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Born 1790 • near Whitby • England
Died June 10, 1854 (aged 64)
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax
British statesman
Bowring, detail of an engraving by William Ward (1766-1826), after a painting by H.W. Pickersgill
Sir John Bowring
British diplomat
Baron Hardinge, oil painting by Sir William Orpen, 1919; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge
viceroy of India
Henderson, Sir Nevile Meyrick
Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson
British statesman
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st marquess of Reading
British statesman
Sir Percy Cox, 1923
Sir Percy Cox
British diplomat
Henry Lytton Bulwer
British diplomat
Sir Thomas Francis Wade
British diplomat
Sykes-Picot Agreement
Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet
British diplomat
Earl Amherst, detail of an oil painting after A. Devis; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst
British diplomat
Douglas Richard Hurd
British diplomat
Sir Roger Casement
British politician
Bryce, James
James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
British statesman
Sir Stafford Cripps
British statesman
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet
British statesman
Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1938.
Robert Gilbert Vansittart, Baron Vansittart
British diplomat and author
Sir Harold Nicolson
British diplomat and author
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford, painting by G.F. Watts, 1855; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford
British diplomat
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
British diplomat and poet
Donald Maclean
British diplomat and spy