Who's Who in the Far East/SUYEMATSU, Baron Kencho
SUYEMATSU, Baron Kencho (TOKYO), M.A., Cantab; Doctor of Literature; Member of House of Peers; b. Aug., 1865, in Fukuoka-ken; m. only d. of Marquis Ito. Educ.: Cambridge, England. Sat as M.P., 1890-1895; appointed Director of Legislative Bureau, 1892-1896; during Japan-China War was sent to Seoul on important diplomatic mission which procured for him patent of Barony; appointed Minister of Communications, 1898; Minister for Interior, 1900-1901; on outbreak of resent war was sent to England on diplomatic mission. Address: Tokyo, Japan.