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Charles Whitworth

Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth (1752–1825), British diplomat and politician, also Barons Whitworth of Newport Pratt and Viscount Whitworth

Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth

In 1704, Whitworth was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary to Russia.

Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth

By the death of the Duke she came into possession of £13,000 a year, besides the borough of East Grinstead, while Dorset House and Knole Park subsequently passed into her hands.

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Whitworth was well received by Catherine II, who was then at war with Turkey, but the harmony between the two countries was disturbed during the winter of 1790–1 by William Pitt's subscription to the view of the Prussian government that the three allies – England, Prussia, and Holland — could not with impunity allow the balance of power in Eastern Europe to be disturbed.

Olga Zherebtsova

Some maintain that she appropriated the funds the British government passed through her lover Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth to the conspirators.

Woodbury Langdon

He is described as a large, handsome man—indeed, a contemporary recalled that the three handsomest men of that era were George Washington, Lord Whitworth and Woodbury Langdon.

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