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Constantine Phipps (diplomat)
Sir Edmund Constantine Henry Phipps, (15 March 1840 – 15 March 1911) was a British diplomat. Career Phipps was educated at Harrow School and later entered the Diplomatic Service in 1858.PHIPPS, Sir Edmund Constantine Henry Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 2 April 2012 In 1873, he was Third Secretary in and was requested by the Ambassador, George Buckley Mathew, to report on the condition of British emigrants in Brazil. In 1881, Phipps was promoted from the rank of Second Secretary to be |
Harrow School
Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner and farmer, under a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I. The school has an enrollment of about 820 boys, all of whom boarding school, board full-time, in twelve boarding houses. It was one of the seven public schools selected for reform in the Public Schools Act 1868. Harrow's uniform includes morning suits, Boater, straw boater hats, top hats and Walking stick, canes. Its list of distinguished alumni includes seven former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, British prime ministers: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Spencer Perceval, Perceval, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Goderich, Robert Peel, Peel, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Palmerston, Stanley Baldwin, Baldwin and Winston Churchill, Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace () is a royal official residence, residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and mourning. Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse (Great Britain), townhouse built for the John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte and became known as The Queen's House. During the 19th century it was enlarged by architects John Nash (architect), John Nash and Edward Blore, who constructed three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Pala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Henry Hardinge
Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge, (12 October 1859 – 27 December 1933), was a senior British diplomat. Early life Hardinge was born in London, the son of General Hon. Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge, (1828–1892), KCB, Commander of the Bombay Army and later Governor of Gibraltar, and a grandson of the 1st Viscount Hardinge. He was a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria 1870–1876. Hardinge studied Classics and Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford, matriculating in 1877 and graduating B.A. in 1881. He won the Lothian Prize Essay in 1880, and became a Fellow of All Souls College in 1881. He was a fluent speaker of Spanish and French. Diplomatic career Hardinge entered the Foreign Office in 1880, and had his first posting as a Junior Agent of the British Foreign Office, at Madrid, Spain, in 1883, under Ambassador Robert Morier. He acted as a Secretary to the Foreign Minister Lord Salisbury in 1885, and when Robert Morier was appointed Ambassador to Saint Petersburg, Russia, he we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet
Sir Edmund John Monson, 1st Baronet, (6 October 1834 – 28 October 1909), misspelled in some sources as Edward Monson, was a British diplomat who was minister or ambassador to several countries. Background and education The Hon. Edmund John Monson was born at Seal, Kent, the third son of William Monson, 6th Baron Monson, and Eliza Larken Monson. He was educated at Eton College and then Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1855, and was elected as a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1858. Diplomatic career Monson entered the British diplomatic service in 1856 and was posted as an unpaid attaché to the embassy in Paris, where Lord Cowley, the ambassador, called him "one of the best and most intelligent attachés he ever had". This secured him an appointment as private secretary to Lord Lyons, the newly appointed British Ambassador to the United States late in 1858. Monson was trained in the diplomatic service by Lord Lyons, and was a member of the Tory-sympatheti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Ambassador To Belgium
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belgium is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Belgium, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Belgium. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium''. Heads of Missions Envoys Extraordinary to the Sovereign Duchess of the Netherlands (1598- 1621) * 1600–1601: Thomas EdmondesJ. Palmer, ''A Biographical History of England'' (1824), 86. * 1605–1609: Thomas Edmondes * 1620: Sir Edward Conway Envoys Extraordinary to the General Governor of the Spanish Netherlands * 1665: Sir William Temple, Bt. * 1671: Sir Robert Southwell ''Ambassador'' * 1689–1692: John Andrew Eckhart ''Resident''D. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) * 1692–1696: Robert Wolseley * 1696–1699: Richard Hill ''Envoy Extraoridinary to all parts of Netherlands'' * 1699–1701: Mr Marmande ''Secretary'' Envoys Extraordinary at Brussels * 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Dering, 9th Baronet
Sir Henry Neville Dering, 9th Baronet, (21 September 1839 – 25 August 1906) was a British diplomat. Dering was the son of Sir Edward Dering, 8th Baronet, a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1896. He was List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Mexico, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Mexico 1894–1900, and List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Brazil, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil 1900–1906. On 21 September 1900, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent. He married, in 1853, Rosa Underwood, daughter of Jos. Underwood. They were parents of the next Baronet, Sir Henry Edward Dering, 10th Baronet, Henry Edward Dering. His second son, Herbert Guy Dering, Sir Herbert Guy Dering, was British Minister to Siam, Bulgaria, and Romania. References Dering baronets Companions of the Order of the Bath Deputy lieu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Wyndham (diplomat)
Sir George Hugh Wyndham (18 November 1836 – 10 February 1916) was a British diplomat who was minister to Serbia, Brazil and Romania. Career George Hugh Wyndham was educated at Harrow School and Exeter College, Oxford and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1857. He accompanied Sir Frederick Bruce to China in 1859 and stayed there for two years. He then served as consul-general at Warsaw and subsequently as Secretary of the legations or embassies at Athens, Madrid, St Petersburg and Constantinople (where in 1883 it fell to him, as Chargé d'Affaires to the Sublime Porte, to sign a declaration amending the convention for the suppression of the slave trade that had been agreed between the UK government and the Sultan of Turkey in 1880). Wyndham was promoted to be Minister Resident to the King of Serbia in 1885 and upgraded to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the following year. In 1888 he was moved to be minister to Brazil and remained there until mid-1894. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Phipps
Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps (27 October 1875 – 13 August 1945) was a British diplomat. Family Phipps was the son of Sir Constantine Phipps, later British Ambassador to Belgium, and his wife, Maria Jane (née Miller Mundy). Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, was his great-grandfather, and he was also a great-grandson of Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, who was present at the Battle of Waterloo, and of Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, who was a lieutenant on HMS ''Phoebe'' at the Battle of Trafalgar. Early life and career As a child, he accompanied his parents around Europe to his father's various postings. He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, and the University of Paris, from which he graduated. He passed the competitive examination for entry to the Diplomatic Service in January 1899 and was posted as an attaché to Paris in October 1899, being promoted Third Secretary in January 1901. In January 1905 he was posted to Constantinople, was promoted S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hindmarsh
Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH (baptised 22 May 1785 – 29 July 1860) was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838. Family His grandfather William Hindmarsh was a gardener in Coniscliffe, County Durham. His father, John Hindmarsh, was born on 27 June 1753 and baptised at St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington. He was pressed into the Royal Navy, and eventually became a warrant officer of the ''Bellerophon''. On 23 August 1784 Hindmarsh (senior) married Mrs Mary Roxburgh, a widow, at St George's-in-the East, Middlesex.'The Journal of the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society, Volume 12, No 2, Summer 1987 p40, ''From Durham to the South Seas'', by FS Hindmarsh, (This is p13 of the pdf file.) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Miller Mundy
Alfred Miller Mundy (9 January 1809 – 29 March 1877) was an English military officer in colonial New South Wales, who after leaving the army served in the Legislative Council of South Australia, from 15 June 1843 to 14 May 1849. History Alfred Miller Mundy was born on 9 January 1809 in Derbyshire. He was the third son of Edward Miller Mundy (d. 1834) and his wife Nelly Mundy (née Barton). Edward was the owner of the manor of Shipley in Derbyshire, having succeeded his father and namesake to his estate in 1822. Alfred's paternal grandfather- Edward Miller Mundy was the first of the Miller Mundys to own the manor of Shipley, having inherited it through his mother Hester Mundy (née Miller) on the condition that he take the name Miller. He was also the Tory MP for the constituency of Derbyshire. The Miller Mundys were descended from the Mundys of Allestree, who were a cadet branch of the Mundys of Markeaton. As such, Alfred was a direct male-line descendant of Sir John Mundy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Campbell (colonial Governor)
Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell (18 April 1776 – 13 June 1847) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. Military career Campbell was the fifth son of Colonel John Campbell of Melfort and Colina, daughter of John Campbell of Achalader. He was the triple great-great grandson of Ewan Cameron of Lochiel, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, through two of his daughters Katherine and Lucia, the latter of whom twice over. From his boyhood Campbell gave evidence of a daring disposition. When he was sixteen, he ran away from the Perth Academy, and entered himself on a ship heading to the West Indies. He was met in the fruit market at Kingston in Jamaica by his brother (afterwards Admiral Sir) Patrick Campbell (Royal Navy officer), Patrick Campbell, then serving on HMS Blonde (1787), HMS ''Blonde'', who brought him home. His parents yielded to his wishes, and in 1793 he became a midshipman on board an East Indiaman and made one or two voyages. In February 1795, Campbell became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl Of Mulgrave
General Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, (14 February 17557 April 1831), styled The Honourable Henry Phipps until 1792 and known as The Lord Mulgrave from 1792 to 1812, was a British Army officer and politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1805 to 1806. Background and education Lord Mulgrave was a younger son of Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave of New Ross), by his wife the Hon. Lepell, daughter of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, and was educated at Eton and the Middle Temple. Military career Lord Mulgrave entered the army in 1775, and eventually rose to the rank of General. He saw service in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War. In 1793 he was made Colonel of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot. Also in 1793, because he was on a mission to the King of Sardinia in Turin, he was near at hand when British forces captured the French port of Toulon, and he briefly took command of the British land forces there, before withdrawing upon th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
