Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708-1759), Satirical writer and diplomat
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Satirical writer and diplomatist; son of John Hanbury; assumed name of Williams, 1729; educated at Eton; MP for Monmouthshire, 1734-47, and Leominster, 1754-59; paymaster of marine forces, 1739-42; KB, 1744; envoy to court of Dresden, 1747; envoy extraordinary at Berlin, 1750, at Dresden, 1751-53, Vienna, 1753, again at Dresden, 1754, St Petersburg, 1755-57; died by his own hand. He published numerous occasional satirical verses and other writings; a fairly complete collected edition appeared, 1822.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.