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Barker, John (1771–1849), diplomatist and horticulturist  

Arthur H. Grant

revised by Lynn Milne

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Barker, John (1771–1849), diplomatist and horticulturist, was born at Smyrna on 9 March 1771. His father, William Barker, of The Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, was on his way from Florida to India, when ill health caused him to settle at Smyrna. John Barker was educated in ...

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Delaval, George (bap. 1668, d. 1723)  

Stafford M. Linsley

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Fairfax, Thomas, first Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1560–1640), diplomat, soldier, and horse breeder  

Jack Binns

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Fairfax, Thomas, first Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1560–1640), diplomat, soldier, and horse breeder, was born at Bilbrough, near York, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1521–1600) of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorkshire, and Dorothy (d. 1596), daughter of George Gale, goldsmith and lord mayor of ...

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Mildmay, Sir Anthony (c. 1549–1617), landowner and diplomat  

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Sidney, Robert, second earl of Leicester (1595–1677)  

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Robert Sidney, second earl of Leicester (1595–1677) by unknown artist private collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sidney, Robert, second earl of Leicester (1595–1677), diplomat and landowner  

Ian Atherton

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Sidney, Robert, second earl of Leicester (1595–1677), diplomat and landowner, was born on 1 December 1595 at Baynard's Castle, London, the youngest but only surviving son of Robert Sidney, first earl of Leicester (1563–1626), and his first wife, Barbara Sidney, née Gamage (c. 1559–1621)...

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Townshend, Charles, second Viscount Townshend (1674–1738)  

Maker: Sir Godfrey Kneller

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Charles Townshend, second Viscount Townshend (1674–1738) by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1704? © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Townshend, Charles, second Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), politician, diplomatist, and agricultural innovator  

Linda Frey and Marsha Frey

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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...