Fairfax Leighton Cartwright

In 1908 he was made Privy Councillor[3] and he reached the pinnacle of his career as British Ambassador to Austria-Hungary where he remained until 1913.

In 1913 Fairfax wrote "Some day Serbia will set Europe by the ears and bring about a universal war on the continent."

He believed that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a certifiable maniac, and was not fit to inherit the empire, and told his government so.

[5] Cartwight married Donna Maria dei Marchesi Chigi-Zondadari, daughter of an Italian senator on 16 October 1898.

While she was dancing with the Austrian Foreign Minister, the Russian ambassador cut in and a vicious feud started between the two men.