John Lothrop Motley | |
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| United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
| In office June 18, 1869 – December 6, 1870 | |
| President | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Reverdy Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Robert C. Schenck |
| United States Minister to Austria | |
| In office November 14, 1861 – June 14, 1867 | |
| President | Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson |
| Preceded by | Jehu Glancy Jones |
| Succeeded by | Henry M. Watts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Lothrop Motley April 15, 1814 Dorchester, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | May 29, 1877 (aged 63) Dorchester, Dorset, UK |
| Occupation | Historian and diplomat |
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John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.