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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Example Sentences

"Habash" the word means more than "Abyssinia" as it includes the Dankali Country and the sea-board, a fact unknown to the late Lord Stratford de Redcliffe when he disputed with the Porte.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Yet if there was one man more than another whose personal will brought it about, it was—not Lord Aberdeen who ought to have been responsible—but Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.

From Armageddon—And After by Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard)

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

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 Benson, Arthur Christopher

This treaty, so fatal to Napoleon, and of which he only heard in October, was mainly the work of Stratford de Redcliffe, then aged twenty-five.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe