Carl Gyllenborg ( 1679 - 1746 )

Birth: Stockholm, Sweden (07 March 1679) Death: Stockholm, Sweden (09 December 1746) Profession: Playwright Statesman Education: Uppsala (admitted 1686) Career: Rector Illustris of Uppsala University (1698-1699); served in the army (1701-1703); Secretary, then Resident (1710), then Minister (1715-1717), Swedish Embassy in London; through his wife he had close relations with the Jacobites and was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot against the House of Hanover (1717) but was quickly released; Secretary of State (1718); President of the Council of Ministers; Chancellor of Lund University (1728-1739); Chancellor of Uppsala University (1739-death) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1711.