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

Main article: Treaty of Paris (1763)

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. 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

• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to France.
• Great Britain in the Seven Years' War

References

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Peter Delmé Anthony Langley Swymmer	Member of Parliament for Southampton 1754 – 1780 With: Anthony Langley Swymmer to 1760 Henry Dawkins 1760–68 Viscount Palmerston 1760–74 John Fleming 1774–80	Succeeded by John 'Mad Jack' Fuller John Fleming
Political offices
Preceded by Earl of Scarbrough	Cofferer of the Household 1766–1774	Succeeded by Jeremiah Dyson
Preceded by Jeremiah Dyson	Cofferer of the Household 1776–1780	Succeeded by Lord Beauchamp
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Holmes	Governor of the Isle of Wight 1764–1766	Succeeded by The Duke of Bolton
	Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight 1765–1767
Preceded by The Duke of Bolton	Governor of the Isle of Wight 1770–1780	Succeeded by Sir Richard Worsley
	Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight 1771–1780