Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet
- Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet (June, 1608 – June 16 1666) was an English diplomat, translator, and poet.
He was born at Ware Park, Hertfordshire, and educated at Cambridge, travelled on the Continent, and when the English Civil War broke out sided with the King and was sent to
Spain to obtain money for the cause. He acted as Latin Secretary to Charles II, when in Holland. He was a royalist in the English Civil War, and was captured at the Battle of Worcester.
After the Restoration he held various appointments, and was Ambassador to Portugal and Spain successively. He served as Member of Parliament for Cambridge University from 1661 until his death in Madrid.
He translated Guarini's "Pastor Fido", "Selected Parts of Horace", and "The Lusiad" of Camoens, the first English translation of the latter work (circulated from 1655 or earlier).
His wife, "nee" Anne Harrison, wrote memoirs of her own life.
External links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9033703 Encyclopædia Britannica]
* [http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-valence/valence-menu.html The Fanshawe archives] at the Valence House Museum, Dagenham
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