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Auguste t'Kint
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'''Auguste Pierre Joseph t'Kint de Roodenbeke''' (1816–1878) was a Belgian diplomat who initiated his country's treaty relations with several countries in Central America and the Far East.
T'Kint was born in Brussels on 12 December 1816, to a family which claimed descent from the [[t'Kint de Roodenbeke]]s, one of the [[Seven Noble Houses of Brussels]]. His civil service career began in 1840 in the commercial section of the ministry of the interior. In 1841 he was assigned to the project to establish a [[Belgian colonial empire#Santo Tomás, Guatemala (1843–54)|Belgian colony]] at [[Santo Tomás de Castilla]] in [[Guatemala]].<ref name=Terlinden>[[Charles Terlinden]], "T'Kint, Auguste-Pierre-Joseph", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://ift.tt/2wV30oG vol. 25] (Brussels, 1932), 368-371.</ref> He was responsible for liaising between the ''Compagnie belge de Colonisation'' and the Guatemalan government. When the project was abandoned in 1855, he was appointed [[Consul (representative)|consul general]] to Guatemala and Belgian [[plenipotentiary]] to all the republics of Central America, with a brief to tie up loose ends left by the failure of Belgian colonisation in Santo Tomás, to put the relationships between the two governments on a sounder footing, and to extend Belgian diplomatic relations to other Central American countries.<ref name=Terlinden/>
Between 1855 and 1859 t'Kint negotiated Belgium's first treaties of amity and commerce with Guatemala, [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[El Salvador]]. In 1859 his ''Rapport sur le commerce de la Belgique avec l'Amérique centrale'' was published in Brussels, and his achievements in Central America were rewarded with the knight's cross of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]].<ref name=Terlinden/> In December 1859 he was appointed Belgian consul general, chargé d'affaires and plenipotentiary to Mexico, signing a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation on 20 July 1861.<ref name=Terlinden/>
He returned to Belgium in 1862, and in 1864 was appointed Belgian consul general to China. The first treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between China and Belgium was signed in [[Beijing]] on 2 November 1865, and in December t'Kint arrived in [[Yokohama]] as the first Belgian diplomat in Japan, where he concluded a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation that was signed in [[Edo]] on 1 August the following year.<ref name=Ruyver>Dirk De Ruyver, "The First Treaty between Belgium and Japan", in ''Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration'', edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 21-111.</ref> In December 1868 he was appointed [[Leopold II of Belgium]]'s extraordinary envoy and minister plenipotentiary to both China and Japan.
He returned to Europe in ill health in 1872 and retired in 1875. He died 20 March 1878 as a commander in the Order of Leopold.<ref name=Terlinden/>
==References==
[[Category:1816 births]]
[[Category:1878 deaths]]
[[Category:Belgian diplomats]]
[[Category:Belgian knights]]
T'Kint was born in Brussels on 12 December 1816, to a family which claimed descent from the [[t'Kint de Roodenbeke]]s, one of the [[Seven Noble Houses of Brussels]]. His civil service career began in 1840 in the commercial section of the ministry of the interior. In 1841 he was assigned to the project to establish a [[Belgian colonial empire#Santo Tomás, Guatemala (1843–54)|Belgian colony]] at [[Santo Tomás de Castilla]] in [[Guatemala]].<ref name=Terlinden>[[Charles Terlinden]], "T'Kint, Auguste-Pierre-Joseph", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://ift.tt/2wV30oG vol. 25] (Brussels, 1932), 368-371.</ref> He was responsible for liaising between the ''Compagnie belge de Colonisation'' and the Guatemalan government. When the project was abandoned in 1855, he was appointed [[Consul (representative)|consul general]] to Guatemala and Belgian [[plenipotentiary]] to all the republics of Central America, with a brief to tie up loose ends left by the failure of Belgian colonisation in Santo Tomás, to put the relationships between the two governments on a sounder footing, and to extend Belgian diplomatic relations to other Central American countries.<ref name=Terlinden/>
Between 1855 and 1859 t'Kint negotiated Belgium's first treaties of amity and commerce with Guatemala, [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[El Salvador]]. In 1859 his ''Rapport sur le commerce de la Belgique avec l'Amérique centrale'' was published in Brussels, and his achievements in Central America were rewarded with the knight's cross of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]].<ref name=Terlinden/> In December 1859 he was appointed Belgian consul general, chargé d'affaires and plenipotentiary to Mexico, signing a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation on 20 July 1861.<ref name=Terlinden/>
He returned to Belgium in 1862, and in 1864 was appointed Belgian consul general to China. The first treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between China and Belgium was signed in [[Beijing]] on 2 November 1865, and in December t'Kint arrived in [[Yokohama]] as the first Belgian diplomat in Japan, where he concluded a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation that was signed in [[Edo]] on 1 August the following year.<ref name=Ruyver>Dirk De Ruyver, "The First Treaty between Belgium and Japan", in ''Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration'', edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 21-111.</ref> In December 1868 he was appointed [[Leopold II of Belgium]]'s extraordinary envoy and minister plenipotentiary to both China and Japan.
He returned to Europe in ill health in 1872 and retired in 1875. He died 20 March 1878 as a commander in the Order of Leopold.<ref name=Terlinden/>
==References==
[[Category:1816 births]]
[[Category:1878 deaths]]
[[Category:Belgian diplomats]]
[[Category:Belgian knights]]
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