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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

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

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

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

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

M. Greengrass

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

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 ...