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5 unusual facts about Sir Richard Fanshawe


Ann, Lady Fanshawe

In 1644 she married her second cousin, Richard (later Sir Richard) Fanshawe (1608–1666), Secretary of War to Prince Charles.

Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza

The Fiesta que se hizo en Aranjuez and Querer por solo querer were translated into English by Sir Richard Fanshawe, afterwards ambassador at Madrid, in a posthumous volume published in 1671.

Hannibal Potter

College life was far from normal, with admissions of only a very few students, but the first child of Ann Fanshawe and Sir Richard Fanshawe was born there.

Richard Fanshawe

Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet (1608–1666), English diplomat, translator, and poet

Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet

He was created a baronet on 2 September 1650, and soon afterwards was Secretary of State in Scotland to the young King Charles II.


1655 in poetry

Sir Richard Fanshawe, translator, The Lusiad; or, Portugals Historicall Poem, translated from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens


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