Esler Dening

Sir Esler Maberley Dening GCMG OBE (21 April 1897 – 29 January 1977) was a British diplomat. He was the first British Ambassador to Japan after the end of the Second World War.

Dening was a career foreign service officer; and he was promoted regularly across the span of years.

Dening was consular officer in 1938, when he was awarded an OBE.During the Second World War, he served on the staff of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. He had become the Chief Political Adviser to the Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia Command when he was made a member or Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George in 1945.

In 1950, Dening was an Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office when the King promoted him to be a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was the British Political Representative in Tokyo in 1950-1951 and when full diplomatic relations were re-established, his role was an essential element of the transition.

Sir Esler appointed to be Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tokyo on 6 May 1952. He was the Ambassador from 1952 through 1957.

In 1955, Sir Esler promoted to be a Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, of the Order of St Michael and St George.

In 1977, the London Gazette published a notice of Sir Esler's death.

• Order of the British Empire, Member (MBE), 19__.
• Order of the British Empire, Officer (OBE), 1938.
• Order of St Michael and St George, Companion (CMG), 1945.
• Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG), 1950.
• Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Cross (GCMG), 1955.

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Maberley Esler Dening, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 19 publications in 2 languages and 800+ library holdings .

• Japan (1960)
• The Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1971)