The Great Northern War (1700-1721)

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( Teaser )

( Overview )

( HolsteinPete, aka Peter III of Russia, connections )

( Holstein genealogy )

( Swedish genealogy )

( Secret meetings )

( The Great Northern War and the Spanish Succession )

( Charles in Saxony )

( Georg Heinrich von Görtz )

( Frederick IV of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp )

( Johann Patkul )

( FW and Whitworth )

Charles Whitworth, diplomat

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Charles Whitworth was a British envoy in the first quarter of the 18th century, on whom I read a bio earlier this year. My write-ups were unfortunately scattered enough that there's no really good introduction. But below is what I've got.

The book in question is Charles Whitworth: Diplomat in the Age of Peter the Great, by Janet Hartley.

( Book Review )

So then there was the time Whitworth destroyed a factory in Russia.

( Whitworth destroys a factory )

Some addenda:

( Mercantilism )

( Timber )

selenak: I guess in our fictional 18th century envoys get together, we just have come across a new category to compete in: worst posting ever?

( Several contenders )

Whitworth also plays an important role in the Rheinsberg posts on the Great Northern War and on Count Rottembourg.