Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington

Encyclopedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical. Longmans, Green and Company. 1872: 1246 （英语）. John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich First Lord of the Admiralty

Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry）和蘇格蘭大法官（英语：Lord Chancellor of Scotland）錫菲爾德伯爵（英语：James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater）。而英格蘭一方則委任了庫務大臣戈多芬伯

层认为其资历不足。接着，白金汉郡伯爵找到了阿美士德勋爵，后者断然拒绝。最后，白金汉郡伯爵又邀请宾宁勋爵（英语：Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington）担任大使。就在宾宁犹豫不决之际，阿美士德出于家庭财政方面的考虑，回心转意愿意担任大使。于是，白金汉郡伯爵同意