Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letterbook containing several hundred diplomatic letters from Paris and dated between 16 August 1684 and 22 August 1685, during the time of Preston's stint as envoy extraordinary to the court of France. The letters ...
Description:
Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (1648-1695), was a British politician and diplomat. In 1675, he was elected MP for Cockermouth, Cumberland. In 1682 he became envoy extraordinary to the court of France. Preston returned to England at the accessi...
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Carlisle, Charles Howard, 1st earl of, 1629-1685., Exton, Thomas, Sir, 1631-1688., Fox, Stephen, Sir, 1627-1716., Gordon, George Gordon, Duke of, 1649-1716., Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695., Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715., Middleton, Charles Middleton, Earl of, approximately 1650-1719., Musgrave, Christopher, Sir, 1632?-1704., Northumberland, George Fitzroy, Duke of, 1665-1716., Preston, Richard Graham, Viscount, 1648-1695., Sunderland, Robert Spencer, 2d Earl of, 1640-1702., and Werden, John, Sir, 1640-1716.
Subject (Topic):
Court and courtiers, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
