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Authorised form of nameBianchi; Vendramino (1667 - 1738)
Other forms of nameVendramin
Dates1667 - 1738
NationalityItalian
Place of birthVenice, Italy
Date of birth26 July 1667
Place of deathVenice, Italy
Date of death12 January 1738
OccupationCivil servant; Diplomat
ActivityCareer:
Entered the Chancellery of the Doge (1682); Secretary to the Venetian Senate; Resident of Venice at Milan (1699-1702); Envoy to Switzerland, where he concluded treaties with the cantons of Zurich and Berne and with the Grisons (1705-1707); Secretary to the Venetian Embassy in London, and Resident (1707-1711); Secretary to the Venetian delegate to the Congress of Passarowitz (1718)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/11/1710
RelationshipsSon of Agostino Bianchi and his wife, Maria Poleni; kinsman of Giovanni Poleni (FRS 1710)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBI
Authority:
Death date from DBI
Notes:
Initially rejected at Council 3/5/1710 but on further advice, his candidature was approved by Council 10/5/1710
CodeNA6722
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