Alfred de Moges
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Alfred, Marquis de Moges (1830-1861 in Menton
, Alpes-Maritimes
) was a French diplomat of the 19th century. In 1858 he accompanied Charles de Chassiron
and Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros
to sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan
in Edo
on October 9, 1858.
Menton
Menton is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Situated on the French Riviera, along the Franco-Italian border, it is nicknamed la perle de la France ....
, Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...
) was a French diplomat of the 19th century. In 1858 he accompanied Charles de Chassiron
Charles de Chassiron
Baron Charles Gustave Martin de Chassiron was a French diplomat of the 19th century. He travelled to China and Japan as one of the two Attachés of the French Embassy under Baron Gros, with the title of "Detaché extraordinaire en Chine et au Japon" from 1858 to 1860., together with Marquis Alfred...
and Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros was a French ambassador and one of the first daguerrotypists. Baron and French chargé d'affaires in Bogotá , Athens and Ambassador to London - during which period he also travelled to China and Japan in 1857 and 1858 — he produced many famous daguerrotypes — chief among...
to sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan was signed in Edo on October 9, 1858, by Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros, the commander of the French expedition in China, assisted by Charles de Chassiron and Alfred de Moges, opening diplomatic relations between the two countries...
in Edo
Edo
, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...
on October 9, 1858.
Works
- Recollections of Baron Gros's Embassy to China and Japan in 1857-58, 1861 http://books.google.com/books?id=3jEIKgfA7M4C&printsec=frontcover