Quintin Craufurd
Deceased Person
1743 – 1819
Who was Quintin Craufurd?
Quintin Craufurd, a British author, was born at Kilwinning.
In early life he went to India, where he entered the service of the British East India Company. Returning to Europe before the age of forty with a handsome fortune, he settled in Paris, where he gave himself to the cultivation of literature and art, and formed a good library and collection of paintings, coins and other objects of antiquarian interest.
Craufurd was on intimate terms with the French court, especially with Marie Antoinette, and was one of those who arranged the flight to Varennes. He escaped to Brussels, but in 1792 he returned to Paris in the hope of rescuing the royal prisoners. He lived among the French émigrés until the peace of Amiens made it possible to return to Paris. Through Talleyrand's influence he was able to remain in Paris after the war was renewed, and he died there on 23 November 1819.
⁕The History, Religion, Learning and Manners of the Hindus
⁕Secret History of the King of France and his Escape from Paris
⁕Researches concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning and Commerce of Ancient and Modern India
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- Born
- Sep 22, 1743
Kilwinning - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Nov 23, 1819
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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