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Paget, William, first Baron Paget (1505/6–1563), diplomat and administrator  

Sybil M. Jack

Paget, William, first Baron Paget (1505/6–1563), diplomat and administrator, was born probably in Colman Street near the Guildhall, London, the son of John Pachett or Paget of London, a citizen of small fortune variously employed as a shearman and sergeant-at-mace to the sheriff of ...

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Sadler, Sir Ralph (1507–1587), diplomat and administrator  

Gervase Phillips

Sadler, Sir Ralph (1507–1587), diplomat and administrator, was probably born in Warwickshire, the first son of Henry Sadler, administrator, of Warwickshire and Hackney, Middlesex. His father was a steward of Sir Edward Belknap until 1521, when he acquired a house in Hackney. He then became steward of ...

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Southwell, Sir Robert (1635–1702), diplomat and government official  

Toby Barnard

Southwell, Sir Robert (1635–1702), diplomat and government official, was born near Kinsale in co. Cork on 31 December 1635, the second but only surviving son and heir of Robert Southwell (bap. 1608, d. 1677) and Helena (1613–1679), daughter of Major Robert Gore, of ...

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Vane, Sir Henry (1589–1655), administrator and diplomat  

R. Malcolm Smuts

Vane, Sir Henry (1589–1655), administrator and diplomat, was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane (or Fane; 1560–1596) of Hadlow, Kent, and his second wife, Margaret (d. 1630), daughter of Roger Twysden. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford...

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Wotton, Edward, first Baron Wotton (1548–1628), diplomat and administrator  

A. J. Loomie

Wotton, Edward, first Baron Wotton (1548–1628), diplomat and administrator, was born at Boughton Manor, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, the second but first surviving son among the six sons and three daughters of Thomas Wotton (b. in or before 1521, d. 1587) [see under...