Johann Matthias,

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von Simolin (b. July 17, 1720 in

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– d. September 19, 1799 in

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), brother of

Carl Gustav von Simolin Carl Gustav Alexander, Freiherr von Simolin (10 May 1715 in Turku - 27 August 1777), brother of Johann Matthias von Simolin, was a Russian diplomat. He was assigned to political missions early on and was particularly active in 1743 in the Treaty ...

, was envoy of Empress

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at the Imperial Diet of Regensburg. He then went to

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as minister plenipotentiary, was then accredited as ambassador in

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in 1777, and worked here through secret connections on the insurrection of

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. In 1780 he went to London as ambassador and in 1786 to Paris. Here he presented Queen

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June 5, 1791 under the name of a Mrs. v. Korff issued a passport, as a result of which he lost a significant part of his fortune. Retired from business, he later lived for several years in

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, until he was called back to Russia as President of the State Judicial Collegium. On the way there he died on 1799 in

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