- Author:
- Wright, Arnold
- Publication Info:
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London:
Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co.,
1908,
pg 98
Text on page 98
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tiary in Bangkok for the Netherlands, was born and educated in Amsterdam. After passing the necessary examinations for entrance to the consular service he remained for one year in the Foreign Office at the Hague before joining the Consulate-General for the Netherlands at Singapore. In 1890 he was transferred to Bangkok as Acting Consul-General, a position which he filled for two years prior to his return to the home Foreign Office. From 1895 to 1901 he was Consul-General at Pretoria, South Africa, and then once more he renewed his acquaintanceship with Siam, coming to Bangkok as Charg d'Affaires and Consul-General. In 1903 he was promoted to his present rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Mr. F. J. Domela Nieuwenhuis is a Chevalier of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and an Officer of the Order of Oranje Nassau.
Italy. In 1898 Mr. Yacovlew became the Consul-General at Jerusalem, a position he occupied for ten years, being transferred to Bangkok in 1908. Mr. Yacovlew possesses decorations from the Governments of Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro, and Abyssinia, and the Orders of St. Stanislaus first class and the Medjida first class.
Mr. Nicholas K. Eltekoff, the Consul for Russia and Secretary of Legation, was born in 1876 in the Government of Yaroslav, Russia, and educated at St. Petersburg University. On obtaining his diploma in 1900, he entered the Foreign Office, and a year later was appointed Secretary to the diplomatic officer attached to the Governor-General of Port Arthur, a position which, in 1903, was transformed to that of Secretary to the Chancery of the Viceroy. During the Russo-Japanese War
Bangkok for the United States of America was born in 1881 at Schenectady, New York. He received his present appointment 011 May 12, 1907.
GERMANY.
Herr Adolph von Prollius, his Imperial German Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Bangkok, was born on January 12, 1861, at Schwerin in Mecklenburg. He is the son of the minister of Mecklenburg at Berlin. Entering the Diplomatic Service in 1891, he has held positions at the Hague, Mexico, Caracas, Bucharest, and Copenhagen. On September 12, 1905, he arrived in Bangkok to undertake the duties of Minister-Resident, and has held his present position since January, 1908.
1. Luiz Leopoldo Flores (Consul-General for Portugal). 2. N. K. Eltekoff (Secretary of the Russian Legation and Acting Consul-General for Denmark). 3. J. W. Edie (Consul-General for Norway). 4. A. Mohr (Consul for Sweden). 5. F. H. Lotz (Acting Consul for Austro-Hungary).
RUSSIA.
Mr. A. G. Yacovlew, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Russian Government in Siam, was born and educated at St. Petersburg. His first appointment was as Attach to the Russian Embassy at Constantinople in 1876. From there he was transferred to Jerusalem in the capacity of Secretary to the Russian Consulate, but the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War found Mr. Yacovlew attached to the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army. At the conclusion of hostilities he was again appointed to the Embassy at Constantinople, where during a period of service extending over eighteen years he was promoted from Third to Second Dragoman, and undertook many special missions in Egypt, France, and
Mr. Eltekoff was attached as Secretary to the Chancery of the Commander-in-Chief (at Port Arthur). He returned to the Foreign Office at St. Petersburg in 1905, and was appointed to his present position in the year following.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Mr. Hamilton King, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States of America, was born at St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1852. After graduating at Olivet College, Michigan, he pursued his studies at Chicago, Leipzig, and Athens. He was appointed Minister-Resident in Siam in January, 1898, and promoted to his present position in 1903.
Mr. John Van A. MacMurray, the Consul-General and Secretary of the Legation at
Dr. Hermann Budenbender, Vice-Consul for Germany, Secretary of Legation, was born on March 16, 1876. He entered the Foreign Service four years after qualifying as a doctor at Heidelberg, and arrived at Bangkok in February, 1906, where he has since held the position of Vice-Consul for Germany, except for two months in 1907, and from February to November in 1908, when he acted as Charg d'Affaires. Dr. Budenbender was formerly Vice-Consul at Shanghai.
BELGIUM.
Mr. A. Frere, the Minister-Resident for Belgium, arrived in Bangkok on February 18, 1908, to take up his present duties. He has previously held positions in Africa, India, and China.Mr. A. Frere, the Minister-Resident for Belgium, arrived in Bangkok on February 18, 1908, to take up his present duties. He has previously held positions in Africa, India, and China.
