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Bentinck, Lord William Henry Cavendish- [known as Lord William Bentinck] (1774–1839), army officer, diplomatist, and governor-general of India  

Douglas M. Peers

Bentinck, Lord William Henry Cavendish- [known as Lord William Bentinck] (1774–1839), army officer, diplomatist, and governor-general of India, was born on 14 September 1774 at Burlington House in London, the second son of William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, third duke of Portland (1738–1809)...

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Cadogan, William, Earl Cadogan (1671/2–1726), army officer and diplomat  

James Falkner

Cadogan, William, Earl Cadogan (1671/2–1726), army officer and diplomat, was born at Liscarton, co. Meath, the eldest son of Henry Cadogan (d. 1715), barrister, and his wife, Bridget, daughter of Sir Hardress Waller. His grandfather was Major William Cadogan, governor of Trim...

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Keith, George, styled tenth Earl Marischal (1692/3?–1778), Jacobite army officer and diplomatist in the Prussian service  

Edward M. Furgol

Keith, George, styled tenth Earl Marischal (1692/3?–1778), Jacobite army officer and diplomatist in the Prussian service, was the eldest son of William Keith, ninth Earl Marischal (c. 1664–1712) [see under Drummond, Lady Mary] and Lady Mary Drummond (1675–1729), eldest daughter of ...

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Lyons, Edmund, first Baron Lyons (1790–1858), naval officer and diplomatist  

Andrew Lambert

Lyons, Edmund, first Baron Lyons (1790–1858), naval officer and diplomatist, the fourth son of John Lyons of Antigua and St Austen's, Lymington, in Hampshire, was born on 29 November 1790 at Burton, Christchurch, Hampshire. Vice Admiral John Lyons (d. 1872), for many years in the Egyptian service, was his elder brother. ...

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Montagu [Mountagu], Edward, first earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), army and naval officer and diplomat  

J. D. Davies

Montagu [Mountagu], Edward, first earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), army and naval officer and diplomat, was born at Barnwell, Northamptonshire, on 27 July 1625, the second but eldest surviving son of Sir Sydney Montagu (c.1571–1644) of Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, MP for Huntingdonshire, master of requests, and groom of the bedchamber to ...

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Mordaunt, Charles, third earl of Peterborough and first earl of Monmouth (1658?–1735), army officer and diplomatist  

John B. Hattendorf

Mordaunt, Charles, third earl of Peterborough and first earl of Monmouth (1658?–1735), army officer and diplomatist, was the eldest of the eleven children of John Mordaunt, first Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon (1626–1675), royalist conspirator, and Elizabeth (1632/3–1679), daughter and sole heir of the ...

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Rose, Hugh Henry, Baron Strathnairn (1801–1885), army officer and diplomatist  

Brian Robson

Rose, Hugh Henry, Baron Strathnairn (1801–1885), army officer and diplomatist, was born on 6 April 1801, in Berlin, the third son of Sir George Henry Rose (1770–1855) and his wife, Frances (d. 12 Oct 1861), the daughter of Thomas Duncombe of Duncombe Park...

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Sherley [Shirley], Anthony [known as Sir Anthony Sherley], Count Sherley in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1565–1636?), adventurer and diplomat in the Persian service  

Richard Raiswell

Sherley [Shirley], Anthony [known as Sir Anthony Sherley], Count Sherley in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1565–1636?), adventurer and diplomat in the Persian service, was born at the family estate of Wiston in Sussex, one of nine children of Sir Thomas Sherley (c. 1542–1612)...

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Skelton, Bevil (c. 1641–1696), diplomat and soldier  

J. D. Davies

Skelton, Bevil (c. 1641–1696), diplomat and soldier, was the eldest son of the Yorkshire soldier Sir John Skelton (d. 1673), lieutenant-governor of Plymouth from 1660, and his wife, Bridget (d. 1681), daughter of Sir Peter Prideaux. He later hinted that he served with the tiny royalist army in the 1657 campaign that culminated in the battle of the ...

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Spears [formerly Spiers], Sir Edward Louis, baronet (1886–1974), army officer and diplomatist  

Max Egremont

Spears [formerly Spiers], Sir Edward Louis, baronet (1886–1974), army officer and diplomatist, was born in the Passy district of Paris, at 7 Chaussée de la Muette, on 7 August 1886, the only son and elder child of Charles McCarthy Spiers (1858–1912), commission agent, and his wife, ...

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Stanhope, James, first Earl Stanhope (1673–1721), army officer, diplomat, and politician  

A. A. Hanham

Stanhope, James, first Earl Stanhope (1673–1721), army officer, diplomat, and politician, was born in Paris, the eldest of the seven children of the Hon. Alexander Stanhope (1638–1707), himself the youngest son of Philip Stanhope, first earl of Chesterfield, and his wife, Katherine (...

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Unton [Umpton], Sir Henry (c. 1558–1596), diplomat and soldier  

M. Greengrass

Unton [Umpton], Sir Henry (c. 1558–1596), diplomat and soldier, was born at Wadley, the second son of Sir Edward Unton (d. 1583) of Wadley, near Faringdon, Berkshire, and his wife, Anne Dudley (1538–1587) [see under Seymour, Jane], the eldest daughter of ...

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Vane [formerly Stewart], Charles William, third marquess of Londonderry (1778–1854), army officer and diplomatist  

E. M. Lloyd

revised by A. J. Heesom

Vane [formerly Stewart], Charles William, third marquess of Londonderry (1778–1854), army officer and diplomatist, was the only son of Robert Stewart, first marquess of Londonderry (1739–1821), and his second wife, Frances (d. 18 January 1833, aged eighty-two), eldest daughter of Charles Pratt, ...

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Vere [de Vere], Sir Francis (1560/61–1609), army officer and diplomat  

D. J. B. Trim

Vere [de Vere], Sir Francis (1560/61–1609), army officer and diplomat, was the second son of Geoffrey Vere (c.1525–1572?) and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1615), daughter of Richard Harkyns (or Hardekyn) of Colchester, Essex. He was born in 1560 or early in 1561, at either ...