Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet
English diplomat and art collector
Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet (1717 – 8 March 1804) was an English diplomat and art collector who served as the Minister Resident of Great Britain to Venice from 1766 to 1774.
Background
Wright was the son of Thomas Wright and Mary Huband. He is usually referred to as gentleman, but may have been an attorney at law by training or profession.
Wright was baptised on 18 January 1717. He went to school in Warwick, then attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He married Catherine Stapleton, daughter of William Stapleton.
First period in Italy, courtier
Wright and his wife Catherine first visited Venice in December 1758. An encounter there with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu led to an introduction to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and his wife Mary, daughter of Lady Mary.
The couple apparently had a close marriage. It was observed by Lady Mary, during the time in Venice the two of them comforted each other over the loss of their stillborn child.
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