Stratford de Redcliffe

American  

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

noun

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

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Stratford de Redcliffe

In addition to this, Dr. Bliss obtained £3,000 in England; Lords Shaftesbury, Stratford de Redcliffe, Dufferin, Strangford, and Calthorpe, among the nobility, indorsing the enterprise; and the Turkish Missions Aid Society rendered valuable assistance.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson

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 John Holland Rose

This delay was engineered by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who was determined that Russia should be still further humiliated, and felt sure of Palmerston's sympathy in doing everything that tended to prolong the war.

From Lady John Russell by

The Protestants at Mosul obtained no relief from their oppressive taxes until January, 1854; when, through the efforts of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, a firman was addressed to the Pasha for their protection.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson

For the diplomacy of the middle of the nineteenth century, when the present national forces of Europe were being created, the following biographies are useful: Life of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, by Lane-Poole.

From The War and Democracy by

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