Yi Han-eung

Early life and education Yi Han-eung was born on 30 October 1874 in Yongin, Joseon (present-day South Korea) to , the Military Governor of Kunyang (present-day, Sacheon) and member of the clan .

In 1889, Yi enrolled at , and graduated sometime between 1891 and 1892. Yi later attended Sŏnggyun'gwan and took the Gwageo national civil service examination and passed the saengjin-gwa Jinsa in 1894. In 1897, Yi began working as a Jusa in (present-day Seoul), and was appointed as an English instructor at Yukyeong Park in 1899. Yi relocated to London alongside the , the Envoy and Plenipotentiary to the UKGBI and Kingdom of Italy, and lived temporary on Queen Victoria Street before moving to 4 Trebovir Road, Earl's Court. In November 1903, Min Yong-ton was dismissed and returned to Korea without appointing a successor. The second memorandum argued that " the Anglo-Japanese and Franco-Russian alliances are [not] the durable ones, and... it is high time for Great Britain and France to create a treaty of four powers for Far Eastern affairs as well as for the worlds", and if Britain and France continued to support opposite alliances both Korea and China would be unable to remain independent nations.

On 3 March 1905, Yi contacted the Foreign Office stating that the Russo-Japanese peace negotiations had made it evident that both Russia and Japan recognised Japan's claim over Korea, to which Yi argued that Japan should respect the territorial integrity of Korea in accordance with the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance. On the 22 December, Pritchard-Morgan handed over the embassy to diplomats from the Japanese Empire.

Personal life and legacy Yi was married to Jin Yang-gang, with whom he had one daughter.