Philipp von Brunnow explained

Ernst Philipp Graf von Brunnow (31 August 1797, Dresden  - 12 April 1875, Darmstadt) was a Baltic German diplomat who served in the Russian Empire.

Diplomatic roles

Brunnow represented Russia in several conferences, and held ambassadorial positions in London (1840–1854), Frankfurt (1855), Berlin (1856), and then returned to London (1858–1874).^[1]

Honours

• Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. ^[2]
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stanislaus.
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle.
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
• Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau.
• Commander of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary.
• Order of Saint Vladimir
• Order of Saint Anna
• Order of the White Eagle.
• Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
• Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called

References

1. Benjamin E. Smith, ed., The Century Cyclopedia of Names: a Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of Names in Geography, Biography, Mythology, History, Ethnology, Art, Archæology, Fiction, Etc., Etc., Etc., (London: The Century Co., 1904), 189
2. British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 57 p.34