Who was the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte when Lady Mary travelled to the Ottoman Empire?
Edward Wortley Montagu
John Montagu
Robert Walpole
George Grenville
Answer
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an English writer and traveller, was married to Edward Wortley Montagu, the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte, the Ottoman government, in 1716. The couple travelled to Constantinople, now Istanbul, in 1717.
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