Sir Robert Leslie Craigie , the leading expert on naval matters at the Foreign Office , has been appointed British Ambassador to Tokyo . Sir Robert , who entered the Foreign Office in 1907 , has attended all the important naval conferences of recent years . His Official post was Assistant Under Secretary of State . Sir Robert is fifty four years old and was married in 1918 to Pleasant , daughter of the Hon Pleasant A Stovall , of Savannah , Georgia , former US Minister in Borno . In 1920 Sir Robert Craigio was First Secretary at Washington . The Tokyo Embassy carries with it a salary of ?6 , 000 . Photo shows , Sir Robert Leslie Craigie out for a walk in London with his bulldog . 16 March 1937