The Digital Ark :: Dudley Carleton

The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester (10 Mar 1573 - 15 Feb 1632)

Art collector, diplomat, and Secretary of State. Around 1615, while ambassador at The Hague, Carleton began acquiring objects for Arundel, "to whom he sent such presents as a 'Jupiter's head, a very fine bason of stone, w^th an Ewer alla anticha, Aeneas flying from y^e sack of Troy" (MacGregor, 33). On behalf of Buckingham, with the help of agent George Gage, "he arranged the exchange for marbles of Rubens' famous collection of pictures and tapestries and also sought out pictures for Arundel" (Leith-Ross, 167). Carleton's own collection was begun in 1603 "with the amassing of manuscripts for his father-in-law, Sir Henry Savile, in Paris (MacGregor, 33). "During his time in the Low Countries Dorchester met many talented artists, introducing their work to his patrons at home (Leith-Ross, 167).

He was also a benefactor of the Tradescants' collection.
Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4670 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Carleton,_1st_Viscount_Dorchester Collector (minor)
Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business The Hague, South Holland
Workplace or place of business Venice, Veneto
Relationships: Dudley Carleton was a source of object(s) for Thomas (Arundel) Howard (1585-1646)
Dudley Carleton was a benefactor of Tradescanti (-)
Dudley Carleton was a source of object(s) for George Villiers (1592-1628)

William Boswell (-1650) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Dudley Carleton
Anne Carleton (1585?-1627) was a wife of Dudley Carleton
Anne Carleton (1585?-1627) was a source of object(s) for Dudley Carleton
George Gage (c. 1582-1638) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Dudley Carleton
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen .
as Mentioned or referenced by - Tradescant's Rarities: Essays on the Foundation of the Ashmolean Museum, 1683, with a Catalogue of the Surviving Early Collections .
References in Documents:

Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Principall Benefactors to the precedent Collection. {King Charles.} {Queen Mary.} George Duke of Buckingham. Lady Katharine Dutchess of Buck: William Laud Archbishop of Cant: Robert Earle of Salisbury. William Earle of Salisbury. Earle of Carlisle. Lord Viscount Dorchester. Lord Viscount Faulkland. Lord Strange. Lord Goring. Lord Cambden. Countesse of Arundell. Lady Matrevers. Lady Denbeigh. Lady Wootton. 180Musæum Tradescantianum. Lady Mary Villers. Lady Goring. Lady Killegray. Lady Christian Leviston. Sir Thomas Roe. Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir Henry VVootonWooton. Sir Kenelme Digby. Sir Nathanael Bacon. Sir Butts Bacon. Sir Dudly Diggs. Sir Henry Vane. Sir Henry Palmer. Sir Robert Heath. Sir Peter Manwood. Sir John Trever. Sir William Boswell. Sir Clipsby Crew. Sir Alexander Gourdon. Sir James Bagg. Sir David Kirke. Sir Richard Wiseman. Sir John Smith. Sir John Wieldes. Sir Henry Meldree. Musæum Tradescantianum.181 Sir John Aemoote. Lady Roe. Lady Graimes. Doctor Owin. Doctor John Hill. Doctor Thomas Wharton. Doctor William Broad. Doctor Bugg. William Murray Esq. William Curteene Esq. Elias Ashmole Esq. Captain Weddell. Captain Plumbey. Captain Ireland. Captain Cleborne. Captain Prim. Captain Wood. Captain West. Captain Swanley. Captain Adam Denton. Captain Trenchfield. Captain David Atchinson. Mr. Nicolas, Secretary to the Navy. Mr. John Slany Merchant. Mr. Charleton Merchant. 182Musæum Tradescantianum. Mr. James Boovy Merchant. Mr. John Millen. Mr. Thomas Howard. Mr. White of Burntwood. Mr. Ofield. Mr. Ofley. Mr. Greene. Mr. Munke. Mr. Sadler. Mr. Bushell. Mr. Liggon. Mr. George Tomasin. In EEBO copy: Scratched out in original document and has "Thomason" written beside it in ink. Mr. Dells. Mr. Gage. Mr. Pergins. Mr. Robert Martyn. Mr. Trion. Mr. Woolfe. Mr. Browne. Mr. Martin Masters. Mr. Butler. Mr. Phillips. Mr. Harison. Mr. Pette. Mr. Short. Musæum Tradescantianum.183 Mr. Bound. Mr. Stone. Mr. Bartholomew Hagatt. Mr. Reeve. Mr. Francis Cline. Mr. Thomas Herbert. Mr. Rowland Bucket. Mr. Snelling. Mr. Rowe. Mr. Smith. Mr. Butterworth. Mr. le Goulz. Mr. William Martyn. Mr. Lanyon. Mr. Gasper Calthoofe. Mr. William Lambert. Mr. John Benson.