Léon Roches (September 27, 1809, Grenoble – 1901) was a representative of the French government in Japan from 1864 to 1868. Léon Roches was a student...
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Shogun had sought French assistance for training and weaponry since 1865. Léon Roches, French consul to Japan, supported the Shogunal military reform efforts...
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Minister-Resident Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek and the French Minister-Resident Léon Roches were the first European envoys ever to receive a personal audience with...
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Letter of Napoleon III to the Japanese "Taïcoun" nominating Léon Roches, in replacement of Duchesne de Bellecourt, 23 October 1863. Diplomatic Record...
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Minister-Resident Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek and the French Minister-Resident Léon Roches were the first European envoys ever to receive a personal audience with...
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maintain large seagoing vessels." He called upon the French Consul General, Léon Roches, and asked for the assistance of the French government to build a shipyard...
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missionary to Japan and became the country's first vicar apostolic. Léon Roches, diplomat Léonce Verny, naval engineer in Japan from 1865 to 1876 Hasekura...
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Far-Eastern Fleet Commodore Gustave Ohier was ordered by French Consul General Léon Roches to survey the shallows of Osaka Bay, as in January 1868 American Admiral...
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In 1864, Duchesne de Bellecourt was succeeded at his post in Tokyo by Léon Roches, heralding an era of much stronger involvement by France. Duchesne de...
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Letter of Napoleon III to "Taïcoun" Tokugawa Iemochi nominating Léon Roches, in replacement of Duchesne de Bellecourt, 27 October 1863. Diplomatic Record...
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