Augustus Henry Mounsey was the fourth son of George Gill Mounsey of Castletown House near
Carlisle, Cumberland. Mounsey entered
Rugby School in 1849 and completed his schooling there. Mounsey started his diplomatic career in
Lisbon in 1857 and was promoted to
Hanover in 1861 and to
Vienna in 1862. In 1873 Mounsey was appointed the Acting Consul General in
Budapest and later the same in Paris in 1875. and on 22 July 1878 sent to
Athens. From 1881 until his death he served as British
Minister Resident and Consul General to
Colombia. Mounsey's
The Satsuma Rebellion (1879), which chronicled the
Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 and assassination of
Ōkubo Toshimichi in 1877, was noted by
Shigeno Yasutsugu for its deviation from the East Asian historiography through
annalistic records and for its discussion beyond the immediate factors of the rebellion. The book gives the most detailed descriptions of the military campaigns of the rebellion. ==Publications==