Luke Schaub

{{Short description|British diplomat}}

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| birth_date = 1 May 1690

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| death_date = 27 February 1758

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Sir Luke Schaub (1 May 1690 – 27 February 1758) was a British diplomat.

He was chargé d'affaires at Vienna 1715–16 and at Madrid 1719–20. He was envoy to France 1721–24, special envoy to Poland 1730–31, and envoy to Switzerland 1738–43.

File:1734MarriageSettlementSchaub&Cobham.jpg and Hon. Mary ffane).Fane de Salis MSS]] In January 1737 he was involved in the so-called Salmon War between Basle and France.

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{{s-bef|before= Sir Robert Sutton}}

{{s-ttl|title= British Ambassador to France |years= 1721–1724 }}

{{s-aft|after= The Lord Walpole of Wolterton}}

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Category:1690 births

Category:1758 deaths

Category:Ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor

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