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Charles Arbuthnot, (Diplomat And Politician), (1767-1850).

Autograph letter signed to Admiral Lord Keith, apologising for keeping the papers so long, stating that "the question is st" by Charles Arbuthnot.

Original Manuscript Autograph Letter Signed, 1816

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Year of publication
1816
Place of printing
Treasury Chambers
Author
Charles Arbuthnot, (Diplomat And Politician), (1767-1850).
Pages
0
Publishers
Original Manuscript Autograph Letter Signed
Keyword
Manuscripts & Autographs
Binding description
No Binding
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
English

Description

Original autograph letter signed (ALS) by Arbuthnot. Treasury Chambers, 20 May 1816. 24x18 cm. 2 p. Charles Arbuthnot, (1767- 1850), diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington. His second wife, Harriet, became a hostess at Wellington's society dinners, and wrote an important diary cataloging contemporary political intrigues. Arbuthnot also held a number of diplomatic postings, notably as consul general in Portugal between 1800 and 1801, as Minister to Sweden. He was appointed on 6 June 1804 as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and left Constantinople on 29 January 1807. In 1804 he was sworn of the Privy Council.
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