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Description: | Pencil on paper. Count Adolphus Augustus Frederic Kielmansegge had arrived in Britain by 1840 to serve as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for Hanover at the Court of St. James’s. Kielmansegge reportedly ‘formed many friendships… [and] was very widely known beyond the ordinary bounds of diplomatic society’. His personable approach is perhaps explained in the memoirs of politician James Harris, third Earl of Malmesbury, who reported on a gathering at Lord Palmerston’s residence in 1858:
‘Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, … [expressed] that a foreign Ambassador ought to have no politics except those of his own country; and it ought to make no difference to him which party was in office, it being his duty to be friends with all.’
In 1864, Kielmansegge’s wish to retire was reported in ‘The Morning Post’, ‘on account of his increasing years and consequent infirm health.’ He died at his country seat in Holsteon, Holland, on Tuesday 12 June 1866. Kielmansegge’s daughter, Hélène Eleanore Charlotte Augusta (1836-1871), was for some time lady of the bedchamber to the Princess of Wales. In 1857 she married army officer and naturalist Arthur Hay (1824-1878), later ninth Marquess of Tweeddale. | Subjects: | trousers sideburns walking stick 19th century costume top hat male portrait Count Adolphus Augustus Frederic Kielmansegge diplomat coat man | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Alfred, Count d'Orsay | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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