Solomon Dayrolles
Solomon Dayrolles (died 1786) was an English diplomat.
Life
Dayrolles was the nephew and heir of James Dayrolles, king's resident for some time at Geneva, and from 1717 to 1739 at The Hague, who died on 2 January 1739, was the godson of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, the wit and politician, through whose friendship the young official obtained speedy advancement in his profession. He began his diplomatic career under James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave, then ambassador at Vienna, and when Waldegrave became ambassador at Versailles, Chesterfield endeavoured to obtain the appointment of secretary to the embassy for his protégé; but in this he was frustrated by superior influence.
Dayrolles was sworn as gentleman of the
On his uncle's death in 1739 he inherited a fortune, and in that year he purchased from
, which remained his property until 1785. In March 1786 he died, and in the same year his library was sold.He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.[1]
Legacy
Matthew Maty was assisted in his Life of Chesterfield by Dayrolles. For years he and Lord Chesterfield kept up a correspondence; his letters from Chesterfield were initially edited by Lord Mahon. The originals were bought from the heirs of Dayrolles by Messrs. Bentley, and they then passed by purchase to Mahon (by then Lord Stanhope) in April 1846.
Dayrolles's own official correspondence and that of his uncle, comprised in twenty-one
Family
He married, on 4 July 1751, Christabella, daughter of Colonel Peterson of Ireland, who is said to have been 'a lady of accomplished manners and dignified appearance.' She died at George Street,
Dayrolles had issue one son, Thomas Philip Dayrolles, a captain in the 10th dragoons, who died at
References
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ This pamphlet was reviewed by Charles Wentworth Dilke in the Athenæum, 22 March 1851, and the article is reproduced in Dilke's Papers of a Critic, ii. 140-54.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Dayrolles, Solomon". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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