Alfred Ernest Wileman

Alfred Ernest Wileman (1860—1929) was a British diplomat and entomologist.

Wileman was appointed as the British Vice Consul for the Japanese city of Hakodate and surrounding prefectures in April 1901,^[1] and moved to be consul to Taiwan in 1903,^[2] and to the then Territory of Hawaii in 1908.^[3] In 1909, he was appointed Consul-General to the Philippines (then a United States territory).<ref name="Edinburgh Gazette - 19Nov1909 - "Alfred Ernest Wileman, Esq., to be His Majesty's Consul-General for the Phillipine Islands, to reside at Manila"">"The Edinburgh Gazette, November 19, 1909" (PDF). Edinburgh Gazette. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 December 2011.</ref>

Wileman was an accomplished amateur lepidopterist.

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 27308. p. 2856. 26 April 1901.
2. "Edinburgh Gazette - 22Sep1903" (PDF). Edinburgh Gazette (Government of the United Kingdom). September 22, 1903. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
3. "The London Gazette, Friday July 3, 1908" (PDF). London Gazette (Government of the United Kingdom). July 3, 1908. Retrieved 8 December 2011.