Who's Who in the Far East/HAYASHI, Viscount Tadasu
HAYASHI, Viscount Tadasu (TOKYO), G.C.V.Q.; Hon. LL.D., Cambridge, D.C.L., Oxford; Minister to Court of St. James; b. Sakura, Shimosa, Feb., 1850. m. Misao, d. of Gamo, 1875. Educ.: England. Was a Captain under Enomoto (now Vice-Admiral) in rebellion at Hakodate; entered civil service in 1871, in Foreign Office; Governor of Kobe, 1889-90; Vice-Minister, June, 1891-May, 1896, under late Count Mutsu; appointed Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at Peking, 1896; at St. Petersburg, 1897-99; appointed to the Court of St. James, 1900; promoted Ambassador, 1905; created Baron, 1896; promoted Viscount in consideration of service in connection w ith Anglo-Japanese Treaty; was Japanese Delegate at Peace Conference held at the Hague; past Worshipful Master of the Empire League; prospective Minister for Foreign Affairs in Saionji Cabinet, May, 1936. Decorations: 1st class Order of Rising Sun; 1st class Order of Sacred Treasure; many foreign Orders. Publication; (Tn English), "For His People," 1913; several translations of English works on political economy and politics, into Japanese. Clubs: St. James; United Service; Bachelor's Marlborough; Travellers; Camera, etc. Address: Tokyo, Japan.