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DEVISME, LOUIS, third son of Philip De Visme, London, Huguenot refugee, and Marriane De La Majannes; b. 25 Sep 1720; adm. Jan. 1731/2; Min. Can. 1734; KS 1735; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1739, matr. 22 Jun 1739, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1739 - 8 May 1753 (expiry year of grace as R. Bigbury); BA 1743; MA 1746; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1745, priest 21 Sep 1746 (both Oxford); Rector of Bigbury, Devon, 27 Apr 1752; in Italy with William Nassau, 4th Earl of Rochford, Jun 1753, again in Italy as travelling tutor with Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, Bart., 1758-9; abandoned clerical duties to enter diplomatic service; Secretary to Lord Rochford when British Ambassador at Madrid, 1763-7; Secretary to British Embassy, St. Petersburg, Mar 1768 - Feb 1769; Minister Plenipotentiary to Elector of Bavaria and to German Diet Dec 1769 - Jan 1774; Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden from 29 Nov 1773; d. unm. at Stockholm 4 Sep 1776. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.