John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield
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John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, GCB, PC (12 November 1802 – 17 August 1879) was a British peer and diplomatist.[1]
Bloomfield was the eldest son of Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield and his wife, Hariott.[1] He was educated privately and at the young age of sixteen, he became an attaché to Vienna.[1] From 1824, he was attaché at Lisbon, then secretary of legation at Stuttgart from 1825, Stockholm from 1826 and secretary of the embassy at St Petersburg from 1839.[1] In 1844, he was promoted to envoy at St Petersburg and served in the same capacity at Berlin from 1851 before reaching his highest post as ambassador to Vienna in 1860.[1]
Bloomfield was appointed a CB in 1848, KCB in 1851 and GCB in 1858 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1860.[1] In 1846 he had inherited his father's barony in the Peerage of Ireland and was again created Baron Bloomfield on his retirement in 1871, this time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom as to enable him a seat in the House of Lords.[1]
On 4 September 1845, Bloomfield had married Hon. Georgiana Liddell, the youngest child of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.[1] He died childess in 1879 at his home, Ciamhaltha, near Newport, County Tipperary and his titles became extinct.[1]
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| Court offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Frederick Turner |
Page of Honour 1816–1818 |
Succeeded by Arthur Wellesley |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Stuart de Rothesay (as Ambassador) |
British Envoy to Russia 1844–1851 |
Succeeded by Sir George Seymour |
| Preceded by The Earl of Westmorland |
British Envoy to Prussia 1851–1860 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Lord Augustus Loftus |
British Ambassador to Austria (Austria-Hungary from 1867) 1860–1871 |
Succeeded by Sir Andrew Buchanan |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Benjamin Bloomfield |
Baron Bloomfield 1846–1879 |
Succeeded by Title extinct |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New title |
Baron Bloomfield 1871–1879 |
Succeeded by Title extinct |
