Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843–1929) was a legendary British diplomat, a key figure in East Asia and Anglo-Japanese and -Chinese relations, particularly in Bakumatsu (1853–1867) and Meiji Era Japan, and in China after the Boxer Rebellion. He also served in Siam (present-day Thailand), Uruguay, and Morocco, and represented Britain at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. Volume 5 covers the period of 1895–1899 he spent in Morocco (January–May 1895), Europe (stopping by North America) (May–July 1895; May–November 1897), and Japan (July 1895–May 1897; November 1897–December 1899).