Paul Rycaut ( ? 1628 - 1700 )

Birth: The Friary, his father's seat at Aylesford, Kent, England (1628 or 1629) Death: 16 November 1700 Burial: South chancel of Aylesford church, Kent Profession: Diplomat Education: Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1650); Gray's Inn (admitted 1652) Career: Secretary in the Turkish Embassy of Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchilsea (1661); Consul of the Levant company at Smyrna (1667-1679); Secretary to the Earl of Clarendon (1685); Privy Councillor (1685); Judge of the Admiralty in Ireland (1685); Resident at Hamburg and the Hanse towns, Germany (1689-1700); died of apoplexy Honours: Kt 1685 Memberships: Dublin Philosophical Society Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/12/1666 Proposers: Henry Heathcote; Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk.