Sir Robert Liston

(1742-1836)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Liston, Robert, Sir, 1742-1836 NRA: Liston Sir Robert (1742-1836) Knight diplomat DNB: Liston, Sir Robert (1742-1836), tutor and diplomat LBT ID: RoListo1836 VIAF ID: 23020715 LOC ID: n92074239	B/BAP: 1742-10-08 DIED: 1836-07-15
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Educated at Edinburgh University, he assisted Gilbert Stuart at the London Magazine and was ambassador to Constantinople 1793-1796 and, replacing Stratford Canning, 1811-20.
REFERENCES TO Sir Robert Liston: Lord Byron to William Bankes, 26 December 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 2 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1812 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 2: Childhood Found 1: ¶ 13 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXXIV Found 1: ¶ 1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 68 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) WILLIAM STEWART ROSE Found 1: ¶ 2