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Born December 13, 1730 • Scotland
Died April 6, 1803 (aged 72) • London • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1770)
Subjects Of Study volcano
Douglas Richard Hurd
British diplomat
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax
British statesman
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
George Blake
British diplomat and Soviet spy
Henderson, Sir Nevile Meyrick
Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson
British statesman
Guy Burgess
British diplomat and spy
Sir Thomas Francis Wade
British diplomat
Hugh Foot
British diplomat
Thomas Edward Bowdich, engraving after a painting by William Derby.
Thomas Edward Bowdich
British science writer
Sykes-Picot Agreement
Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet
British diplomat
1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, detail of a portrait by George Frederic Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st marquess of Dufferin and Ava
British diplomat
Horatio Nelson Lay
British diplomat