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 representative peer
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from 1739 and
sheriff
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of
Lanark
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from 1739,
in 1739 and 1740. He was appointed a
Knight of the Thistle
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in 1742 and a
Privy Counsellor
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in 1750. He was
Vice Admiral of Scotland from 1764 to 1767.
He was envoy to
Prussia
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from 1741 to 1742, to
Russia
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from 1744 to 1749 and to
Vienna
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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
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1701 births
1767 deaths
Nobility from South Lanarkshire
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
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