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Intro
English interpreter
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1615
Education:
Magdalen College
The details
Biography
Introduction
Christopher Windebank (born 1615), was an Englishman who lived in Madrid and worked as guide and interpreter for English ambassadors.
Biography
Christopher who was born in 1615 was a son of Sir Francis Windebank, (later Secretary of State to King Charles I). He was a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1630 to 1635.
He was then sent to Madrid "to understand that court", and lived for a time with the English ambassador, Sir Arthur Hopton. In 1638 he made an imprudent marriage, which cost him his post, and on 5 August 1639 Hopton suggested that his wife should be placed in a convent. Subsequently, being "a perfect Spaniard and an honest man", he was found useful as a guide and interpreter by English ambassadors at Madrid.