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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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In the autumn of 1858 he went to Turkey as unpaid attach� to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and two years later was called to the bar.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

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

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

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

"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

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