Johann Philipp, count von Stadion

Johann Philipp, count von Stadion (born June 18, 1763, Mainz, archbishopric of Mainz [Germany]—died May 15, 1824, Baden, near Vienna, Austria) was a statesman, foreign minister, and diplomat who served the Habsburg empire during the Napoleonic Wars. After service in the imperial Privy Council (1783–87), Stadion was dispatched to the Austrian embassy in Stockholm. In 1790 he was sent to London, where he was influenced by the conservative philosophy of Edmund Burke and became a...