Charles Whitworth (1675-1725) served as a career-diplomat in northern, central and western Europe in the first quarter of the 18th century. This study of his life reconstructs his career and is largely based on his official and private correspondence and papers. 'Janet M. Hartley makes abundant use of Whitworth's rich papers to offer a rounded portrait of a well-educated early modern English gentleman-diplomat...' International History Review 'Charles Whitworth [...] has long been neglected by historians. Janet Hartley's excellent biography of him has now filled that void... this book is invaluable for historians interested in Russian history, in general economic or diplomatic history of that time, and for non-specialists who would simply enjoy an erudite and witty biography.' Slavonic and East European Review