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Authorised form of nameStanyan; Temple (c 1677 - 1752)
Other forms of surnameStanian
Stannan
Datesc 1677 - 1752
Date of birthc. 1677
Place of deathRawlins, Oxfordshire
Date of death25 March 1752
OccupationCivil servant; Author
Research fieldGreek history
ActivityEducation:
Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1695)
Career:
Under-Secretary of State under Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (FRS 1706) (1715); Clerk of the Privy Council (1721); Secretary to the British Embassy to Paris; British Minister at Constantinople
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/05/1726
ProposerFrancis Nicholson
RelationshipsSon of Laurence Stanyan, Gent, of Monken Hadley, Middlesex
Married: 2) Mrs Pauncefoot
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (Stanyan, Abraham); Foster; Barker
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1752, p144 (obituary)
London Magazine 1752, p146 (obituary)
CodeNA293
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