Horace Mann

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Horace Mann was an 18th-century British diplomat best known for his long tenure as envoy to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and his extensive correspondence with writer Horace Walpole.

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Sir Horace Mann 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British diplomat
baronet
diplomat
human
associatedWith Diplomatic Service
surface form: British diplomatic service

Florentine society
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
birthDate 1706-08-02
burialPlace Lymington
centuryOfActivity 18th century
correspondenceLanguage English
correspondent Horace Walpole
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1786-11-06
diplomaticRank envoy extraordinary
educatedAt Clare College, Cambridge
Eton College
employer UK government
surface form: British government
familyName Mann
genreOfWrittenWork letters
givenName Horace
honorificTitle Sir
knownFor detailed reports on Italian politics and culture
letters preserved in Horace Walpole’s correspondence
languageUsed English
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
name Horace Mann
nationality British
nobleTitle 1st Baronet Mann
notableFor extensive correspondence with Horace Walpole
long tenure as British envoy in Florence
occupation diplomat
envoy
parent Robert Mann
positionHeld British envoy to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Member of Parliament for Lymington
residence Florence
servedUnderMonarch George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III of Great Britain
sibling Galfridus Mann
workLocation Florence
Grand Duchy of Tuscany

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Horace Walpole correspondedWith Horace Mann
Horace Walpole correspondedWith Horace Mann
this entity surface form: Sir Horace Mann