Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Strangford
GCB GCH
The 6th Viscount Strangford in a miniature by William Haines, c. 1808.
British Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia
In office
1825–1826
MonarchGeorge IV
Preceded byEdward Thornton
Succeeded byEdward Cromwell Disbrowe
British Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey
In office
1820–1824
MonarchGeorge IV
Preceded byBartholomew Frere
Succeeded byWilliam Turner
British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden
In office
1817–1820
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byEdward Thornton
Succeeded byBaron FitzGerald
British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal
In office
1806–1808
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byEarl of Rosslyn and Earl of St Vincent
Succeeded byEarl of Clarendon
Personal details
Born31 August 1780
Died29 May 1855(1855-05-29) (aged 74)
Spouse
Ellen Burke
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(m. 1817; died 1826)​
Children8, including George, Percy and Lionel
Parent(s)Lionel Smythe, 5th Viscount Strangford
Maria Eliza Philipse
RelativesFrederick Philipse III (grandfather)
Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet (brother-in-law)
EducationHarrow School
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
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Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford GCB GCH (31 August 1780 – 29 May 1855) was a British diplomat.

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