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Autograph Letter Signed ‘Ch Stuart’ about a note received from the Portuguese government, with a reference to Lord Wellington, and discussing the packet service, the necessity of mail reaching England regularly. 3 pp. 6 x 4 inches, folds, in good condition. Lisbon, 15 April 1812. “I am so sick of the Disputes which have taken place …” Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779–1845), diplomatist. As minister at Lisbon (1810–14) he made himself indispensable to Wellington, and he was made a member of the Portuguese regency council. His greatest diplomatic achievement was the treaty by which Brazil became independent of Portugal, negotiated on a joint Anglo-Portuguese special mission in 1825. He was ambassador to France, 1815-1824 and 1828-1831.