Gore Ouseley ( 1770 - 1844 )

Birth: 24 June 1770 Death: Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (18 November 1844) Career: Went to India and engaged in commercial pursuits (1787); studied Person, Bengalese, Hindu and other languages; obtained a post under Saadut Ali, Nabob Visier of Oudh; returned to England (1805); Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Persian Court (1810); went to Shiraz (1811); mediated between Persia and Russia (1814); returned to England and retired (1815); Privy Councillor (1820); monument to him in Hertingfordbury Church, Buckinghamshire Honours: Bt 1808; GCH 1831 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 18/12/1817.