Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot (born January 8, 1862 at the village of Sibford Gower near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England; died March 16, 1931 at sea in the Straits of Malacca) was educated at Cheltenham College. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Map sources for Banbury at grid reference SP4540 Banbury is a market town upon the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in South East England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Straits of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water between Peninsular Malaysia (West Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. ... Cheltenham College chapel and library (Big Modern) Cheltenham College opened in July 1841, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. ...

Eliot was a diplomat and colonial administrator who initiated the policy of white supremacy in the British East Africa protectorate (now Kenya). A scholar and linguist, Eliot served in diplomatic posts in Russia (1885), Morocco (1892), Turkey (1893), and Washington, D.C. (1899). He was knighted in 1900. British East Africa was a British protectorate in East Africa, covering generally the area of present-day Kenya and lasting from 1890 to 1920, when it became the colony of Kenya. ... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ...

A formidable scholar of Buddhism, and British ambassador in Japan, 1919-25. A lifelong bachelor. He greatly regretted the ending of the Anglo-Japanese alliance in 1921. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived between approximately 566 and 486 BCE in India. ... The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan, 1859–2004. ... The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance was signed in London on January 30, 1902 by Lord Lansdowne (British foreign secretary) and Hayashi Tadasu (Japanese minister in London). ...

Major scholarly works by Eliot

• "Japanese Buddhism", ISBN 0710309678
• "Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch", ISBN 8121510937

See also

• Buddhism in Japan
• Heads of the United Kingdom Mission in Japan

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External links

• Works by Charles Eliot at Project Gutenberg