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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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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

The statesman George Canning and the first viscount Stratford de Redcliffe were descendants of his family.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

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 J. H. Kurtz

Lord Raglan is well and in good spirits, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ill in bed with a bad fit of the gout—most miserable to see in every respect.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson

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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