George Stepney ( 1663 - 1707 )

Birth: Westminster, London, England (1663) Death: Paradise Row, Chelsea (15 September 1707) Burial: Westminster Abbey Profession: Poet Diplomat Education: Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1686), MA (1689) Career: Fellow of Trinity (1689); Secretary to Sir Peter Wyche (FRS 1663) at Hamburg and to James Johnson at Berlin; Envoy to Brandenburg (1695, 1698), to Frankfurt (1697), to Vienna (1702-1705) and to The Hague (1707); friend of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (FRS 1695); Commissioner of Trade (1697-1707); died of 'the bloody flux' Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1697.