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Earl of Portland 1697–1698

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, the famous friend and confidant of William III, had already won his spurs as a diplomat, and in 1697 had been the chief instrument, together with Marshal Boufflers, whereby William III and Louis XIV had made what was virtually a separate agreement with regard to peace, behind the backs of William's allies

Type
British Diplomatic Instructions, France, 1689–1721
Information
Camden Third Series , Volume 35 , December 1925 , pp. 1 - 3
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1925

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References

1 Sic. In the register in Foreign Entry Book 199, p. 15, the reading is “an.”