Joseph Planta GCH (2 July 1787 – 5 April 1847) was a British diplomat and politician of Romansh-Swiss descent.
[2] Planta became a clerk at the Foreign Office and was Private Secretary to George Canning.
In 1813–14, he was Secretary to Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, during his mission to the allied sovereigns.
[citation needed] He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Hastings in southern England, in 1827 and 1830.
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