About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens, Alvary Gascoigne, Andrew Wood (diplomat), Anne Pringle, Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, Brian Fall, Charles Bagot, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Charles Scott (ambassador), Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay, Edward Cromwell Disbrowe, Edward Michael Ward, Edward Thornton (1766-1852), Edward Thornton (diplomat), Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, Frank Lascelles, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, George Buchanan (diplomat), George Hamilton Seymour, George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, John Duncan Bligh, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia, Lord Augustus Loftus, Nicholas Roderick O'Conor, Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, Robert Morier, Roderic Lyne, Rodric Braithwaite, Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, Sir John Crampton, 2nd Baronet, Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, Tony Brenton, Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, William a Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury, William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart. Excerpt: Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (21 June 1826 - 12 February 1902) was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society. In his youth he was a popular figure in the court of Queen Victoria, and became well known to the public after publishing a best-selling account of his travels in the North Atlantic. He is now best known as one of the most successful diplomats of his time. His long career in public service began as a commissioner to Syria in 1860, where...
