James Cressett [SEP] date of death
James Cressett
James Cressett or Cresset (c. 1655 – 26 July 1710) was an English diplomat.
Cressett was the son of James Cressett, Rector of Cound. In April 1671, aged 16,he matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, gaining a B.A. in 1673-4 and an M.A. in 1677. In 1686 he joined Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1690 to 1696. From 1693 to 1703 he was Envoy Extraordinary to Hanover.
, a prominent Royalist who was killed in 1646 at the Battle of Bridgnorth. Edward's son Sir Francis Cressett became Steward and Treasurer to Charles I; during the English Civil War, Upton Cressett was a Royalist stronghold. James Cressett was a senior diplomat during the reign of William III and Mary II and that of Queen Anne; he served as envoy at the Court of Hanover in the 1690s and envoy extraordinary to Frederick IV of Denmark in 1700.
After Cound Hall became the family seat in 1792, Upton Cressett Hall