The Right Honourable The Lord Pauncefote GCB GCMG PC |
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Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1883.
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Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States | |
In office 1889–1893 |
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Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Preceded by | Hon. Sir Lionel Sackville-West |
Succeeded by | Upgraded to Ambassador to the United States |
British Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 1893 – 24 May 1902 |
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Monarch |
Queen Victoria Edward VII |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Hon. Sir Michael Henry Herbert |
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Born | 13 September 1828 Munich, Bavaria |
Died | 24 May 1902 Washington D. C., United States |
(aged 73)
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Selina Cubitt |
Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote GCB GCMG PC (13 September 1828 – 24 May 1902), known as Sir Julian Pauncefote between 1874 and 1899, was a British barrister, judge and diplomat. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1882 and 1889 when he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, an office that was upgraded to that of Ambassador to the United States in 1893. Elevated to the peerage as Baron Pauncefote in 1899, he died in office in 1902.
Pauncefote was born in Munich, Bavaria, the son of Robert Pauncefote and Emma, daughter of Robert Smith. His father had been born Robert Smith but had assumed the surname of Pauncefote in lieu of his patronymic in 1809. Robert Smith was the grandson of John Smith, brother of Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet (see Bromley baronets) and Abel Smith, ancestor of the Barons Carrington and the Barons Bicester. He was educated at Paris, Geneva, and Marlborough College. Intending to join the British Indian Army, he obtained a commission in the Madras Light Cavalry, but never took up his post, instead being called to the bar in 1852.