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Francis Drake (diplomat)
Francis Drake (1764–1821), of Yardbury and Wells, was a British diplomat, holding positions at Genoa and Munich during the Napoleonic Wars. Francis Drake was the son of Rev. Francis Drake, Vicar of Seaton and Beer. In 1790 Drake was appointed Secretary of Legation to the Court of Copenhagen., moving on to be Minister Resident at Venice before becoming envoy to Genoa in 1793. He took leave to return from Genoa to England to marry in 1795. In 1799 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector Palatine, and Minister to the Diet of Ratisbon. He kept up correspondence with French informants, and in 1804 was politically embarrassed when some letters, revealing the plans of Charles Pichegru and Georges Cadoudal Georges Cadoudal ( br, Jorj Kadoudal; 1 January 1771 – 25 June 1804), sometimes called simply Georges, was a Breton politician, and leader of the ''Chouannerie'' during the French Revolution. He was posthumously named a Marshal of France in 1 ... to mount an upr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Drake (1764–1821)
Sir Francis Drake ( 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English Exploration, explorer and privateer best known for Francis Drake's circumnavigation, his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and third circumnavigation overall. Having started as a simple seaman, in 1588 he was part of the fight against the Spanish Armada as a vice-admiral. At an early age, Drake was placed into the household of a relative, William Hawkins (died c. 1554), William Hawkins, a prominent sea captain in Plymouth. In 1572, he set sail on his Francis Drake's expedition of 1572–1573, first independent mission, privateering along the Spanish Main. Drake's circumnavigation began on 15 December 1577. He crossed the Pacific Ocean, until then an area of exclusive Spanish interest, and laid claim to New Albion, plundering coastal towns and ships for treasure and supplies as he went. He arrived back in England on 26 September 158 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Cadoudal
Georges Cadoudal ( br, Jorj Kadoudal; 1 January 1771 – 25 June 1804), sometimes called simply Georges, was a Breton politician, and leader of the ''Chouannerie'' during the French Revolution. He was posthumously named a Marshal of France in 1814 by the reinstated Bourbons. Cadoudal means in Breton language "warrior returning from the fight". Biography Born in Brech, in Brittany, after completing his education, he remained true to his Royalist and Roman Catholic convictions during the start of the Revolution. From 1793 he organized a rebellion in the Morbihan against the National Convention of the First Republic. It was quickly suppressed, and he thereupon joined the army of the Vendée insurrection, taking part in the battles of Le Mans and of Savenay in December of the same year. Returning to Morbihan, he was arrested, and imprisoned at Brest. He succeeded, however, in escaping, and began again the struggle against the Revolution. In spite of the defeat of his party, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassadors Of Great Britain To Denmark
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also used informally for people who are known, without national appointment, to represent certain professions, activities, and fields of endeavor, such as sales. An ambassador is the ranking government representative stationed in a foreign capital or country. The host country typically allows the ambassador control of specific territory called an embassy, whose territory, staff, and vehicles are generally afforded diplomatic immunity in the host country. Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, an ambassador has the highest diplomatic rank. Countries may choose to maintain diplomatic relations at a lower level by appointing a chargé d'affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People Of The Napoleonic Wars
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1821 Deaths
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1764 Births
1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday and is the fifth year of the 1760s decade, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 764th year of the 2nd millennium. Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium is carried out as hundreds of the Székely minority in Transylvania are massacred by the Austrian Army at Madéfalva. * January 19 – John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons of Great Britain, for seditious libel. * February 15 – The settlement of St. Louis is established. * March 15 – The day after his return to Paris from a nine-year mission, French explorer and scholar Anquetil Du Perron presents a complete copy of the Zoroastrian sacred text, the ''Zend Avesta'', to the ''Bibliothèque Royale'' in Paris, along with several other traditional texts. In 1771, he publishes the first European translation of the ''Zend Avesta''. * March 17 – Francisco Javier de la Torre arrives in Manila to become the new Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Diplomats From The United Kingdom To Bavaria
Below is an ''incomplete'' list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Bavaria, specifically Heads of Missions sent after the creation of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1805, when diplomatic relations began in 1814 after the Napoleonic Wars.Hadyn, Joseph - ''The Book of Dignities'', 1851 Before the Napoleonic War, Great Britain maintained a diplomatic mission to the Elector of Bavaria and (from 1777) to the Elector of the Palatinate following his succession to the Duchy of Bavaria. This was often commonly combined with a mission to the Imperial Diet in Regensburg (Ratisbon). Heads of Missions Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary To the Imperial Diet *1639 Sir William Curtius '' Nürnberg'' *1642 Sir William Curtius ''Frankfurt'' *1649 Sir William Curtius '' Nürnberg'' *1689–c1694: Hugo Hughes ''Secretary''D. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) *c.1694–1702: ''probably no mission'' *1702–1704: Charles Whitwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Paget (diplomat)
Sir Arthur Paget GCB, PC (15 January 1771 – 26 July 1840) was a British diplomat and politician. Life Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane Champagné daughter of Arthur Champagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland. He was a younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey and the older brother of Sir Edward Paget, an army officer and colonial governor.''The Paget brothers, 1790–1840'', ed. Lord Hylton . G. H. Jolliffe(1918) He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, but did not take a degree.''The Paget Papers: Diplomatic and other correspondence of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, G. C. B., 1794–1807'', ed. A. B. Paget, 2 vols. (1896) At Oxford, Paget formed a close relationship with Cyril Jackson, Dean of Christ Church. Diplomatic career In 1791, he entered the British diplomatic service. J. M. Rigg described Paget as 'a man of easy charm who made his way with little difficulty up the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Diplomats From The United Kingdom To The Republic Of Genoa
List of diplomats from the Kingdom of England and Great Britain to the Republic of Genoa Envoys Extraordinary of England (to 1707) * 1697–1698 and 1702–1705: Sir Lambert BlackwellD. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) * 1705: Col. Mitford Crowe ''Resident'' * 1706–1707: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent) Envoys Extraordinary of Great Britain (from 1707) * 1707–1711: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent) * 1708–1713: William Richard Chetwynd ''Resident'' 1708–1711; then ''Envoy Extraordinary'' ** 1710: John Molesworth ''Envoy Extraordinary'' * 1714–1722: Henry Davenant ''No formal representation 1722–1763, other than Consuls'' * c.1723–1738: John Bagshaw ''Consul''http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp The National Archives catalogue, class SP 79 * c.1738–c.1756: John Birtles ''Consul'' * c.1758–1775: James Hollford ''Consul'' Ministers * 1763: Capt Augustus Harvey ''Minister'' * 1763–1766: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Diplomats From The United Kingdom To The Republic Of Venice
Below is an ''incomplete'' list of diplomats from Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, specifically Heads of Missions until the abolition of the republic in 1797. It includes envoys from the Kingdom of England before the Union with Scotland of 1707. Heads of Missions English Ministers Resident *1604-1610: Henry Wotton *1612-1615: Viscount Dorchester *1616-1619: Henry Wotton *1620 : Vacant *1621-1623: Henry Wotton *1634-1639: Earl of Denbigh *1639-1645: Sir Gilbert Talbot *1669-1672: Thomas Belasyse *1682–1685: Thomas Hobson *1689–1712: G. Broughton ''a resident diplomat''The National Archive class SP99 : status unclear. *1697–1698: Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester ''Ambassador''J. M. Rigg, 'Montagu, Charles, first duke of Manchester (c.1662–1722)’, rev. Matthew Kilburn, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 200 accessed 20 April 2009D. B. Horn, ''British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lindsay (diplomat)
William Lindsay was a Scottish diplomat and colonial governor. He was the second son of Sir David Lindsay of Evelick, of the Lindsay of Evelix family. He served as Great Britain's Resident to the Republic of Venice, as well as the Governor of Tobago in 1791. Like his elder brother John, he predeceased their father, and so David's titles passed to his third son, Charles. Sources *http://www.perthshireheritage.co.uk/evelick.html , - William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... Scottish diplomats Ambassadors of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice Scottish colonial officials 18th-century Scottish people Year of death missing Year of birth missing Governors of British Tobago {{Scotland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset Record Office
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