LC control no. | n 2010076174 |
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Personal name heading | Benckendorff, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, Count, 1849-1917 |
Variant(s) | Benckendorff, Alexander Konstantinovich, Count, 1849-1917 |
Birth date | 1849 |
Death date | 1917 |
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Found in | Soroka, M. Britain, Russia, and the road to the First World War, c2010: ECIP t.p. (Count Aleksandr Benckendorff) galley (Aleksandr Konstantinovich Benckendorff) Wikipedia, Nov. 12, 2010 (Count Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff; b. 1849; d. Jan. 11, 1917; Russian diplomat, who served as ambassador to Denmark and United Kingdom; son of Count Constantin Alexander von Benckendorff and Princess Louise de Croy; educated in France and Germany before entering diplomatic service in 1869; in 1886, became first secretary at embassy in Vienna,; from 1897 to 1903 served as ambassador to Denmark; from 1903 til death in 1917, served as ambassador to Court of St. James's, chief Russian diplomat in United Kingdom; organized signing of Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907) 1911encyclopedia.org, Nov. 12, 2010 (Alexander Benckendorff, Count; 1849-1917; Russian diplomat) |