Cheng Tien-Hsi

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Tien-Hsi (aka. F. T. Cheng, simplified Chinese: 郑天锡; traditional Chinese: 鄭天錫; 1884–1970), was a Chinese author, jurist, and the last ambassador of the Republic of China to Britain.^[1]

Biography

Cheng was born in a village in Chongshan (Zhongshan), Canton (Guangdong Province). He graduated from the Queen's College in Hong Kong.

Cheng went to London, England to study law. He graduated from the University College London.

Cheng served in the Beiyang Government, and was a judge in the Supreme Court of China, then known as the Dali Yuan (大理院), and later renamed as the Supreme Court of the Republic of China.

In 1932, Cheng became the Executive Vice President of the Legislative Yuan. In 1936, he also served as an adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of he Republic of China.

In 1936, Cheng became a member of the Permanent Court of International Justice (now known as the International Court of Justice) in The Hague, Netherlands.

From 1946 to 1950, Cheng served as the last ambassador of the Republic of China to UK.^[1] After 1950, Cheng settled in London and died in 1970.

Literature

• Biographical Notes concerning Members of the Court. Mr. Cheng Tien-Hsi, Member of the Court. In: Thirteenth Annual Report of the Permanent Court of International Justice. A.W. Sijthoff's Publishing, Leiden 1937, S. 23/24
• Warren F. Kuehl: Cheng Tien-hsi. In: Warren F. Kuehl (Hrsg.): Biographical Dictionary of Internationalists. Greenwood Press, Westport 1983, ISBN 0-31-322129-4, S. 151/152

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "China moulded by Confucius" (in (English)). Modern Law Review. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1090330. Retrieved May 27, 2011. 

• Tien-Hsi Cheng at the National Portrait Gallery, London
• Opinion from Cheng Tien-Hsi

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Name	Tien-Hsi, Cheng
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Date of birth	1884
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Date of death	1970
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