Anthony Standen (spy)

Sir Anthony or Antony Standen (b. c. 1548 – d. ?), alias Pompeo Pellegrini, English spy or intelligencer, English Catholic exile. He was recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham and provided critical information about Philip II's preparations of the Spanish Armada.

This article is about the 16th- and 17th-century spy. For the chemist and author, see Anthony Standen.

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