Authorised form of name | Stepney; George (1663 - 1707); poet and diplomat |
Dates | 1663 - 1707 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Westminster, London, England |
Date of birth | 1663 |
Place of death | Paradise Row, Chelsea, London, England |
Date of death | 15 September 1707 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England |
Occupation | Poet; Diplomat |
Activity | Education: Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1686), MA (1689) Career: Fellow of Trinity (1689); Secretary to Sir Peter Wyche (FRS 1663) at Hamburg and to James Johnson at Berlin; Envoy to Brandenburg (1695, 1698), to Frankfurt (1697), to Vienna (1702-1705) and to The Hague (1707); friend of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (FRS 1695); Commissioner of Trade (1697-1707); died of 'the bloody flux'. |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 30/11/1697 |
Relationships | Parents: George Stepney, Groom of the Chamber to Charles II, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Bernard Whetstone, Kt, of Woodford, Essex |
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Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn |
Code | NA4972 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EL/S2/16 | Letter, from Mr [George] Stepney [to the Royal Society] | nd |
IM/004392 | Stepney, George | nd |
LBO/12/31 | Copy letter from Hans Sloane to George Stepney | nd |