Person Gyllenborg; Carl (1679 - 1746) Gyllenborg Carl 1679 - 1746 Swedish Male Stockholm, Sweden 07 March 1679 Stockholm, Sweden 09 December 1746

Playwright; Statesman Education: 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) Son of Count Jacob Gyllenborg and his wife, Anna Catharina Thegner; married Sarah Derith, nee Wright; one daughter who was created Countess Gyllenborg Fellow 30/11/1711 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1766, p47 (obituary of daughter); SMK; Biog Univ; NBG International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 7 Mar 1679 - 9 Dec 1746 NA7372 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 3142ff3b-9ce9-4924-b6b0-60005fe9d727