Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-xiv

Introduction

pp xv-xxxii

List of Contributors

pp xxxiii-xxxvi

Index of Biographical Portraits in Japan Society Volumes

pp xxxvii-lii

PART I - BRITAIN IN JAPAN

PERSONALITIES AND ENTREPRENEURS

1 - Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew (1789–1861) and the Phaeton Incident of 1808

pp 1-19

2 - Thomas (Sir Stamford) Raffles (1781–1826) and Dr Donald Ainslie

pp 20-36

3 - Victoria Crosses Awarded for Valour in Japan: Duncan Boyes, Thomas Pride, William Seeley and Robert Gray

pp 37-44

4 - Marianne North (1830–1890): Traveller, Botanist and Artist

pp 45-57

5 - William Henry Smith (1838–1884): Prominent Publicspirited Figure in Early Yokohama History

pp 58-73

6 - Alan Owston (1853–1915): Naturalist and Yachtsman

pp 74-85

7 - Edgar Abbott (1849–1890): Athlete and Brewer

pp 86-97

8 - No 48, Yokohama

pp 98-105

9 - Thomas Bates Blow (1853–1941): Antiquarian, Apiarist and Pioneer Motorist in Japan

pp 106-124

WRITERS AND BROADCASTERS

10 - Ernest Harold Pickering, M.P. (1881–1957): A Convinced but Unconvincing Apologist for Japan

pp 125-137

11 - Dorothy Britton (Lady Bouchier 1922–2015), Gifted Composer, Author and Translator

pp 138-142

12 - John Newman (1935–1993): Jūdōka, Broadcaster and Academic

pp 143-154

13 - Peter Martin (1931–2004): Successful Author and British Council Representative

pp 155-168

MISSIONARIES

14 - Charles Frederick Warren (1841–1899): Anglican Missionary in Osaka

pp 169-176

15 - Barclay Fowell Buxton (1860–1946): Evangelistic Missionary in Japan

pp 177-186

16 - The Archdeacon and the Canon: The Hutchinsons of Japan

pp 187-194

POLITICIANS

17 - The Fifteenth Earl of Derby (1826–1893): Foreign Secretary

pp 195-207

18 - Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) and Japan

pp 208-220

19 - Lord Lansdowne (1845–1927) and Japan

pp 221-237