Chinda Sutemi
Japanese diplomat (1857-1929)
Count Chinda Sutemi (珍田 捨巳; 19 January 1857 – 16 January 1929) was a Japanese diplomat and courtier who served as Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor from 1927 to 1929.
During his diplomatic career, he served as ambassador to Germany, the United States and Great Britain. He was a plentipotentiary at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
Diplomatic career
He was born 19 January 1857, in Hirosaki, Aomori.
In 1877 he went to study at DePauw University in the United States. He got his B.A. in 1881, and M.A. in 1884. In 1882 he married, and had one son.
From 1890 to 1894, Chinda served as Japanese Consul in San Francisco, California. In 1897 Chinda was appointed first Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states in 1895. He served as Japanese Ambassador to Germany from 1908 to 1911, to the United States from 1912 to 1916.
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