Abraham Stanyan
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Abraham Stanyan (c. 1669-1732) was an English politician and diplomat.
After studying law at the Middle Temple he became Clerk of the Privy Council, he then moved on to a new career as a diplomat. He was envoy to Switzerland from 1705-1714, Commissioner of the Admiralty, Ambassador to Austria, and then Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1718-1730. He held these last two posts in a period when England held the role of mediator between the Hapsburgs and the Ottomans, and having worked in the capitals of both powers Stanyan was an influential part of those negotiations. On his return to England he became member of parliament for Buckingham.
He was a member of the Kit Kat Club
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- The National Portrait Gallery
- The English Embassy at Constantinople, 1660-1762, A.C. Wood, The English Historical Review, Vol. 40, No. 160 (Oct., 1925), pp. 533-561
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| Preceded by Edward Wortley Montagu (diplomat) |
Ambassador Extraordinary to the Ottoman Empire 1718 – 1730 |
Succeeded by George Henry Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull |
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