青山霊園 Sir Hugh Fraser 1837-1894
南1種イ8側61～63、70～72番
サー・ヒュー・フレイザー, ヒュー・フレーザー
外交官, 駐日英国特命全権公使
Stone coffin of Sir Hugh Fraser, K.C.M.G.
1837.02.22 - 1894.06.04
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Here rests Hugh Fraser of the House of Balmain in Scotland.
British Minister in Japan Son of Sir John Fraser, K.C.M.G. and of Selina his wife. Born at Stede Hill, Kent Feb 22 1837, Entered Queen's Service Jan 15 1855 Fell asleep in Christ Jun 4 1894
Erected by his wife and family and by the members of Her Majesty's diplomatic and consular services in Japan.
*Stede Hill, Harriestham, Kent.
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[from a newspaper article]
MR. FRASER'S FUNERAL.
THE funeral of Mr. FRASER, H.B.M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan, took place on the 6th inst. The body lay in state throughout Tuesday afternoon, and was visited by a great concourse of mourning friends, among whom were the Japanese Ministers of the Crown and the Foreign Representatives. The floral tributes sent were numerous and beautiful; they filled the whole vestibule and hall, as well as the principal salon, where the coffin lay. It had been announced that the cortege would leave the Legation at 3 o'clock, and long before that time hundreds of the principal residents of Tokyo, official and private, as well as a large number of the British residents of Yokohama, had assembled.
Excellent arrangements having been made, owing to the forethought of Mr. R. PAGET, Secretary of the Legation, Mr. J. H. LONGFORD, H.M.'s Acting Consul, and other members of the staff, all confusion was avoided. The Japanese Ministers of State did not proceed to the Legation — the programme being that they should go direct to the church — but the deceased Minister's colleagues were all there, as was every British subject in Tokyo, together with nearly all the leading members of the Yokohama British community and not a few of other nationalities. It had been hoped that a contingent from the Navy would be in attendance, but although H.M.S. Centurion was ordered from Kobe to Yokohama at full speed, she did not arrive in time.
Why the simple, less expensive, and more expeditious plan of bringing up a force of Marines by train was not resorted to, we do not know, but doubtless there were good reasons for not adopting that alternative. Except as a matter of national sentiment and appearance, however, the absence of British troops did not signify, the duties they would have performed in carrying the coffin to and from the hearse at the Legation, the church, and cemetery, being taken by parties of British residents.
That part, and some other details, of the ceremony were carefully and zealously arranged by Mr. J. CONDER. Precisely at 3 o'clock the coffin was carried out and placed in the hearse, but owing to the great number of persons present a start was not effected for some minutes. It proved impossible to pack into, and hang on, the hearse the multitude of floral wreaths and other tributes, and with difficulty could those remaining be piled in another large carriage lent by the German Minister.
The church was reached at a little past 4 o'clock. The steep approach and the narrow road presented serious difficulties for the great crowd of carriages that followed the hearse, but the police exercised admirable control, and not a semblance of a hitch occurred. Within the church, a tiny building, never planned for such imposing ceremonies, very little space was available. When seats had been reserved for the representatives of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, the Japanese Ministers of State and the Foreign Chefs de Mission, scarcely any room remained.
The service — full choral — was performed by the Very Rev. Bishop BICKERSTETH [Edward Bickersteth 1850-1897, Bishop of South Tokyo], assisted by Mr. CHOLMONDELEY [Lionel Berners Cholmondeley 1887-1921], the whole of the St. Andrew's staff, as well as Mr. FRANCIS and the Trinity Church clergy and choir. The singing was excellent, and the reading of the ritual being partly reserved for the cemetery, an overlong detention at the church was avoided.
— The Japan Weekly Mail, June 9, 1894, p.693.
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[Obituary]
DEATH OF MR. FRASER.
"Along the cool sequestered vale of life
"They kept the noiseless tenor of their way."
MR. HUGH FRASER, Her Majesty's Representative at the Court of Japan, expired on the evening of the 4th inst. at a quarter to nine o'clock. He had lingered for several days in a condition that left no room for hope, and that must have reached a fatal terminal ion sooner but for the exceptional vitality and high courage of the sufferer. The illness commenced only some sixteen days before death, and had been preceded by no disquieting indications of any kind. From an early period, however, its grave character was recognised. The physicians in attendance diagnosed the necessity of two operations, but the possibility of performing the second was dependent on results unhappily not brought about by the first. Instead of recovering strength, as had been hoped, the patient sank steadily, retaining almost to the last an unclouded intellect and meeting the end with fortitude and resignation.
Mr. FRASER entered the Diplomatic Service in January, 1855, and was only fifty-seven at the time of his death. He saw considerable service in the East, having been Second Secretary in the Legation in Peking from January, 1867 to February, 1871, and Secretary of the same Legation from February, 1874 to November, 1879. His promotion from Minister Resident and Consul-General at Santiago to be Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General at Tokyo, took place on April 30th, 1888, and he arrived in the latter city to take charge of the Legation in March, 1889.
Mr. FRASER was one of those rare men who, with abilities of the highest order and perfectly balanced judgment, live lives of perpetual self-effacement and find their highest reward in a conscientious sense of duty faithfully discharged. ...
— The Japan Weekly Mail, June 9, 1894, p.693.
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[ Notes on Sir Hugh Fraser ]
Born : Stede Hill, Harriestham, Kent, England
Father : Sir John Fraser, K.C.M.G. (d.1864), Secretary to the Government of the Ionian Islands
Mother : Selina Charlotte (d.1882), daughter of William Baldwin of Stede Hill
Wife : Mary (1851-1911), daughter of Marion Crawford
Children : 1) John Fraser (1875-1931)
2) Hugh Crawford Fraser (1877-1915)
adopted dau. Katharine Lucy Fraser (1871-1938)
[yc]
青山霊園／東京都港区
撮影：河野利彦（2015/03）
青山霊園 Sir Hugh Fraser 1837-1894
南1種イ8側61～63、70～72番
サー・ヒュー・フレイザー, ヒュー・フレーザー
外交官, 駐日英国特命全権公使
Stone coffin of Sir Hugh Fraser, K.C.M.G.
1837.02.22 - 1894.06.04
===============================
Here rests Hugh Fraser of the House of Balmain in Scotland.
British Minister in Japan Son of Sir John Fraser, K.C.M.G. and of Selina his wife. Born at Stede Hill, Kent Feb 22 1837, Entered Queen's Service Jan 15 1855 Fell asleep in Christ Jun 4 1894
Erected by his wife and family and by the members of Her Majesty's diplomatic and consular services in Japan.
*Stede Hill, Harriestham, Kent.
===============================
[from a newspaper article]
MR. FRASER'S FUNERAL.
THE funeral of Mr. FRASER, H.B.M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan, took place on the 6th inst. The body lay in state throughout Tuesday afternoon, and was visited by a great concourse of mourning friends, among whom were the Japanese Ministers of the Crown and the Foreign Representatives. The floral tributes sent were numerous and beautiful; they filled the whole vestibule and hall, as well as the principal salon, where the coffin lay. It had been announced that the cortege would leave the Legation at 3 o'clock, and long before that time hundreds of the principal residents of Tokyo, official and private, as well as a large number of the British residents of Yokohama, had assembled.
Excellent arrangements having been made, owing to the forethought of Mr. R. PAGET, Secretary of the Legation, Mr. J. H. LONGFORD, H.M.'s Acting Consul, and other members of the staff, all confusion was avoided. The Japanese Ministers of State did not proceed to the Legation — the programme being that they should go direct to the church — but the deceased Minister's colleagues were all there, as was every British subject in Tokyo, together with nearly all the leading members of the Yokohama British community and not a few of other nationalities. It had been hoped that a contingent from the Navy would be in attendance, but although H.M.S. Centurion was ordered from Kobe to Yokohama at full speed, she did not arrive in time.
Why the simple, less expensive, and more expeditious plan of bringing up a force of Marines by train was not resorted to, we do not know, but doubtless there were good reasons for not adopting that alternative. Except as a matter of national sentiment and appearance, however, the absence of British troops did not signify, the duties they would have performed in carrying the coffin to and from the hearse at the Legation, the church, and cemetery, being taken by parties of British residents.
That part, and some other details, of the ceremony were carefully and zealously arranged by Mr. J. CONDER. Precisely at 3 o'clock the coffin was carried out and placed in the hearse, but owing to the great number of persons present a start was not effected for some minutes. It proved impossible to pack into, and hang on, the hearse the multitude of floral wreaths and other tributes, and with difficulty could those remaining be piled in another large carriage lent by the German Minister.
The church was reached at a little past 4 o'clock. The steep approach and the narrow road presented serious difficulties for the great crowd of carriages that followed the hearse, but the police exercised admirable control, and not a semblance of a hitch occurred. Within the church, a tiny building, never planned for such imposing ceremonies, very little space was available. When seats had been reserved for the representatives of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, the Japanese Ministers of State and the Foreign Chefs de Mission, scarcely any room remained.
The service — full choral — was performed by the Very Rev. Bishop BICKERSTETH [Edward Bickersteth 1850-1897, Bishop of South Tokyo], assisted by Mr. CHOLMONDELEY [Lionel Berners Cholmondeley 1887-1921], the whole of the St. Andrew's staff, as well as Mr. FRANCIS and the Trinity Church clergy and choir. The singing was excellent, and the reading of the ritual being partly reserved for the cemetery, an overlong detention at the church was avoided.
— The Japan Weekly Mail, June 9, 1894, p.693.
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[Obituary]
DEATH OF MR. FRASER.
"Along the cool sequestered vale of life
"They kept the noiseless tenor of their way."
MR. HUGH FRASER, Her Majesty's Representative at the Court of Japan, expired on the evening of the 4th inst. at a quarter to nine o'clock. He had lingered for several days in a condition that left no room for hope, and that must have reached a fatal terminal ion sooner but for the exceptional vitality and high courage of the sufferer. The illness commenced only some sixteen days before death, and had been preceded by no disquieting indications of any kind. From an early period, however, its grave character was recognised. The physicians in attendance diagnosed the necessity of two operations, but the possibility of performing the second was dependent on results unhappily not brought about by the first. Instead of recovering strength, as had been hoped, the patient sank steadily, retaining almost to the last an unclouded intellect and meeting the end with fortitude and resignation.
Mr. FRASER entered the Diplomatic Service in January, 1855, and was only fifty-seven at the time of his death. He saw considerable service in the East, having been Second Secretary in the Legation in Peking from January, 1867 to February, 1871, and Secretary of the same Legation from February, 1874 to November, 1879. His promotion from Minister Resident and Consul-General at Santiago to be Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General at Tokyo, took place on April 30th, 1888, and he arrived in the latter city to take charge of the Legation in March, 1889.
Mr. FRASER was one of those rare men who, with abilities of the highest order and perfectly balanced judgment, live lives of perpetual self-effacement and find their highest reward in a conscientious sense of duty faithfully discharged. ...
— The Japan Weekly Mail, June 9, 1894, p.693.
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[ Notes on Sir Hugh Fraser ]
Born : Stede Hill, Harriestham, Kent, England
Father : Sir John Fraser, K.C.M.G. (d.1864), Secretary to the Government of the Ionian Islands
Mother : Selina Charlotte (d.1882), daughter of William Baldwin of Stede Hill
Wife : Mary (1851-1911), daughter of Marion Crawford
Children : 1) John Fraser (1875-1931)
2) Hugh Crawford Fraser (1877-1915)
adopted dau. Katharine Lucy Fraser (1871-1938)
[yc]
青山霊園／東京都港区
撮影：河野利彦（2015/03）