Background
GOSLING, Audley Charles was born on November 20, 1836. Youngest son of Captain Gosling, Royal Navy, Knight of Hanover.
GOSLING, Audley Charles was born on November 20, 1836. Youngest son of Captain Gosling, Royal Navy, Knight of Hanover.
He served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1855-1857. Gosling entered the diplomatic service in 1859, and served as Secretary of Legation in Copenhagen from 1881, and in Madrid from 1885. After a spell as Secretary of Embassy in Street St. Petersburg 1888-1890, he was posted to Latin America for the rest of his diplomatic career.
He was appointed British Minister Resident to the Central American Republics in 1890, and was resident in Guatemala, also covering Honduras and El Salvador.
In 1897 he was appointed Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Chile, and the position was upgraded to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in 1899. Gosling married first, in 1858, Ida Gyldenstolpe, daughter of Count August Gyldenstolpe, Chamberlain to the King of Sweden.
Clubs: Saint James’s, Royal Albert Yacht.