Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam

The Right Honorable
The Earl of Clanwilliam
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, 1819
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
1822–1823
[[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Prussia |Envoy to Berlin]]
In office
February 1823 – December 1827
Earl of Clanwilliam
In office
1805[1] – 7 October 1879
Preceded byRichard Meade
Succeeded by[[Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam |Richard Meade]]
Baron Clanwilliam
In office
28 January 1828[1] – 7 October 1879
Personal details
Born15 August 1795
Died7 October 1879
SpouseLady Elizabeth Herbert
3 July 1830
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(m. 1858, died)​
Children5, including Richard and Robert
Parents
  • Richard Meade, 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam
  • Caroline, Countess Thun
Occupationdiplomatist[1]

Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam GCH (15 August 1795 – 7 October 1879),[1] styled Lord Gillford between 1800 and 1805, was a British diplomat and politician of Anglo-Irish background. A protégée of the British Foreign Secretary Lord Castlereagh he played an active role in the Concert of Europe in the post-Napoleonic era.

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