Понять когда именно он получил свою двушку, не так уж и легко.
Полезем в поисках ответа в THE NOBILITIES OF EUROPE, London: Forgotten Books (1909)
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THE ORDER OF THE RISING SUN OF JAPAN
Instituted by the Emperor Mutsuhito 10 Apr. 1875 as a reward for Civil or Military Merit, and divided into Eight Classes after the manner of the Legion of Honour.
BADGE.
The Sun enamelled red, from which issue thirty-two double-pointed rays of gold and white enamel. It is worn suspended from three blossoms and a leaf of the Pawlonia, the Imperial flower, in green and lilac enamel, for all but the Eighth Class, for whom the Kini leaf takes the place of the Pawlonia.
STAR.
Same as Badge, only with silver rays.
RIBBON
White, with red borders.
Date when Conferred.
RISING SUN, IST CLASS KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS (G.C.R.S.).
Date of Royal License.
1904 ViceAdmiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham, K.C.B. Admiral Sir Cyprian Arthur George Bridge, G.C.B.2
1905 Admiral Sir Gerard Henry Uctred Noel, K.C.B.,
1906 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, 1906 Gen. Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. Admiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas, G.C.V.O.,
30 Nov. 1907 Charles Robert, 1st Viscount Althorp, P.C., Lord 30 Nov. 1907 30 Nov. 1907 30 Nov. 1907 30 Nov. 1907 Osbert Cecil, 6th Earl of Sefton, P.C. Horace Brand, 1st Lord Farquhar, G.C.V.O. Douglas B. M. R., 5th Duke of Montrose, K.T. Frederick Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, K.G.
Sir Robert Hart, 1st Bt., G.C.M.G.
Gen. Sir William Gustavus Nicholson, K.C.B. Hallam, 2nd Lord Tennyson, P.C., G.C.M.G. Right Hon. Sir Edmund Barton, P.C., G.C.M.G. Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald, G.C.M.G., H.B.M.'s Ambassador at Tokio.
K.C.M.G.2
Algernon Bertram, 1st Lord Redesdale, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
G.C.B., G.C.V.O.2
K.C.B.2
Right Hon. Sir Ernest Mason Satow, P.C., G.C.M.G. Lt.-Gen. Sir O'Moore Creagh, K.C.B., V.C.
Chamberlain.
2ND CLASS
William John Armstrong, Esq. John Mathews James, Esq. Montague Kirkwood, Esq. Major-Gen, (now Sir) O'Moore Creagh.
J. Westlake, Esq. T. E. Holland, Esq.
30 Mar. 1896
The following lists of British holders of the Orders of the Rising Sun and Sacred Treasure are founded on ones supplied by the Japanese Bureau of Decorations (Shokun-kioku) through the British Embassy in Tokio. Unfortunately the dates when the order was conferred were not given, but the Editor has been able to add them in some cases, and he has made every effort to render the list as correct as possible, though, in many cases, it is next to impossible to actually transliterate from the Japanese Katakana the name of the recipient if it is of an unusual nature or the translator is not acquainted beforehand.