Audley Charles Gosling

Sir Audley Charles Gosling (20 November 1836 – 7 December 1913) was a British diplomat who served as British Minister to Chile 1897–1901.

Early life and background Gosling was born in 1836, the younger son of Captain Gosling, Royal Navy. He served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1855–57. and the position was upgraded to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in 1899. He resigned in late 1901, was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1901 Birthday Honours list, and invested as such by King Edward VII at Marlborough House on 28 December 1901.

Family Gosling married first, in 1858, Ida Gyldenstolpe, daughter of Count August Gyldenstolpe, Chamberlain to the King of Sweden. She died in 1900, leaving five children, three sons and two daughters. He married secondly, in 1904, Augusta, Countess Posse (née de Hägerflycht), widow of Count Arvid Posse, a former Prime Minister of Sweden.