BUTT, JOHN [SSNE 4437]

Surname
BUTT
First name
JOHN
Title/rank
CONSUL
Nationality
BRITISH
Region
Social status
GENTRY
Education
Religion

Text source

A memorandum dated April 1705 from John Butt notes him as consul in Denmark, and concerns the Danish-French trade. He said this could only be stopped if an English officer is placed in Helsingor to monitor French shipping traffic.

Historical Manuscripts Commission 29:Portland I-X

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY
Arrived 1705-01-01
Departed 1705-12-31
Capacity CONSUL, purpose DIPLOMACY