Edgar Addison Bancroft (November 20, 1857 – July 28, 1925) was an American lawyer and diplomat.

[3] Bancroft was counsel for the Santa Fe Railway and the International Harvester Co.[3] In 1919 he was appointed to the Chicago Commission on Race Relations.

[4] President Calvin Coolidge named him Ambassador to Japan during a recess of the Senate on September 23, 1924.

[2][5] As a gesture of good-will, the Japanese government sent the light cruiser Tama to San Pedro in California with his remains.

[6] In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Edgar Bancroft, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 40+ works in 50+ publications in two languages and 200+ library holdings.