Porter, James, Sir, 1710-1776

Sir James Porter (1710-1776) was a British diplomat. In 1741, he joined the staff of the English embassy to Austria, in Vienna, and in 1747 became British ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople, a position he held till 1762. Porter then became British minister in Brussels in 1763, and was knighted several months later. In 1765, he resigned his post and, retiring to England, became a fellow of the Royal Society and published three papers on astronomy and earthquakes. His journals, correspondence, and a memoir were published by his grandson Sir George Gerard Larpent as Turkey: Its History and Progress.

From the description of 59 ALS to Richard Phelps; Brussels, 1763-1765. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702175193

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