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Robert Sutton

by Guillaume Birochon
pastel, 1724-1725
21 1/4 in. x 17 1/8 in. (540 mm x 435 mm)
Purchased, 1981
Primary Collection
NPG 5419

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  • Robert Sutton (1671 or 1672-1746), Diplomat, secretary to the British Embassy at Cambray. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Part of a set of more than twenty pastels of the principal participants at the Congress of Cambrai which met in 1721 to maintain the peace of Europe and broke up in 1725. The set was probably commissioned by Lord Polworth (later 2nd Earl of Marchmont), co-plenipotentiary with Lord Whitworth at Congress.

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Current affairs

Notorious thief and jailbreaker John 'Jack' Sheppard is hanged at Tyburn.
General George Wade is sent to inspect Scotland, initiating an 11-year program of road improvement and bridge building in the Scottish Highlands.

Art and science

First of Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters is published; one of seven pamphlets railing against the debasement of Irish coinage.
Blenheim Palace is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.



International

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.
King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.

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