Benjamin Keene
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Sir Benjamin Keene was a British diplomat and Whig politician who served as the British ambassador to Spain from 1729 to 1739, then again from 1748 until his death in Madrid in December 1757. He has b
Portrait after Louis-Michel van Loo
Viscount Townshend (1674–1738) who spotted Keene's talents and sent him to Madrid in 1723
Ferdinand VI, who had a strong relationship with Keene
The Treaty of Madrid, also known as the Treaty of Aquisgran, was a commercial treaty between Britain and Spain, formally signed on 5 October 1750 in Madrid.
Benjamin Keene
…and his ministers, who shared Newcastle's aim of moving Spain away from France and closer to Britain. In October 1750, Keene helped negotiate the Treaty of Madrid, which resolved commercial issues between the two countries. He also brokered the 1752 Treaty of Aranjuez between Spain, Austria and Sardinia, in which…
Spanish negotiator José de Carvajal y Lancáster