These handwritten copies of letters carefully recorded in the author's Letter Books have been transcribed into book form for the first time ever by permission of the National Archives. The aim is to make these valuable documents more easily accessible to scholars and students worldwide. Also available on the amazon websites.


The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1906-1911

The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1906-1911

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-07-19

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 0359872131

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The diaries begin with Satow's journey home from his last diplomatic post in China. He travels via Japan, Hawaii, mainland United States and the Atlantic to Liverpool. In 1907 he attends the Second Hague Peace Conference as Britain's second delegate. He settles with some ease into rural life in Devon, keeping busy with local commitments as a magistrate, supporter of missionaries etc. and launching a major new career as a scholar of international law. The Foreword is by Professor Ian Nish of the LSE.


The Correspondence of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Japan, 1895-1900 - Volume Four

The Correspondence of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Japan, 1895-1900 - Volume Four

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1312501111

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LARGE PAPERBACK. This book contains part of the voluminous work-related private correspondence sent to Sir Ernest Satow while he was Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan (1895-1900) from the Satow Papers held at The National Archives, Kew, London, transcribed and published in full from mostly handwritten originals with annotations added by the editor for scholars and researchers. This is the fourth and final volume, and it contains letters from Formosa where the British Japan Consular Service took over staffing duties from the China Service after the island was ceded to Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki which concluded the Sino-Japanese War in 1895.


The Correspondence of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Japan, 1895-1900 - Volume Three

The Correspondence of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Japan, 1895-1900 - Volume Three

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-09-14

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1312501030

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LARGE PAPERBACK. This book contains part of the voluminous work-related private correspondence sent to Sir Ernest Satow while he was Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan (1895-1900) from the Satow Papers held at The National Archives, Kew, London, transcribed and published in full from mostly handwritten originals with annotations added by the editor for scholars and researchers. This is Volume Three, and it includes letters from British diplomatic representatives elsewhere, colonial and India authorities, Royal Navy officers, Japanese government officials, foreign representatives in Tokyo and miscellaneous letters. (Both previous volumes are available on lulu.com.)


Sir Ernest Satow's Private Letters - Volume III, The Satow-Reay Correspondence (1907-1921)

Sir Ernest Satow's Private Letters - Volume III, The Satow-Reay Correspondence (1907-1921)

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2020-01-04

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 0359927955

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This is the third volume in a series of private letters written by Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) to his close friends. Volume One comprises his letters to Japanologists William George Aston and Frederick Victor Dickins. Volume Two consists mainly of letters to and from John Harington Gubbins who had worked under Satow in Japan. In this third volume Satow mainly discusses international law (law of the sea in wartime, Versailles peace treaty etc.) and the current political situation in the UK and Europe, a far cry from his East Asian focus on Japan which monopolised Volume One, and was still evident in Volume Two. (Lord Reay had no experience of Japan in his distinguished career.) The expert foreword is by Dr. J.E. Hoare, formerly of H.M. Diplomatic Service and a Teaching Fellow at S.O.A.S.


Sir Ernest Satow's Private Letters - Volume II, The Satow-Gubbins Correspondence (1908-1927) and Satow's Letters to Hon. H. Marsham (1894-1907)

Sir Ernest Satow's Private Letters - Volume II, The Satow-Gubbins Correspondence (1908-1927) and Satow's Letters to Hon. H. Marsham (1894-1907)

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-09-18

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0359927823

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This volume consists mainly of letters exchanged between Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) and his former subordinate John Harington Gubbins (1852-1929) in their retirement, from 1906 to 1927. There are also some letters from Satow to the Japanese art collector and businessman the Hon. Henry Marsham (1845-1908) in the period 1894-1907. An expert foreword by Dr. J.E. Hoare, formerly of HM Diplomatic Service and a teaching fellow at SOAS, is included. Volume I consists of Satow's correspondence with William George Aston and Frederick Victor Dickins, and is mainly on Japanology. Volume III consists of Satow's correspondence with Lord Reay, on international law and the social, political and economic situation in Europe and the UK before, during and after World War One.


The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Tokyo (1895-1900)

The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Tokyo (1895-1900)

Author: Ernest Mason Satow

Publisher: Ian Ruxton

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 535

ISBN-13: 0557353726

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LARGE PAPERBACK. The diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister in Tokyo 1895-1900, transcribed, annotated and indexed by Ian Ruxton with an introduction by Dr. Nigel Brailey. At the time there was no Ambassador and Satow was the chief British representative in Japan, overseeing the Tokyo legation with consulates at Yokohama, Nagasaki, Kobe and Hakodate. His work in easing the ending of extraterritoriality and facilitating the transfer of jurisdiction in the foreign settlements (treaty ports) to Japan in July 1899 was an essential precondition for the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902. (First published as a hardcover in 2003 by Edition Synapse of Tokyo.)


The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1889-1895: Uruguay and Morocco

The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1889-1895: Uruguay and Morocco

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-09-30

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 0359281311

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These are the edited (i.e. transcribed, annotated and indexed) diaries of the diplomat Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) for the six and a half years during which he was posted to Montevideo (Uruguay) and then Morocco. Throughout the period his ultimate goal was promotion to Minister in Japan, which he achieved in 1895. This edition includes a Foreword by diplomatic historian Professor T.G. Otte. The original diaries are in the National Archives (UK). Published for the first time on lulu.com.


The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1921-1926 - Volume One (1921-1923)

The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1921-1926 - Volume One (1921-1923)

Author: Ian Ruxton (ed.)

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0359142346

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The distinguished diplomat Sir Ernest Satow's retirement began in 1906 and continued until his death in August 1929. From 1907 he settled in the small town of Ottery St. Mary in rural East Devon, England. He was very active, serving as a British delegate at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 and on various committees related to church, missionary and other more local affairs: he was a magistrate and chairman of the Urban District Council. He had a very wide social circle of family, friends and former colleagues, with frequent distinguished visitors. He produced two seminal books: A Guide to Diplomatic Practice (1917, now in its seventh revised edition and referred to as 'Satow') and A Diplomat in Japan (1921). The latter is highly evaluated as a rare foreigner's view of the years leading to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. This book in two volumes is the last in a series of Satow's diaries edited by Ian Ruxton. This is the first-ever publication.


The Semi-Official Letters of British Envoy Sir Ernest Satow from Japan and China (1895-1906)

The Semi-Official Letters of British Envoy Sir Ernest Satow from Japan and China (1895-1906)

Author: Ian Ruxton

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Published: 2020-01-14

Total Pages: 611

ISBN-13: 9781660514960

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The diplomat Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) left many important papers (diaries and letters) in the Public Record Office (now the UK National Archives). This book is a complete and unabridged collection of his semi-official ('demi-official' in the contemporary jargon) private letters as Her Britannic Majesty's envoy to Japan (1895-1900) and China (1900-1906), with an introduction by noted Foreign Office historian and East Asia expert J.E. Hoare and annotations by Ian Ruxton. These handwritten copies of letters carefully recorded in the author's Letter Books have been transcribed into book form for the first time ever by permission of the National Archives. The aim is to make these valuable documents more easily accessible to scholars and students worldwide.