Sir William Hussey (1642–1691) was English ambassador to the

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. Hussey was the son of Thomas Hussey and his wife Rhoda Chapman, daughter of Thomas Chapman, of

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.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> He was a merchant and deputy-governor of the Levant Company. On 20 April 1690, the Levant Company elected. Travelling overland, he arrived at

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on 30 November. He left that city in April 1691 and was appointed by King William III as Ambassador to the Porte in

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on 28 June, in time to mediate between the Ottomans and the

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. Hussey died on 14 September 1691 at

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, during the peace negotiations. His sarcophagus remains in the Edirne Museum.

References

* Alfred Cecil Wood, ''A history of the Levant Company''. 1642 births 1691 deaths Ambassadors of England to the Ottoman Empire Levant Company History of Edirne 17th-century English diplomats {{England-diplomat-stub