STRANGFORD, PERCY C. S. SMYTHE, VISCOUNT

STRANGFORD, PERCY C. S. SMYTHE, VISCOUNT
   diplomatist; graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1800; entered the diplomatic service, and in the following year succeeded to the title; was ambassador to Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and Russia; translated the "Rimas" of Camoëns, and was raised to the peerage (1825) as Baron Penshurst (1780-1855).

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