- Alexander Vorontsov
Count Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov ( _ru. Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Воронцо́в) (1741–1805) was the
Russia n imperial chancellor during the early years of Alexander I's reign.He began his career at the age of fifteen in the
Izmailovsky regiment of the Guards. In 1759, his uncle, the grand chancellorMikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov , sent him toStrasbourg ,Paris andMadrid to train him indiplomacy . Under Peter III, who was in love with his sister Elizabeth, he represented Russia for a short time at the court of St James's. Catherine II created him a senator and president of the Board of Trade; but she never liked him, and ultimately (1791) compelled him to retire from public life. In 1802, Alexander I summoned him back to office and appointed him imperial chancellor. This was the period of the triumph of the Vorontsovs, who had always insisted on the necessity of a close union withAustria andGreat Britain , in opposition toNikita Panin and his followers, who had leaned onFrance orPrussia till the outbreak of theFrench Revolution made friendship with France impossible. Vorontsov was also an implacable opponent ofNapoleon Bonaparte , whose "topsy-turvyness" he was never weary of denouncing. The rupture with Napoleon in 1803 is mainly attributable to him. He also took a leading part in the internal administration and was in favour of a thorough reform of theGoverning Senate and the ministries. He retired in 1804. A lifelong bachelor, he possessed an extraordinary memory and a firm and wide grasp of history. His "Memoirs of My Own Times" is printed in vol. VII of the "Vorontsov Archives".ee also
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Vorontsov - his family
*Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov - his uncle
*Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova - his sister
*Elizaveta Vorontsova - his sister
*Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov - his brother
*Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov - his nephew.External links
* [http://www.vorontsovmuseum.org.ru/ Online Museum of the Vorontsov Family]
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