The New International Encyclopædia/Harborne, William

HAR′BORNE, William (c.1545-1617). An English traveler and diplomat, the first English Ambassador to Turkey, born at Yarmouth. In 1575 he was elected to Parliament, but was not allowed to take his seat, and in 1577 he went to Turkey. Five years afterwards he was appointed Ambassador to that country. The Turkey Company, formed in 1579, received, thanks to his efforts, larger privileges than those granted to any other nation. He left Constantinople in 1588, and died at Mundham. An account of his journey from Constantinople in 1588 was printed in Hakluyt's Collection of Voyages, as well as the description of his outward voyage.