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He had a relationship with Arabella Diana Cope.


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Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl of Whitworth was born on 29 May 1752 the son of Sir Charles Whitworth and Martha Shelley. He married Arabella Diana Cope, daughter of Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Bishopp. He died in 1825.

He was Ensign 1st Foot , Lieutenant and Captain 1776, served War American Independence, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel 1781, exchanged into 104th Foot 1783 (ret 1783) Gds 1772.
He was created 1st Earl Whitworth. He was Dip Serv: Minister Plen Poland , Envoy Extrdy and Plen Russia 1788–1800, Amb Extrdy and Plen Paris 1802–03 in 1786.
He was Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) ) in 1793.
He was Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1800.3 In 1807 memb BOT , a Lord Bedchamber March-July 1813, Ld-Lt Ireland 1813–17.
He was Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) ( in 1815.
At every period of his life queens, duchesses, and countesses have showered on him their regard. The Duke of Dorset, recently sent ambassador to France (1783), being an intimate friend of Mr. Whitworth, made him known to the queen (Marie-Antoinette), who not only distinguished him by flattering marks of her attention, but interested herself in promoting his fortune, which then stood greatly in need of such patronage.’ The good offices of the queen and Dorset, according to this authority, procured for Whitworth in June 1785 his appointment as envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to Poland, of which country the unfortunate Stanislaus Poniatowski was still the nominal monarch. He was at Warsaw during the troublous period immediately preceding the second partition. Recalled early in that year, he was in the following August nominated envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, a post which he held for nearly twelve years.

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Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth GCB, PC (29 May 1752–13 May 1825), known as The Lord Whitworth between 1800 and 1813 and as The Viscount Whitworth between 1813 and 1815, was a British diplomat and politician.

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Birthday May 29, 1752

  • The temperature on May 29, 1752 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1752: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
    • April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
    • June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
    • September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
    • September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

Day of death May 13, 1825

  • The temperature on May 13, 1825 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder winderig. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1825: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
    • August 6 » The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
    • September 27 » The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
    • October 26 » The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
    • November 26 » At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
    • December 26 » Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I but are suppressed in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.


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