(d. 1771), diplomat; sec. Naples 1753 - 64; sec. to the D. of Richmond in France 1765 - 6, env. Sicily 1771; d. Messina.
1753 - 65 Naples
1771 Naples, Sicily (Apr. - d. 9 Nov.)
Changuion was secretary to the British envoy Sir James Gray at Naples. He was there with Gray in January 1753; he was chargé d'affaires when Gray was absent in the spring of 1755 and in March 1763, and again, briefly, after Gray's departure in October 1764 and before William Hamilton's arrival the following month.1 Hamilton then told Horace Mann on 27 November that Changuion would be leaving the following spring.2 Sir William Farington was visited by Hamilton, Changuion and Isaac Jamineau while in Naples on 24 April 1765.3
Changuion left Naples in June and Hamilton told Horace Mann on the 11th: 'I verily believe him to be an honest Man but it was impossible for us to go on together, especialy as he very soon disgusted Mrs Hamilton by his ill bred manner, & to be sure they hated one another most cordially. However I wish him well & shall rather endeavour to serve than hurt him'.4 On 2 July Changuion was said to have taken a boat from Genoa to England, accompanied by Commodore Thomas Harrison.5
In 1771 he was appointed British consul in Sicily.6 On 19 February he was writing to Hamilton from London 'I intend to set out by Paris for Marseilles about the middle of next Month to embark en droiture for Naples'.7 His appointment was shortlived, for he died at Messina on 9 November 1771.8
1. See Horn, 1:76 - 7. SP 105/310, f.3 (Gray, 3 Jan. 1753). SP 105/315, f.73 (Gray, 29 Mar. 1753). Wal.Corr., 20:112 n9. 2. SP 105/315, f.794. 3. Farington jnl.MSS (24 Apr. 1765). 4. SP 105/316, f.137. 5. Pagano de Divitiis, 176. 6. Ibid., 204. 7. Add.41197, f.173. 8. SP 93/28 (Preston, 19 Nov. 1771).