Diego Guzmán de Silva

Diego Guzmán de Silva (Ciudad Rodrigo, c. 1520 - Venice, 1577) was a Spanish canon and diplomat.

[1] Guzman saw that Elizabeth I wore a miniature portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, on a chain at her waist in April 1566.

[2] He wrote a number of letters describing the arrival of Mary, Queen of Scots, in England in May 1568, and the efforts of French and Scottish diplomats on her behalf.

[3] Guzman is depicted as the ambassador of Spain to Britain during the reign of Edward VI in Becoming Elizabeth.

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Anonymous engraving of Diego Guzmán de Silva ( National Portrait Gallery , London ).