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Sir Ralph Spencer Paget, KCMG, CVO, PC (26 November 1864 – 11 May 1940) was a British diplomat in the Foreign Service, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to Brazil in 1918. ==Early life and career== Ralph Spencer Paget was born on 26 November 1864 at the British Legation in Copenhagen, where his father Sir Augustus Paget served as Minister to Denmark. His great-uncle, who died ten years before his birth, was Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey who had led the cavalry at Waterloo, and his uncle was the distinguished naval officer Lord Clarence Paget. As the third child and second son of a senior career diplomat Paget attended public school in England. He was educated at Eton College, where he won the Prince Consort's prize for German. He shone at rowing, being part of the winning "Novice Eight" in 1881, which also won in the Procession of Boats on 4 June of that year and later in the "House Four". After finishing school he studied abroad, becoming an "Arabic and Turkish scholar" before being nominated in April, 1888 attaché in the Foreign Service and sent to Vienna to serve with his father, the Ambassador to Austria-Hungary. In the autumn of 1889 he was sent to Egypt to work with Sir Evelyn Baring, the British Agent and Consul-General, who was in effect the ''de facto'' ruler of the country. While there he "gained an insight into the realities of administrative reform" while Baring introduced his financial reforms.〔 He was dispatched in 1891 to Zanzibar, recently exchanged with Heligoland, and worked with Gerald Portal (the colonial commissioner) to promote "the first beginnings of European civilisation in the East of Africa".〔 In June, 1892 he was sent to the British mission in Washington, DC where he stayed for only a year. In June, 1893 he then joined the legation in Tokyo, where he served as ''chargé d'affaires'', where he served for six years. In 1895 he was promoted to Second Secretary.〔 He made such a good impression that upon his arrival the Japanese journal ''Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' wrote; At the beginning of his service in Tokyo the First Secretary was Gerard Lowther, later one of the architects of the ''Entente Cordiale'' was considered to be acceptable neither to the Chinese or Japanese lobbies at the time of the Sino-Japanese War and there relied heavily on his subordinates, Paget included. He then served for five years under Sir Ernest Satow who took over in Tokyo. In 1901 Paget was sent to the legation in Guatemala as ''chargé d'affaires'', though with much increased responsibility as neighbouring Nicaragua came under his legation's jurisdiction also. The primary motivation of the diplomatic staff was economic, protecting British interests in Central America. He was kept busy, and saw varied service in the two countries. In a 1901 official visit to Nicaragua, his modesty was offended by the fact that every time he visited a town, he was greeted by brass bands playing the National Anthem. Despite his diplomatic bearing he felt compelled to ask that the practice cease. In September 1902 he was promoted and appointed ''chargé d'affaires'' at the Bangkok legation in the Kingdom of Siam.〔, ibid.〕 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「Ralph Paget」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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