Francis Howard Vyse (1828–91)

Diplomat. Eighth son of Richard William Howard Howard-Vyse of Stoke, Buckinghamshire. Appointed coronet, Royal Horse Guards Blue, 1844; lieutenant, 1847; captain, 1854; sold out, 1857. Appointed vice-consul, Yedo, Japan, 1859; acting consul, Kanagawa, 1859; consul, 1860; consul, Hakodate, 1862; transferred to Nagasaki, 1865. Resigned in disgrace, 7 December 1866, following the theft of buried Ainu skeletons.