Power Henry Le Poer Trench (11 May 1841 – 30 April 1899) was a British diplomat.
Trench was the son of
William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty
William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty, 2nd Marquess of Heusden (21 September 1803 – 26 April 1872), styled Viscount Dunlo between 1805 and 1837, was an Irish peer, as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He was educated at ...
and Lady Sarah Juliana Butler.
Career
Trench was Secretary of the British Embassy in Berlin between 1888 and 1893.
In Mexico, he was the
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, usually known as a minister, was a diplomatic head of mission who was ranked below ambassador. A diplomatic mission headed by an envoy was known as a legation rather than an embassy. Under the ...
between 1893 and 1894.
He was the British Minister in Tokyo in 1894-1895.
[The first British Ambassador to Japan was appointed in 1905. Before 1905, the senior British diplomat had different titles: (a) ]Consul-General
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...
and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, which is a rank just below Ambassador.
See also
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List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Japan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Japan, and is the head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.
The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (minister ...
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Anglo-Japanese relations
The Anglo-Japanese style developed in the United Kingdom through the Victorian period and early Edwardian period from approximately 1851 to the 1910s, when a new appreciation for Japanese design and culture influenced how designers and craftspe ...
Notes
References
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Ian Nish
Ian Hill Nish Order of the British Empire, CBE (3 June 1926 – 31 July 2022) was a British academic. A specialist in Japanese studies, he was Emeritus Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (L ...
. (2004). ''British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972.'' Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental.
OCLC 249167170
External links
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* UK in Japan
Chronology of Heads of Mission
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1841 births
1899 deaths
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan
Younger sons of earls
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Mexico
Power
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** Engine power, the power put out by an engine
** Electric power
* Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events
** Abusive power
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Place of birth missing