Adair, Sir Robert (1763–1855), politician and diplomatist, was the son of Robert Adair, sergeant-surgeon to George III, and Lady Caroline Keppel. He was born on 24 May 1763, and was sent to Westminster School in 1773, and thence to the University of Göttingen...
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Adair, Sir Robert (1763–1855), politician and diplomatist
W. P. Courtney
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Arbuthnot, Charles (1767–1850), diplomatist and politician
Neville Thompson
Arbuthnot, Charles (1767–1850), diplomatist and politician, was born on 14 March 1767, the third son of John Arbuthnot (1729–1797), merchant, of Ravensbury near Mitcham, Surrey, and his third wife, Anne (d. 1782), daughter of Richard Stone, a London banker. The father's enterprise failed early in his son's life but in 1782 he was appointed inspector-general of the ...
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Bentinck, Hans Willem [William], first earl of Portland (1649–1709), diplomat and politician
Hugh Dunthorne and David Onnekink
Bentinck, Hans Willem [William], first earl of Portland (1649–1709), diplomat and politician, was born on 20 July 1649 ns at Diepenheim in the eastern Netherlands, the fifth of nine children of Berent Bentinck (1597–1668), lord of Diepenheim and drost (sheriff) of Deventer, and his wife, ...
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Brown, Sir Robert, first baronet (d. 1760), politician and diplomatist
William Hunt
revised by Philip Carter
Brown, Sir Robert, first baronet (d. 1760), politician and diplomatist, was the first son of William Brown, a London merchant, and his wife, Grisel Brice. As a young man he is said to have gone out to Venice with no other capital than a large second-hand wig, which he sold for ...
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Cooper, (Alfred) Duff, first Viscount Norwich (1890–1954), diplomatist and politician
Philip Ziegler
Cooper, (Alfred) Duff, first Viscount Norwich (1890–1954), diplomatist and politician, was born at 9 Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, London, on 22 February 1890. His father, Sir Alfred Cooper (1838–1908), was a fashionable London surgeon who specialized in the sexual problems of the upper classes and was celebrated for his skill, discretion, and conviviality. ...
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Cottington, Francis, first Baron Cottington (1579?–1652), diplomat and politician
Fiona Pogson
Cottington, Francis, first Baron Cottington (1579
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Digby, John, first earl of Bristol (1580–1653), diplomat and politician
David L. Smith
Digby, John, first earl of Bristol (1580–1653), diplomat and politician, was born in February 1580, the fourth and youngest son of Sir George Digby (d. 1586), of Coleshill, Warwickshire, and of Abigail Heveningham of Ketteringham, Norfolk. He became a fellow-commoner of Magdalen College, Oxford...
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Eliot, Edward Granville, third earl of St Germans (1798–1877), diplomatist and politician
G. B. Smith
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Eliot, Edward Granville, third earl of St Germans (1798–1877), diplomatist and politician, was the only son of William, second earl of St Germans (d. 1845), and his first wife, Lady Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower, the fourth daughter of the first marquess of Stafford...
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Hoby, Sir Edward (1560–1617), politician and diplomat
Louis A. Knafla
Hoby, Sir Edward (1560–1617), politician and diplomat, was born at Bisham, Berkshire, on 20 March 1560, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hoby (1530–1566) and his wife, Elizabeth (1528–1609), third daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex, and later wife of ...
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Howard, Frederick, fifth earl of Carlisle (1748–1825), politician and diplomat
P. M. Geoghegan
Howard, Frederick, fifth earl of Carlisle (1748–1825), politician and diplomat, was born on 28 May 1748, the youngest and only surviving son of Henry Howard, fourth earl of Carlisle (1694–1758), politician and landowner [see under Howard, Charles, third earl of Carlisle], and his second wife, ...
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Montagu, Ralph, first duke of Montagu (bap. 1638, d. 1709), politician and diplomat
Edward Charles Metzger
Montagu, Ralph, first duke of Montagu (bap. 1638, d. 1709), politician and diplomat, was born at his grandmother's (Lady Winwood's) house in London and baptized on 24 December 1638 at St Bartholomew-the-Less, London, the second son of Edward Montagu, second Baron Montagu of Boughton...
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Nassau van Zuylestein, William Henry van, fourth earl of Rochford (1717–1781), diplomatist and politician
Geoffrey W. Rice
Nassau van Zuylestein, William Henry van, fourth earl of Rochford (1717–1781), diplomatist and politician, was born on 17 September 1717 at St Osyth Priory, Essex, the elder son of Frederick van Nassau van Zuylestein, third earl of Rochford (1682/3–1738) [see under Nassau van Zuylestein, William van...
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Nicolson, Sir Harold George (1886–1968), diplomatist and politician
T. G. Otte
Nicolson, Sir Harold George (1886–1968), diplomatist and politician, was born at the British legation, Tehran, on 21 November 1886, the third son of Arthur Nicolson, first Baron Carnock (1849–1928), and his wife, (Mary) Katharine Rowan (d. 1951), the youngest daughter of Captain Archibald Rowan Hamilton...
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Phipps, Constantine Henry, first marquess of Normanby (1797–1863), politician and diplomatist
Richard Davenport-Hines
Phipps, Constantine Henry, first marquess of Normanby (1797–1863), politician and diplomatist, was born on 15 May 1797, at Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, Yorkshire, first son of Henry Phipps, first earl of Mulgrave (1755–1831), and his wife, Martha Sophia Maling (d. 1849). Styled Viscount Normanby...
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Phipps, Henry, first earl of Mulgrave (1755–1831), diplomatist and politician
Stephen M. Lee
Phipps, Henry, first earl of Mulgrave (1755–1831), diplomatist and politician, was born on 14 February 1755, the third son of Constantine Phipps, first Baron Mulgrave of New Ross (bap. 1722, d. 1775), a landowner, and his wife, Lepell (1723–1780), the eldest daughter of ...
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St John, Henry, styled first Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751), politician, diplomatist, and author
H. T. Dickinson
St John, Henry, styled first Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751), politician, diplomatist, and author, the son of Henry St John, Viscount St John (1652–1742), landowner, and Lady Mary Rich (d. 1678), second daughter of Robert Rich, third earl of Warwick, was born on 16 September 1678, very probably at ...
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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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Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), politician and diplomatist
John Cannon
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), politician and diplomatist, was born on 22 September 1694 in the parish of St James's, Westminster, the son of Philip Stanhope, third earl of Chesterfield (1673–1726), and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Savile (c.1674–1708)...
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Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas (1515/16–1571), diplomat and member of parliament
Stanford Lehmberg
Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas (1515/16–1571), diplomat and member of parliament, was the fourth of the seven sons of Sir George Throckmorton (c. 1489–1552) of Coughton, Warwickshire, and his wife, Katherine, daughter of Nicholas, first Baron Vaux of Harrowden, and his wife, Elizabeth Parr. Nicholas...
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Townshend, Charles, second Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), politician, diplomatist, and agricultural innovator
Linda Frey and Marsha Frey
Townshend, Charles, second Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), politician, diplomatist, and agricultural innovator, was born on 18 April 1674 at Raynham, Norfolk, and baptized on 2 May at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. He was the eldest of the three sons and heir of Horatio Townshend, first Viscount Townshend...
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