唐绍仪　字少川。年五十七岁。生于广东香山。已婚。以官费游美。入哥仑比亚大学。光緖七年。回国。光緖八年。任朝鲜海关帮办。光緖十二年。任驻朝鲜领事。光緖二十六年。任津海关道。光緖三十年。充赴西藏特使。光緖三十一年。署外务部右侍郞。光緖三十二年。任沪寗及京汉铁路督办。税务处总办。及邮传部左侍郞。光緖三十三年。任奉天巡抚。光緖三十四年。充特派赴美国钦差大臣。宣统三年。署邮传部尚书。又充全权代表。与民军首领议和。民国元年。任内阁总理。民国二年以还。任上海金星保险公司总经理。

tang, shao-yi.-born in canton, 1860. married, 1812. studied at columbia university. returned to china, august, 1881. assistant, korean maritime customs, 1882. consul in korea, 1886. customs taotai, tientsin, 1900. special commissioner to tibet, 1901. acting junior vice-president, ministry of foreign affairs, 1905. director-general of shanghai-nanking and peking-hankow railways; comptroller-general of the revenue council; senior vice-president of ministry of communications; 1906. governor of fengtien, 1907. special envoy to america, 1908. acting president, ministry of communications, 1911. delegate to the peace conference at shanghai, 1911. premier of the first republican cabinet, 1912. managing director, the venus assurance co., shanghai, 1913 to date.