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[[File:Hotta-masatsune.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The graves of Masatsune and his wives Hideko and Kazuko, at the [[Hotta clan]] cemetery at [[Jindai-ji]], in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]]]]
*''Born: [[1887]]/10/21''
*''Born: [[1887]]/10/21''
*''Died: 1951/3/16''
*''Died: 1951/3/16''
*''Japanese'': [[堀田]]正恒 ''(Hotta Masatsune)''
Hotta Masatsune was a prominent politician of the Taishô and Shôwa periods.
Hotta Masatsune was a prominent politician of the Taishô and Shôwa periods.
Born into the [[Nabeshima clan]] in the Azabu neighborhood of [[Tokyo]], the son of [[Nabeshima Naoto|Nabeshima Naotô]], he was adopted by [[Hotta Masatomo]], the last [[Edo period]] lord of [[Sakura han]]. He graduated from [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] in 1915, completed a graduate degree there in 1918, and that same year, became a member of the House of Peers, with the title of ''[[kazoku|Hakushaku]]''. He became a councilor in the Ministry of the Navy, and served as parliamentary Navy vice-minister in the cabinets of [[Prime Minister]]s [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]], [[Saito Makoto|Saitô Makoto]], and [[Okada Keisuke]] in 1930s, and served in the House of Peers until its abolition in 1946.
Born into the [[Nabeshima clan]] in the Azabu neighborhood of [[Tokyo]], the son of [[Nabeshima Naoto|Nabeshima Naotô]], Masatsune was adopted by [[Hotta Masatomo]], the last [[Edo period]] lord of [[Sakura han]]. He graduated from [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] in 1915, completed a graduate degree there in 1918, and that same year, became a member of the House of Peers, with the title of ''[[kazoku|Hakushaku]]''. He became a councilor in the Ministry of the Navy, and served as parliamentary Navy vice-minister in the cabinets of [[Prime Minister]]s [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]], [[Saito Makoto|Saitô Makoto]], and [[Okada Keisuke]] in 1930s, and served in the House of Peers until its abolition in 1946.
He is buried in the [[Hotta clan]] cemetery at [[Jindai-ji]], in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture]], alongside his wives Hideko and Kazuko.
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