Charles Delafaye was a public servant. He wrote for the London Gazette from 1702 and was selected by the Duke of Shrewsbury, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as his secretary in 1713. In 1717 he became under-secretary to Lord Sunderland, the Secretary of State. He resigned from that post in 1733 due to illness.
Reference:
J. C. Sainty, ‘Delafaye, Charles (1677-1762)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39578 [accessed 19 July 2013]).
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