A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fanshawe, Sir Richard

by John William Cousin

Fanshawe, Sir Richard (1608-1666).—Diplomatist, translator, and poet, b. at Ware Park. Herts, and ed. at Camb., travelled on the Continent, and when the Civil War broke out sided with the King and was sent to Spain to obtain money for the cause. He acted as Latin Sec. to Charles II. when in Holland. After the Restoration he held various appointments, and was Ambassador to Portugal and Spain successively. He translated Guarini's Pastor Fido, Selected Parts of Horace, and The Lusiad of Camoens. His wife, née Anne Harrison, wrote memoirs of her own life.

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