Alleyne Fitzherbert, first baron St Helens

(1753-1839)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Fitzherbert, Alleyne (1753-1839) 1st Baron St Helens, diplomat DNB: Fitzherbert, Alleyne, Baron St Helens (1753-1839), diplomatist LBT ID: LdStHel1 VIAF ID: 54903879	B/BAP: 1753-03-01 DIED: 1839-02-19
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com
English diplomat educated at Eton and St. John's college Cambridge; he was envoy-extraordinary to Russia (1783-87), chief secretary for Ireland (1787-89) and ambassador at Madrid (1790-94); he was raised to the peerage in 1791.
REFERENCES TO Alleyne Fitzherbert, first baron St Helens: Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 7 September 1830 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 2 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter X. 1822-24. Found 1: ¶ 16 Chapter I. 1828-1830.