SOUTHWELL, ROBERT [SSNE 1594]

Surname

SOUTHWELL

First name

ROBERT

Text source

Robert Southwell was the son of Robert Southwell, the Vice-Admiral of Munster. He succeeded his fathers office in Munster in 1677, and became Secretary of State for Ireland in 1690. Southwell had also acted as an envoy to Portugal in 1665-8 and undertook missions to many of the German states as well as the Dutch Republic in the 1680s

L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), p.180; PRO, SP/81/82-84; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990), passim.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, PORTUGAL

Departed 1668-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC

Departed 1680-03-30

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, (Preussen) BRANDENBURG PRUSSIA, BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA (Preussen), BERLIN, LONDON

Departed 1680-11-14

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY