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Stratford de Redcliffe

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[strat-ferd duh red-klif] / ˈstræt fərd də rɛd klɪf /

noun

  1. 1st Viscount Stratford Canning, 1786–1880, English diplomat.


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The British ambassador, Sir Stratford de Redcliffe, however, insisted upon the Porte recognising the rights of the Protestant Armenians as an independent religious denomination, and since then the missions have prospered.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Gladstone, John Bright, Carlyle, Freeman, made powerful arraignments of the government which was the supporter and made England the accomplice of Turkey in this crime.

From A Short History of Russia by Parmele, Mary Platt

There is every reason to believe that posterity will endorse this judgment of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

Club, 52 was Savill Club, 52Stratford de Redclyffe, Lord, 13 was Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord, 13Stratheden, Lord, 37 was Strathden, Lord, 37    

From Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

Ten years later the influence of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was exerted to support Sir Charles Newton in his explorations in Asia Minor.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

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