Casement, Roger David (1864–1916), diplomatist and Irish rebel, was born on 1 September 1864 at Doyle's Cottage, Lawson Terrace, Sandymount, near Dublin, the youngest son of Captain Roger Casement (1819–1877) of the 3rd dragoon guards. His father was of Ulster protestant stock and his mother, ...
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Casement, Roger David (1864–1916), diplomatist and Irish rebel
D. George Boyce
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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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Harriman [née Digby; other married names Churchill, Hayward], Pamela Beryl (1920–1997), adventurer and diplomatist
James Owen
Harriman [née Digby; other married names Churchill, Hayward], Pamela Beryl (1920–1997), adventurer and diplomatist, was born on 20 March 1920 at Farnborough, Kent, the eldest of three daughters and oldest of the four children of Edward Kenelm Digby, eleventh Baron Digby...
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Howard, Esme William, first Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939), diplomatist
B. J. C. McKercher
Howard, Esme William, first Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939), diplomatist, was born at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland, on 15 September 1863, the youngest child in the family of four sons and two daughters of Henry Howard (1802–1875), landowner, of Greystoke Castle and Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire...
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Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, Earl Lyons (1817–1887), diplomatist
Bernard Sasso
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, Earl Lyons (1817–1887), diplomatist, was born on 26 April 1817 at Lymington, Hampshire, the elder son of Edmund Lyons, first Baron Lyons (1790–1858), naval officer and diplomatist, and his wife, Augusta Louisa, née Rogers (d. 1852). After attending ...
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Palgrave, William Gifford (1826–1888), traveller and diplomatist
Jason Thompson
Palgrave, William Gifford (1826–1888), traveller and diplomatist, was born at 22 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, on 24 January 1826. He was the second son of Sir Francis Palgrave (1788–1861), founder of the Public Record Office, whose name had been Francis Cohen until in 1823 he converted to the ...
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Palmer, Roger, earl of Castlemaine (1634–1705), diplomatist and Roman Catholic apologist
R. A. P. J. Beddard
Palmer, Roger, earl of Castlemaine (1634–1705), diplomatist and Roman Catholic apologist, was born on 3 September 1634, the second son of Sir James Palmer (d. 1657), of Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire, being the son of Sir James's second marriage, to Catherine, daughter of ...
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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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Tunstal [Tunstall], Cuthbert (1474–1559), bishop of Durham and diplomat
D. G. Newcombe
Tunstal [Tunstall], Cuthbert (1474–1559), bishop of Durham and diplomat, was born near Hornby Castle in Hackforth, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Tunstal, later a squire of the body to Richard III, and of his future second wife, a daughter of Sir John Conyers...
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Waldegrave, James, first Earl Waldegrave (1684–1741), diplomatist and politician
Philip Woodfine
Waldegrave, James, first Earl Waldegrave (1684–1741), diplomatist and politician, was the eldest son of Lady Henrietta Fitzjames (1666/7–1730), the eldest illegitimate daughter of James, duke of York (later King James II), and Arabella Churchill, the sister of John Churchill, later first duke of Marlborough...
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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...
