Lukas Schaub

Lukas Schaub (oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud , 1721, Kunstmuseum Basel)

Lukas Schaub , also Lucas and Luke, (born May 1, 1690 in Basel , † February 27, 1758 in London ) was a British diplomat of Swiss descent.

Lukas Schaub, son of a notary, embarked on a diplomatic career in the service of Great Britain after studying law in Basel . 1715-1716 he was British chargé d'affaires with the Holy Roman Empire . 1720 he was the British King George I to Knight Bachelor beaten. 1721–1724 he was British envoy in Paris . In January 1737 he mediated the so-called salmon fishing dispute between Basel and France.

Johann Kaspar Wettstein was von Schaub's chaplain in Paris and his private secretary in London.

literature

Rudolf Massini: Sir Luke Schaub (1690–1758). A Basler in the British diplomatic service. 132nd New Year's Gazette of the GGG , Basel 1953.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Volume 49, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , pp. 205 f.

Web links

Stefan Hess : Schaub, Lukas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
André Salvisberg : Lukas Schaub at the Basel History Association

Individual evidence

^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 282.

personal data
SURNAME	Schaub, Lukas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schaub, Luke; Schaub, Lucas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English diplomat of Swiss descent
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1758
Place of death	London

[1] William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 282.