Edward St. John Neale
Diplomat · Politicians · Lived 1812 to 1866 · aged 54
Edward St. John Neale (1812-1866) was a British Lieutenant-Colonel and Diplomat who was active in Asia in the 1860s. He was the Chargé d'affaires of Great Britain in Japan in 1862-1863.
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Edward St John Neale, British Chargé d'Affaires in Japan in 1864
Lieutenant-Colonel Neale in 1863
Franco-Anglo-Japanese conference on the French ship Sémiramis, 2 July 1863, following the Namamugi incident
Forefront: French interpreter Blekman, Japanese interpreter.
Background (from left to right): Three Japanese governors of Yokohama, Duchesne de Bellecourt, Daimyō Sakai-Hida-no-Kami, Colonel Neale (British representative in Japan), Admiral Jaurès, Admiral Kuper
Colonel Neale led the Bombardment of Kagoshima, on board the flagship Euralyus in August 1863.About this person
Neale, who had been stationed in Beijing from 1860 as Secretary of the Legation following the settlement of the Second Opium War, was transferred to Japan in March 1862, when Rutherford Alcock went home on leave. Alcock returned to Japan in 1864.
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1812 to 1866 · aged 54
