John Hampden-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Hampden

John Hampden-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Hampden PC (24 February 1748 – 9 September 1824), was a British diplomat.

He was the younger son of Robert Hampden, 1st Viscount Hampden and was educated at Westminster School and Christchurch College, Oxford. He followed in his father's career by becoming a diplomat. He was Minister to Munich (1780 – 1783) and to Turin (1783 – 1798).

On 8 May 1773 he married Harriet Burton (1751–1829), daughter of the Rev. Daniel Burton. Trevor was appointed to the Privy Council in 1797. He succeeded to the Viscountcy of Hampden on 20 August 1824, just three weeks before his death. He had no heirs, and the title became extinct at that time.

References

William Carr, ‘Trevor, John Hampden-, third Viscount Hampden (1748–1824)’, rev. P. J. Jupp, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, )Oxford University Press, 2004) [1], accessed 22 Sept 2008.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This also uses information gleaned from the GenFam Families Database.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Morton Eden	Minister to Bavaria 1780 – 1783	Succeeded by Robert, Viscount Galway
Preceded by Viscount Mountstuart	British Minister to Sardinia 1783–1798	Vacant No representation due to the French occupation of Turin Title next held by Thomas Jackson
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Hampden-Trevor	Viscount Hampden 1824	Extinct

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Name	Trevor, John Hampden-, 3rd Viscount Hampden
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Date of birth	24 February 1748
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Date of death	9 September 1824
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