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John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford (15 March 1701 – 19 July 1767), styled Lord Carmichael between 1710 and 1737, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat.


Life

He was son of James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford and succeeded to the earldom in 1737. He was a Scottish
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from 1739 and
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of
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from 1739, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the
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in 1739 and 1740. He was appointed a
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in 1742 and a
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in 1750. He was Vice Admiral of Scotland from 1764 to 1767. He was envoy to
Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
from 1741 to 1742, to
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from 1744 to 1749 and to
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from 1752 to 1764. He was succeeded by John Carmichael, the son of his uncle, William Carmichael of Skirling.


References

* The Scottish Peerage


External links

* * 1701 births 1767 deaths Diplomatic peers Earls of Hyndford Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia Knights of the Thistle Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Scottish representative peers Ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor {{Scotland-earl-stub