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Name
  
Chinda Sutemi

Died
  
January 16, 1929, Japan

Education
  
DePauw University


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Count Chinda Sutemi (珍田 捨巳, January 19, 1857 – January 16, 1929) was a Japanese diplomat.

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Diplomatic career

He was born January 19, 1857 in Hirosaki, Aomori.

In 1877 he went to study at DePauw University. He got his B.A. in 1881, and M.A. in 1884. In 1882 he married, and had one son.

From 1890 to 1894, Chinda served as Japanese Consul in San Francisco, California. In 1897 Chinda was appointed first Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states in 1895. He served as Japanese Ambassador to Germany from 1908 to 1911, to the United States from 1912 to 1916 and to the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1920, during which time he also took part in the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.

He was also a Methodist minister.

Honours

From the Japanese Wikipedia article

Titles

  • Baron (21 September 1907)
  • Viscount (24 August 1911)
  • Count (7 September 1920)
  • Decorations (Japanese)

  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1 April 1906; Third Class: 5 March 1902; Fourth Class: 28 June 1898; Fifth Class: 31 October 1895)
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (14 September 1907)
  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers (7 September 1920)
  • Court order of precedence

  • Seventh rank (27 November 1886)
  • Sixth rank (21 December 1891)
  • Senior sixth rank (20 September 1895)
  • Senior fifth rank (20 August 1897)
  • Fourth rank (31 January 1901)
  • Senior fourth rank (20 March 1906)
  • Third rank (30 April 1909)
  • Senior third rank (11 May 1914)
  • Second rank (30 May 1921)
  • Senior second rank (1 June 1928)
  • First rank (16 January 1929)
  • References

    Chinda Sutemi Wikipedia