Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens,
PC (1 March 1753 – 19 February 1839)
[''Fitzherbert, Alleyne, Baron St Helens (1753–1839), diplomatist'' by Stephen M. Lee in '']Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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'' was a British diplomat. He was
Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from 1783 to 1788, appointed
Chief Secretary for Ireland
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and a member of the
Privy Council (
Great Britain
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&
Ireland
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) in 1787, serving in the former position until 1789. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to
Spain
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from 1790 to 1794.
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He was a friend of explorer ]George Vancouver
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, who named Mount St. Helens in what is now the U.S. state of Washington after him.[
]
Life
Alleyne was fifth and youngest son of William Fitzherbert of Tissington
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in Derbyshire
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, who married Mary, eldest daughter of Littleton Poyntz Meynell of Bradley, near Ashbourne.