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Augustus Henry Mounsey

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British diplomat (1834–1882)

Augustus Henry Mounsey
Born
Augustus Henry Mounsey

(1834-08-27)27 August 1834[1]
Died10 April 1882(1882-04-10) (aged 47)[2]
NationalityBritish
OccupationDiplomat

Augustus Henry Mounsey (27 August 1834 – 10 April 1882) was a British diplomat. His firsthand account of the JapaneseSatsuma Rebellion published in 1879 gives the most detailed descriptions of the military campaigns of the rebellion.[3]

Life

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Augustus Henry Mounsey was the fourth son of George Gill Mounsey of Castletown House nearCarlisle, Cumberland. Mounsey enteredRugby School in 1849 and completed his schooling there.[4]

Mounsey started his diplomatic career inLisbon in 1857 and was promoted toHanover in 1861 and toVienna in 1862.[2]

In November 1865 Mounsey set off on a journey toPersia.[2] After thepogrom against theJewish community ofBarfurush in May 1866, Mounsey together with theBritish diplomat stationed inTehran,Charles Alison was involved in the relief and protection efforts of the victims.[5]

In 1873 Mounsey was appointed the Acting Consul General inBudapest and later the same in Paris in 1875.[2]

Mounsey proceeded to become the Secretary of the British Legation inYedo (Tokyo) on 10 February 1876[6] and on 22 July 1878 sent toAthens. From 1881 until his death he served as BritishMinister Resident and Consul General toColombia.[7]

Mounsey'sThe Satsuma Rebellion (1879), which chronicled theSatsuma Rebellion of 1877 and assassination ofŌkubo Toshimichi in 1877,[8] was noted byShigeno Yasutsugu for its deviation from the East Asian historiography throughannalistic records[9][10] and for its discussion beyond the immediate factors of the rebellion.[8] The book gives the most detailed descriptions of the military campaigns of the rebellion.[3]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^William Whellan (1860).The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland: With Furness and Cartmel, in Lancashire, Comprising Their Ancient and Modern History, a General View of Their Physical Character, Trade, Commerce, Manufactures, Agricultural Condition, Statistics, Etc., Etc. W. Whellan and Company. pp. 178.
  2. ^abcdNicholas Murray (4 June 2009).A Corkscrew is Most Useful: The Travellers of Empire. Hachette UK. p. 150.ISBN 978-0-7481-1150-3.
  3. ^abMarius B. Jansen; John Whitney Hall (28 July 1989).The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 398.ISBN 978-0-521-22356-0.
  4. ^Mr. Mounsey enteredRugby School in August 1849, his entry being thus recorded in the Register: — " Mounsey Augustus Henry, son of George G. Mounsey, Esq. Castletown, near Carlisle, aged 15 years, nach:The Meteor, 1882,Ed. by members of Rugby school
  5. ^David Yeroushalmi (January 2009).The Jews of Iran in the Nineteenth Century: Aspects of History, Community, and Culture. BRILL. p. 288.ISBN 978-90-04-15288-5.
  6. ^"No. 24299".The London Gazette. 25 February 1876. p. 884.
  7. ^"No. 24970".The London Gazette. 6 May 1881. p. 2342.
  8. ^abStefan Tanaka (9 February 2009).New Times in Modern Japan. Princeton University Press. pp. 78–79.ISBN 978-1-4008-2624-7.
  9. ^Marius B. Jansen (30 June 2009).The Making of Modern Japan. Harvard University Press. p. 483.ISBN 978-0-674-03910-0.
  10. ^John S. Brownlee (1999).Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jinmu. UBC Press. p. 82.ISBN 978-0-7748-0645-9.
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