George W. Erving
George William Erving (1769July 22, 1850) was an American diplomat from colonial Boston. He was U.S. Consul in London, from 1801 to 1804. He was "Chargé d'Affaires" of the United States in Madrid from 1804 to 1809, Special Negotiator to Copenhagen in 1811, and U.S. Minister to Spain, from 1814 to 1819. He was United States "Chargé d'Affaires" to the Ottoman Empire, before 1831. Erving was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1834. His papers are held at Yale University.