DUTTON COLT, WILLIAM [SSNE 4443]

Surname

DUTTON COLT

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

SIR

Nationality

ENGLISH

Region

Social status

GENTRY

Education

Religion

Text source

Sir William Dutton Colt served with a British embassy to Germany (Brunswick-Luneburg) and Denmark between 1689-1691. Letters to him dated between 6 January and 16 May 1691 were written by Sir Paul Rycaut in Hamburg.

L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.181-204; PRO, SP/104/194; Northamptonshire Record Office, Finch Hatton MSS.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG, HANNOVER

Arrived 1689-07-21

Departed 1692-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, HESSE-CASSEL

Arrived 1689-10-01

Departed 1689-11-30

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, DENMARK-NORWAY

Arrived 1691-01-01

Departed 1691-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, SAXONY

Arrived 1693-01-19

Departed 1693-05-10

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG, HANNOVER

Arrived 1693-05-11

Departed 1693-06-23

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

STUART KINGDOMS, SAXONY

Arrived 1693-06-24

Departed 1693-09-11

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY