diplomatic resident

That same year he was posted as diplomatic resident to Copenhagen, and post he filled until 1663, when he was recalled to France to become a conseiller d'État.

Late November, a group of Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran, ransacking offices and diplomatic residents which led to the UK's decision to close its mission in Iran and expel all Iranian diplomats from London.

As diplomatic Residents (as diplomatic ranks were codified, this became a lower class than Ambassadors and High Commissioners) were sometimes appointed to native rulers, High Commissioners could likewise be appointed as British agents of indirect rule upon native states.