John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield

John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield

John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, GCB, PC (12 November, 1802 – 17 August, 1879) was a British peer and diplomatist.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194]

Bloomfield was the eldest son of Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield and his wife, Hariott.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194] He was educated privately and at the young age of sixteen, he became an attaché to Vienna.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194] From 1824, he was attaché at Lisbon, then secretary of legation at Stuttgart from 1825, Stockholm from 1826 and secretary of the embassy at St Petersburg from 1839.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194] In 1844, he was promoted to envoy at St Petersburg and served in the same capacity at Berlin from 1851 before reaching his highest post as ambassador to Vienna in 1860.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194]

Bloomfield was appointed a CB in 1848, KCB in 1851 and GCB in 1858 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1860.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194] In 1846 he had inherited his father's barony in the Peerage of Ireland and was again created Baron Bloomfield on his retirement in 1871, this time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom as to enable him a seat in the House of Lords.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194]

On 4 September 1845, Bloomfield had married Hon. Georgiana Liddell, the youngest child of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194] He died childess in 1879 at his home, Ciamhaltha, near Newport, County Tipperary and his titles became extinct.Cokayne et al, "The Complete Peerage", volume II, p.194]

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