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 (17511829), 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.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Morton Eden
Minister to Bavaria
1780–1783
Succeeded by
The Viscount Galway
Preceded by
The Lord Cardiff
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
1st creation
1824
Extinct


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