1. Sir William Trumbull, PC was an English diplomat and politician who was a member of the First Whig Junto.
10 Facts About William Trumbull
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William Trumbull received his early instruction in Latin and French from his maternal grandfather, and was sent in 1649 to Wokingham School.
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In 1666, William Trumbull returned to college and in 1667 he was awarded a Doctorate of Civil Law.
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William Trumbull would remain for the next 15 years, becoming a lawyer of high repute.
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Charles II died a few days later and William Trumbull had to relinquish the clerkship when he was sent by James II, against his own wishes, as envoy extraordinary to France.
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Sir William Trumbull was a Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1696 to 1700 and the Turkey Company from 1696 to 1709.
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William Trumbull was a friend of both John Dryden and Alexander Pope.
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In 1670, William Trumbull married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles Cotterell, Master of the Ceremonies; she died in 1704, they having had no children.
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William Trumbull was thus the ancestress of the later marquesses of Downshire.
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Many of William Trumbull's letters are in the British Library and in the Record Office, London.