Edmund Roberts (diplomat)

His Excellency

Edmund Roberts
His Excellency; Edmund Roberts
Born	June 29, 1784; Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Died	June 12, 1836, age 51; Macau
Occupation(s)	Merchant; Envoy Extraordinary
Known for	Siamese–American Treaty of Amity and Commerce; Omani treaty of 1834
Notable work	Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat in the U. S. Sloop-of-war Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander, During the Years 1832-3-4 at Project Gutenberg (posthumous);
Spouse	Catherine Whipple Langdon
Children	11

Edmund Roberts (June 29, 1784 – June 12, 1836) was an American diplomat. Appointed by President Andrew Jackson, he served as the United States' first envoy to the Far East, and went on USS Peacock on non-resident diplomatic missions to the courts of Cochinchina, Thailand ("Siam") and Muscat and Oman during the years 1832–6.

Roberts concluded treaties with Thailand and Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, ratified in Washington, D.C. 30 June 1834. He returned in 1836 to exchange ratifications with Oman and Thailand and to the court of Minh Mạng in Vietnam for a second attempt at negotiation. He fell seriously ill with dysentery and died in Portuguese Macau, which precluded his becoming America's first envoy to Edo Japan.

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