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