Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe GCG (1790–1851) was a British politician and diplomat.

Life

Sir Edward Disbrowe was born at

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, the son of Colonel Edward Disbrowe, and his wife Lady Charlotte Hobart, fourth daughter of

George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire George Hobart George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (8 September 173114 November 1804) was a British peer, styled The Honourable George Hobart from 1733 until 1793. Life Hobart was the son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his ...

. He was a lineal descendant of

John Desborough John DesboroughAlso spelt John Disbrowe and John Desborow (the latter in the Indemnity and Oblivion Act, section XLIII) (1608–1680) was an English soldier and politician who supported the parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. ...

(or Disbrowe), a senior commander in the Parliamentary Army who was brother-in-law to

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. His father was Vice-Chamberlain to

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, wife of

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. Disbrowe was

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(MP) for

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(1823–26), and later served in the British diplomatic corps in positions in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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and other postings. He was British Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1836 to 1851, where he died at

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, and his body was returned to England on the ship HMS ''

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''. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of the county of

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Family

Disbrowe was married to

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, daughter of the Hon. Robert Kennedy, son of

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. Disbrowe's eldest daughter Charlotte, who lived at the family home in Derbyshire, became a writer of note, publishing two volumes recounting her father's diplomatic service, with particular attention to his time in Russia. Disbrowe's younger daughter Jane Harriet married

Henry Christopher Wise Henry Christopher Wise (7 October 1806 – 15 January 1883) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1874. Wise was the son of Rev. Henry Wise of the Priory, Warwick and his wife Charlotte Mary Porten ...

of Woodcote House,

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, Warwickshire,

. Wise was the great-great-grandson of Henry Wise, gardener to Queen Anne, who laid out

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.''The History of Woodcote, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire'', Leek Wootton website
File:Sir Edward Disbrowe by Brian Searby (Middleton Album).jpg, 1820s File:Lady Disbrowe by Brian Searby (Middleton Album).jpg, Wife

References

External links

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Disbrowe, The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland, Robert H. O'Byrne, London, 1848''History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire'', T. Bulmer, 1895
{{DEFAULTSORT:Disbrowe, Edward Cromwell 1790 births 1851 deaths UK MPs 1820–1826 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies People from South Derbyshire District Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands Knights Bachelor Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire