Hans Stanley
Hans Stanley PC (23 September 1721 – 12 January 1780) was a British diplomat and statesman.
Early life
Stanley was christened on 9 October 1721 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
Peace negotiator
In 1761 Stanley was Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy to France. He was the representative of the British government in trying to negotiate a peace agreement with France to bring to an end the Seven Years' War.
He was appointed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on 17 June 1762 and became a member of the Privy Council the same year.
Later life
From 1766 to 1767 he was an Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Russia. Stanley was the Cofferer of the Household for two terms: 1766–1774 and 1776–1780. He was elected Member of Parliament for Southampton on 15 April 1754, a seat he maintained until his death. He was Governor of the Isle of Wight or Vice Admiral from 1764 until his death in 1780 and resided at a cottage at Steephill Manor.[1] Hans Stanley committed suicide by cutting his throat, “ in a sudden fit of frenzy”, at Althorp, the home of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer in Northamptonshire. He was the grandson of Sir Hans Sloane and the first cousin one time removed of John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
See also
References
- ^ "Victoria County History". British History Online, University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 1912. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- MacDonald, Michael; Terence R. Murphy (1994). Sleepless Souls: suicide in early modern England. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-822919-4.
- 1721 births
- 1780 deaths
- Ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- British MPs 1754–61
- British MPs 1761–68
- British MPs 1768–74
- British MPs 1774–80
- People from the Isle of Wight
- Ambassadors of Great Britain to France
- British politicians who committed suicide