LISLE, DANIEL [SSNE 2268]

Surname

LISLE

First name

DANIEL

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

Lisle travelled to Sweden accompanied by the Scottish Cleric John Durie in 1652 as an agent of the English Parliament. He took offence at playing second fiddle to Durie and bitterly complained about the Scotsman's networking in Sweden.

Svenske sändebud till utländske hof och dessas sändebud till Sverige (unpublished manuscript in Riksarkiv, compiled c. 1841), p.84; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), p.198; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990); Hartlib Papers, 4/2/29A-B, 26A-B and 33A-36B. John Durie, various letters, 14 May - 13 June 1652; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), pp.307-308.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH, SWEDEN

Arrived 1652-06-02

Departed 1652-07-20

Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY