Seven Years War
Further information: Great Britain in the Seven Years WarHe played a major role as a British envoy during the Seven Years War at the court in Russia. While Russia was at war with Britain's ally Prussia, the two countries remained at peace.
Sir Charles is recorded as a brilliant wit with a great reputation for lively and biting satire.
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Famous quotes containing the words years and/or war:
“Thirty years ago I said, “But how can one be sick?” But now I say, “If only one could find the secret of not being sick, I would not exchange it for all the secrets in the world.””
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“... near a war it is always not very near.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)