Bernard Gascoigne ( 1614 - 1687 )

Birth: Florence, Italy (1614) Death: The Haymarket in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (10 January 1687) Profession: Diplomat Soldier Career: Man-at-arms in the service of the Grand Duke of Tuscany; served in Lombardy, Piedmont and Germany; joined the King's Army (c1644); wrote account of occurrences in England for Ferdinand Grand Duke of Tuscany (1647); taken prisoner at Colchester and condemned to be shot but his life was spared (1648); returned to Florence (1650); lived in England (1660-1664 and 1667); negotiated to give the English government secret intelligence from Venice and France (1664); attended Cosimo, Prince of Tuscany, on his visit to England (1669); English envoy at Vienna (1672-1673) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 20/06/1667.