sir robert morier
From a drawing by William Richmond
SIR ROBERT D. B. MORIER, G.C.B., P.C.
1826-93
| 1826. | Born at Paris, March 31. |
| 1832-9. | Childhood in Switzerland. |
| 1839-44. | With private tutors. |
| 1845-9. | Balliol College, Oxford. |
| 1850. | Clerk in Education Office. |
| 1853. | Attaché at Vienna Embassy. |
| 1858. | Attaché at Berlin. |
| 1861. | Marriage with Alice, daughter of General Jonathan Peel. |
| 1865. | Commissioner at Vienna. Commercial Treaty. C.B. Chargé d'Affaires at Frankfort. |
| 1866-71. | Chargé d'Affaires at Darmstadt. |
| 1870. | Tour in Alsace to test national feeling. |
| 1871. | Chargé d'Affaires at Stuttgart. |
| 1872-6. | Chargé d'Affaires at Munich. |
| 1875. | Danger of second Franco-German War. |
| 1876. | Minister at Lisbon. |
| 1881. | Minister at Madrid. 1882. K.C.B. |
| 1884. | Bismarck vetoes Morier as Ambassador to Berlin. |
| 1885-93. | Ambassador at St. Petersburg. |
| 1886. | Bulgaria, Batum, and Black Sea troubles. |
| 1887. | G.C.B. 1889. D.C.L., Oxford. |
| 1891. | Appointed Ambassador at Rome: retained at St. Petersburg. |
| 1893. | Death at Montreux. Funeral at Batchworth. |
ROBERT MORIER
Diplomatist