SKELTON, BEVIL [SSNE 1431]
- Surname
- SKELTON
- First name
- BEVIL, BEWILL
- Title/rank
- Nationality
- ENGLISH
- Region
- Social status
- GENTRY
- Education
- Religion
- CATHOLIC
Text source
Skelton undertook a mission to the Imperial Court in 1676 and was an accredited ambassador to various German Courts, the Dutch Republic and the Hanse towns between 1681-1685. He undertook a visit to Denmark in the spring of 1684 and received an audience on the 28th of May.Public Records Office, SP/80/13-16, SP/82/16, SP/104/56-58 & 190; Hamburg Staatsarchiv, 177/2b 'Diplomatenlisten' I, p.43; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.181-204; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990), passim.
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, VIENNA [IMPERIAL COURT]
- Arrived 1675-12-29
- Departed 1681-01-24
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, HANNOVER
- Arrived 1681-10-01
- Departed 1681-12-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, BRUNSWICK
- Arrived 1682-01-30
- Departed 1682-01-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, HAMBURG
- Arrived 1682-02-01
- Departed 1682-02-15
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, LUBECK
- Arrived 1682-02-16
- Departed 1682-03-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, SAXONY
- Arrived 1682-02-28
- Departed 1686-04-30
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Arrived 1684-04-01
- Departed 1684-06-01
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
- Arrived 1685-03-16
- Departed 1686-10-17
- Capacity AMBASSADOR EX., purpose DIPLOMACY