b. 21 May 1769. d. 1 July 1846. Nationality: English.
Poet, translator, and diplomat. Pseudonyms: “W” and “Whistlecraft.” Born in London.
Educated at Gonville and Caius Colleges, Cambridge. MP for West Looe, Cornwall (1796-1802).
Co-publisher of the *Anti-Jacobin* with George Canning (1797-1798). Worked for the
Foreign Office in Lisbon, Portugal, and Madrid, Spain (1800-1809). Married Elizabeth
Jemima Blake on 12 September 1816. Moved to Malta in 1818. Co-founder of the *Quarterly
Review*. Close friends with George Canning. Biographical information: *ODNB*. (CC)