Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens

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Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens, was an 18th–19th century British diplomat and statesman who held several key ambassadorial posts and lent his title to the naming of Mount St. Helens.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British diplomat
human
peer
statesman
aristocraticTitleType Barony in the Peerage of Ireland
associatedWith Anglo-American relations
Anglo-Russian relations
Anglo-Spanish relations
British foreign policy in the late Georgian era
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
educatedAt Eton College
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Fitzherbert
fieldOfWork diplomacy
international relations
genre diplomatic history
politics
givenName Alleyne
hasHonor Knight of the Bath
member of the Privy Council of Great Britain
hasOccupation civil servant
hasTitleEtymology title used by George Vancouver to name Mount St. Helens
influenced naming of Mount St. Helens in present-day Washington State, USA
knownFor having Mount St. Helens named after his title
serving as a leading British diplomat in the late 18th century
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf House of Lords of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Baron St Helens
notableEvent diplomatic involvement in the Nootka Crisis between Britain and Spain
participation in negotiations ending the American War of Independence
notableFor high-level ambassadorial posts in Europe
notableWork negotiations of the Nootka Sound Convention
negotiations of the Treaty of Paris (1783)
occupation diplomat
politician
partOf British diplomatic service
positionHeld British ambassador to Russia
British ambassador to Spain
British diplomat to France
British envoy to the United States
residence London
sexOrGender male
socialClass British nobility
timePeriod 18th century
19th century
titleHeldFrom late 18th century

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mount St. Helens
namedAfter

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