Carl Gyllenborg

Swedish statesman and author (1679–1746)

Carl Gyllenborg
Count Carl Gyllenborg (7 March 1679 – 9 December 1746) was a Swedish statesman and author. Biography. He was born in Stockholm, the son of Count Jacob Gyllenborg (1648-1701). His father was a Member of Parliament and of the Royal Council, who served as Governor of Uppland from 1689 to 1695. After serving in the Polish War, he was sent to London as secretary of legation. There, he married the Jacobite Sara Wright. In 1715, he was made minister plenipotentiary, and two years later was imprisoned for five months because of his participation in the plot to reinstate the House of Stuart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gyllenborg

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