He sent General Horace Sebastiani as envoy extraordinary. His title was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Layard resigned from office in 1869, on being sent as envoy extraordinary to Madrid. Then he transferred to Tehran as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia. In 1889 he became known as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela. Satow returned to Japan as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on 28 July 1895. In 1825 the ministry was upgraded to "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary". In February 1935 he was appointed His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Kathmandu.