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HUDSON, SIR JAMES, son of Harrington Hudson (qv); b. 2 Jan 1810; adm. 20 Sep 1825 (Singleton's), having previously been at Rugby School; Assistant Private Secretary to King William IV Jul 1830- Jun 1837; Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide Nov 1831-49 [but not listed by Sainty]; sent to Rome to fetch back Sir Robert Peel 1834; known as a result as “Hurry Hudson”; Secretary of Legation, Washington 1838, The Hague 1843, Rio de Janeiro 1845; Envoy Extraordinary to Emperor of Brazil 14 May 1850; appointed Envoy to Grand Duke of Tuscany 29 Aug 1851, but never went to Florence; Envoy Extraordinary to King of Sardinia 19 Jan 1852 – 20 Oct 1863; employed in successful negotiations 1855 to despatch a Sardinian contingent to the Crimea; sympathetic to cause of Italian unity; declined Embassy at Constantinople 1863; lived principally in Italy after retirement; CB 1 Mar 1851; KCB 2 May 1855; GCB 11 Aug 1863; d. at Strasbourg 20 Sep 1885. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.