John Chardin ( 1643 - 1712 )

Birth: Paris, France (16 November 1643) Death: Turnham Green, Middlesex (25 December 1712) Burial: Chiswick Church, Middlesex Profession: Jeweller Career: Followed his father's business as a jeweller; travelled to Persia (1666), where he became the Shah's agent for the purchase of jewels; visited India (1667) and Constantinople (1671-1672); stayed at Ispahan (1673-1677); published accounts of his travels on his return to Europe (1677); a Huguenot, he moved to England (1681) to escape persecution; naturalised British (1682, 1685); Court Jeweller to Charles II; Envoy to Holland (1684); Agent to the HEIC Honours: Kt 1681 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1682 Proposers: Sir Christopher Wren.