Luke Schaub

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Sir Luke Schaub
Le chevalier Lucas Schaub (1721) by Hyacinthe Rigaud, in the Kunstmuseum Basel
Born	1 May 1690 Basel, Switzerland
Died	27 February 1758

Sir Luke Schaub (1 May 1690 – 27 February 1758) was a British diplomat.

He was chargé d'affaires at Vienna 1715–16 and at Madrid 1719–20. He was envoy to France 1721–24, special envoy to Poland 1730–31, and envoy to Switzerland 1738–43.

Sir Luke's signature on a marriage settlement of 1734, (that of Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis and Hon. Mary ffane).^[1]

In January 1737 he was involved in the so-called Salmon War between Basle and France.

References[]

Courtney, William Prideaux (1897). "Schaub, Luke" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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