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Antonio de Guarás

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Antonio de Guarás (1520–1579), was a Spanish merchant who was the ambassador of Philip II of Spain to Elizabeth I of England between 1571 and 1578.[1]

In 1577, Guarás became involved in a scheme to replace Elizabeth I with Mary, Queen of Scots. The plot would commence with rebellion in Ireland. Guarás was imprisoned for a time. His replacement as ambassador in London was Bernardino de Mendoza.[2]

References

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  1. ^ de Guarás, Antonio (1892). The accession of Queen Mary: being the contemporary narrative of Antonio de Guaras, a Spanish merchant resident in London (reprint with Introduction by Richard Garnett). London, Lawrence and Bullen. pp. 9–30.
  2. ^ Bernard Allaire & Donald Hogarth, in Thomas Symons, Meta Incognita: A discourse of discovery, Martin Frobisher's Artic Expeditions, 2 (Quebec, 1999), p. 576.