Charles, Earl Whitworth

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Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl of Whitworth was born on 29 May 1752 the son of Sir Charles Whitworth and Martha Shelley. He married Arabella Diana Cope, daughter of Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Bishopp. He died in 1825.

• He was Ensign 1st Foot , Lieutenant and Captain 1776, served War American Independence, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel 1781, exchanged into 104th Foot 1783 (ret 1783) Gds 1772.
• He was created 1st Earl Whitworth. He was Dip Serv: Minister Plen Poland , Envoy Extrdy and Plen Russia 1788–1800, Amb Extrdy and Plen Paris 1802–03 in 1786.
• He was Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) ) in 1793.
• He was Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1800.3 In 1807 memb BOT , a Lord Bedchamber March-July 1813, Ld-Lt Ireland 1813–17.
• He was Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) ( in 1815.

At every period of his life queens, duchesses, and countesses have showered on him their regard. The Duke of Dorset, recently sent ambassador to France (1783), being an intimate friend of Mr. Whitworth, made him known to the queen (Marie-Antoinette), who not only distinguished him by flattering marks of her attention, but interested herself in promoting his fortune, which then stood greatly in need of such patronage.’ The good offices of the queen and Dorset, according to this authority, procured for Whitworth in June 1785 his appointment as envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to Poland, of which country the unfortunate Stanislaus Poniatowski was still the nominal monarch. He was at Warsaw during the troublous period immediately preceding the second partition. Recalled early in that year, he was in the following August nominated envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, a post which he held for nearly twelve years.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitworth,_1st_Earl_Whitworth

Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth GCB, PC (29 May 1752–13 May 1825), known as The Lord Whitworth between 1800 and 1813 and as The Viscount Whitworth between 1813 and 1815, was a British diplomat and politician.