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Hisayoshi studied botany in England 1910-1916, but Satow then sent him home to his mother, who was lonely

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THE FAMILY CHRONICLE OF THE ENGLISH SATOWS

By Ernest Satowhttp://www.dhs.kyutech.ac.jp/~ruxton/The%20Family%20Chronicle%20of%20the%20English%20Satows.htm



From Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volym 2by Ian Hill Nish

It is clear that Cholmondeley saw Takeda Hisayoshi (1883-1972), Satow’s younger son, relatively frequently from 1900 onwards, just before Satow left Japan. While he was minister in Japan, it would appear that Satow looked to Archdeacon A.C. Shaw, the then Chaplain at the British Legation and a resident in Tokyo since 1873, for any help he might require. In March 1897, for instance, Satow noted in his diary: ‘to Shaw & settled with him about Hisakichi [sic] going to live with him after Easter’. Entry for 23 March 1897, Satow Diaries microfilm PRO 30-005 (PRO 30/33/16/1). However, after Satow was translated to the Peking legation, the responsibility of keeping an eye of Takeda Hisayoshi and his mother fell to Cholmondeley. During the mid-1900s, Takeda Hisayoshi was studying in Sapporo (and was furnished by Cholmondeley with introductions to Archdeacon John Batchelor), but Takeda always made a point to have lunch with Cholmondeley or even, on occasion, apparently attend a service at St Barnabas’ when he was back in Tokyo. Cholmondeley had less to do with Takeda Eitaro, the older son, because he emigrated to the United States, but it would seem that Cholmondeley thought quite highly of him. In July 1909 Cholmondeley wrote to Satow that ‘I will be hoping to see Hisayoshi some time this summer. His mother is very constant Church [St Barnabas’, Ushigome]. I feel sure that she finds help and pleasure in coming’. Cholmondeley to Satow, 23 July 1909, Satow Papers, PRO 30/33/12/4 2679. As a church member, Cholmondeley would see Takeda’s mother every week, for a brief biographical sketch of Takeda Hisayoshi, who became a botanist and also a founding member of the Japan Alpine Club, sec Konsaisu Nihon Jinmei Jiten, Tokyo: Sanscido 1990 edition, p. 756.

Ernest* married Takeda* Kane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ernst writes:

My father, as stated before, was born in 1801, and lost his father in 1815. His further education was provide for by his elder brothers. He knew some Latin, for I remember that once, when I was unable to answer the question "What is the Latin for beer?" he told me it was "cerevisia". However his schooling was interrupted at the age of 11, when Napoleon's invasion of Russia took place, and he was sent on a voyage round the world, from which he did not return till 1814. My brother David thought he was shipped as a cabin-boy. When his schooldays were over, he went into a Riga house of business, the head of which was named Schnakenburg. This gentleman was very good to him, and helped him come to London in 1825, where he started in business with a loan of £500 from this excellent friend, and of a similar sum from his elder brother, Andrew. It was not till 1846 that he became naturalized as a British subject, and the Record Office describes him as being a native of Wismar. Being a Lutheran, it was natural that he should attend a nonconformist chapel rather than an Anglican church. I think he usually went to the Poultry chapel. Anyhow, it was in this way that he became acquainted with the Mason family.

Hans married Margaret* Mason. Margaret* (daughter of Edward Mason and Margaret* Stacey) was born in 1812 in Hoxton, Middlesex, UK; died on ?? Sep 1899 in Hackney, Middlesex, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]