Semyon Vorontsov
Count Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov (or Woronzow, Russian: Семён Романович Воронцо́в; 26 June 1744 – 9 July 1832) was a Russian diplomat from the aristocratic Russian Vorontsov family. He resided in Britain for the last 47 years of his life, from 1785 until his death in 1832, during which time he was the Russian ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1785 to 1800 and to the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1806.
Count Semyon Vorontsov | |
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Portrait of Count Vorontsov, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1806 | |
| Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 25 May 1801 – 15 May 1806 | |
| Preceded by | Yakov Smirnov (as Chargé d'affaires) |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov (as Chargé d'affaires) |
| Russian Minister at Vienna | |
| In office 1783–1785 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov 26 June 1744 |
| Died | 9 July 1832 (aged 88) London, England |
| Spouse | Ekaterina Alekseevna Seniavina |
| Relations | Alexander Vorontsov (brother) Elizaveta Vorontsova (sister) Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (sister) |
| Children | Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke |
| Parent(s) | Roman Larionovich Vorontsov Marfa Ivanovna Surmina |
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