LEXINGTON, ROBERT [SSNE 4435]

Surname

LEXINGTON, SUTTON

First name

ROBERT, MILFORD?

Text source

In addition to his other well recorded biography, Robert Sutton Lord Lexington served as an envoy to a variety of places after 1689. That year saw him as envoy to and for Brandenburg Prussia on behalf of William of Orange. In the early 1690s he also served in Denmark, receiving letters from William Blathwayt regarding English and German relations dated 6 and 9 September 1693. He was also an envoy dealing with Sweden in 1697

Historical Manuscripts Commission 24: Rutland I-IV; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), p.181; Swedish Riksarkiv, Svenske Sandebuds till Utlandske Hof och Deras Sandebud till Sverige, 1841, p.86.

Service record

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

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY

Departed 1693-09-30

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, SWEDEN

Departed 1697-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY