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Authorised form of nameGyllenborg; Carl (1679 - 1746)
Dates1679 - 1746
NationalitySwedish
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden
Date of birth07 March 1679
Place of deathStockholm, Sweden
Date of death09 December 1746
OccupationPlaywright; Statesman
ActivityEducation:
Uppsala (admitted 1686)
Career:
Rector Illustris of Uppsala University (1698-1699); served in the army (1701-1703); Secretary, then Resident (1710), then Minister (1715-1717), Swedish Embassy in London; through his wife he had close relations with the Jacobites and was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot against the House of Hanover (1717) but was quickly released; Secretary of State (1718); President of the Council of Ministers; Chancellor of Lund University (1728-1739); Chancellor of Uppsala University (1739-death)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1711
RelationshipsSon of Count Jacob Gyllenborg and his wife, Anna Catharina Thegner; married Sarah Derith, nee Wright; one daughter who was created Countess Gyllenborg
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1766, p47 (obituary of daughter); SMK; Biog Univ; NBG
CodeNA7372
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