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Sir Henry Bax-Ironside (15 November 1859 – 16 April 1929) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Venezuela, Chile, Switzerland and Bulgaria. Henry George Outram Bax was the only son of John Henry Bax, of Houghton-le-Spring, who had married Jane Ironside, and in 1866 took the surname Bax-Ironside by royal warrant,〔(The London Gazette, 19 October 1866 )〕 when his son became Henry Bax-Ironside. He was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1883. He served in Copenhagen, Teheran, Vienna, Cairo, and Washington, and was briefly in charge of the Central American Legation in 1897 before being appointed Secretary of the Legation at Pekin in the same year.〔(The London Gazette, 13 August 1897 )〕 Bax-Ironside was Secretary of the Legation at Stockholm 1900–02;〔(The London Gazette, 16 October 1900 )〕 Minister Resident at Carácas 1902–07;〔(The London Gazette, 3 October 1902 )〕 Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile 1907–09,〔(The London Gazette, 1 November 1907 )〕 Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland 1909–10,〔(The London Gazette, 19 February 1909 )〕 and Minister Plenipotentiary to Bulgaria, 1911–15.〔(The London Gazette, 1 February 1911 )〕 While in Bulgaria he was "His Majesty's Special Envoy Extraordinary to attend the ceremonies to be held in commemoration of the coming of age of His Royal Highness Prince Boris, Prince of Tirnovo, Heir to the Throne of Bulgaria" in 1912.〔(The London Gazette, 2 February 1912 )〕 Henry Bax-Ironside was knighted KCMG in 1911.〔(The London Gazette, 19 June 1911 )〕 ==References== *(BAX-IRONSIDE, Sir Henry (George Outram) ), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 13 April 2012 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Bax-Ironside」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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