Francis Richard Plunkett

Sir Francis Richard Plunkett KCMG (1835-1907) was a British diplomat.[1]

Plunkett was born on February 3, 1835 at Corbalton Hall in County Meath, Ireland.

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Career

In 1873, Plunkett was nominated as Secretary of Legation in Tokyo under Sir Harry Parkes.[2] He left Tokyo in 1876 and served as Diplomatic Secretary in St Petersburg, Constantinople and Paris before being appointed Parkes's successor in Japan.

Plunkett was the British Minister in Tokyo, 1884-87,[3] He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George while in Tokyo.

In 1900 he was appointed Ambassador at Vienna and made a Privy Councillor.

He retired in 1905 and died in Paris in 1907.

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Notes

  1. ^ Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972, pp. 53-62.
  2. ^ Addison, Henry Robert. (1901). Who's Who Vol. 53, p. 901 at Google Books
  3. ^ The first British Ambassador to Japan was appointed in 1905. Before 1905, the senior British diplomat had different titles: (a) Consul-General and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, which is a rank just below Ambassador.

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