SOUTHWELL, ROBERT [SSNE 1594]
- Surname
- SOUTHWELL
- First name
- ROBERT
- Title/rank
- SIR
- Nationality
- IRISH
- Region
- Social status
- GENTRY
- Education
- Religion
Text source
Robert Southwell was the son of Robert Southwell, the Vice-Admiral of Munster. He succeeded his fathers office in Munster in 1677, and became Secretary of State for Ireland in 1690. Southwell had also acted as an envoy to Portugal in 1665-8 and undertook missions to many of the German states as well as the Dutch Republic in the 1680s.L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), p.180; PRO, SP/81/82-84; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990), passim.
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, PORTUGAL
- Arrived 1665-01-01
- Departed 1668-12-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
- Arrived 1680-03-01
- Departed 1680-03-30
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, (Preussen) BRANDENBURG PRUSSIA, BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA (Preussen), BERLIN, LONDON
- Arrived 1680-04-01
- Departed 1680-11-14
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY