William Aglionby ( c 1642 - 1705 )

Birth: c 1642 Death: 28 November or 07 December 1705 Profession: Diplomat Education: Bordeaux; MD Career: Secretary to Sir William Temple, Ambassador to Holland (1678); employed in the Post Office (c1688); Secretary to Lord Dursley, Envoy Extraordinary to The Hague (1689-1690); Envoy to Spain (1692-1693); shipwrecked and robbed on the coast of Corsica en route from Barcelona to Turin (1693); Envoy Extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy (1694); negotiated new postal arrangements with Payot, Farmer-General of the French Posts, at Calais (1698); carried a letter to the King of Spain (1701); employed in the Office of the Secretary of State, Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham (FRS 1668); Envoy Extraordinary to Switzerland; returned to England (1705) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 7/11/1667 Proposers: Sir Anthony Morgan.