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Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
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Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford GCB GCH (31 August 1780 – 29 May 1855) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat.
Quick Facts British Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia, Monarch ...
The Viscount Strangford | |
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![]() The 6th Viscount Strangford in a miniature by William Haines, c. 1808. | |
British Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia | |
In office 1825–1826 | |
Monarch | George IV |
Preceded by | Edward Thornton |
Succeeded by | Edward Cromwell Disbrowe |
British Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey | |
In office 1820–1824 | |
Monarch | George IV |
Preceded by | Bartholomew Frere |
Succeeded by | William Turner |
British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden | |
In office 1817–1820 | |
Monarch | George III |
Preceded by | Edward Thornton |
Succeeded by | Baron FitzGerald |
British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal | |
In office 1806–1808 | |
Monarch | George III |
Preceded by | Earl of Rosslyn and Earl of St Vincent |
Succeeded by | Earl of Clarendon |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 August 1780 |
Died | 29 May 1855 (1855-05-30) (aged 74) |
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Ellen Burke
(m. 1817; died 1826) |
Children | 8, including George, Percy and Lionel |
Parent(s) | Lionel Smythe, 5th Viscount Strangford Maria Eliza Philipse |
Relatives | Frederick Philipse III (grandfather) Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet (brother-in-law) |
Education | Harrow School |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
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