Australia
High Commissioner from the Court of St. James’s to the Commonwealth of Australia
Helen Lawrie Liddell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1950.
2005 – 2009
Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1954.
2009 – 2010
Paul Damian Madden
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1959.
2011 – 2015
Austria
Ambassador Plenipotentiary from the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor
Sir Thomas Robinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1695; d. September 30 1770.
1730 – 1748
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Austrian Empire
Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baron Minto
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1751; d. June 21 1814.
1799 – 1800
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Austrian Empire
Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baron Minto
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1751; d. June 21 1814.
1801
Bavaria
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Kingdom of Bavaria
Edward Finch-Hatton
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1697; d. May 16 1771.
1724 – 1725
David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1776; d. March 19 1855.
1828 – 1843
Canada
High Commissioner from the Court of St. James’s to Canada
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1941 – 1946
China
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Great Qing Empire
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.
1792 – 1794
Denmark
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the Kingdom of Denmark
David George Hamilton Frost
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1965.
2006 – 2008
Egypt
British Consul-General in Egypt
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1850; d. June 5 1916
Titles of nobility: Baron Kitchener of Khartoum in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1898 – 1916); Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum (1902 – 1916); Earl Kitchener (1914 – 1916).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1896. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1900. Promoted to general, 1902. Promoted to field marshal, 1909.
1911 – 1914
British High Commissioner in Egypt
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1861; d. May 14 1936
Titles of nobility: Viscount Allenby in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1919 – 1936).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1909. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1916. Promoted to general, 1917. Promoted to field marshal, 1919.
1919 – 1925
France
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the Kingdom of France
John Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1650; d. June 16 1722.
1685
Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.
1724 – 1730
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1710; d. January 5 1771.
1762 – 1763
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1718; d. June 14 1794.
1763 – 1765
Major-General Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1735; d. December 29 1806.
1765 – 1766
William Henry Nassau de Zuylenstein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1717; d. September 29 1781.
1766 – 1768
David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1727; d. September 1 1796.
1772 – 1778
Thomas Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1755; d. December 17 1846.
1782
Alleyne FitzHerbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1753; d. February 19 1839.
1782 – 1783
George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1737; d. September 2 1788.
1783 – 1784
Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the French Republic
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1738; d. October 5 1805.
1801 – 1802
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Kingdom of France
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1814 – 1815
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Viscount Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1773; d. January 8 1846.
1824 – 1828
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1773; d. January 8 1846.
1830 – 1835
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1773; d. January 8 1846.
1835 – 1841
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the French Republic
Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1831; d. November 24 1891
Noble titles: Baron Lytton (1873 – 1891); Earl of Lytton (1880 – 1891)
1887 – 1891
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Earl of Dufferin (1871 – 1902)
1891 – 1896
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1865; d. February 4 1948
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1948)
1918 – 1920
Alfred Duff Cooper
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1890; d. January 1 1954
Titles of nobility: Viscount Norwich in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1954).
1944 – 1948
Germany
Envoy from the Court of St. James’s to the Kingdom of Prussia
Henry Bilson-Legge
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1708; d. August 23 1764.
1749
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Kingdom of Prussia
James Harris
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1746; d. November 21 1820.
1772 – 1776
James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1746; d. November 21 1820.
1793 – 1795
Lord Henry John Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1770; d. July 3 1795.
1795
John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1751; d. April 7 1828.
1800 – 1802
Francis James Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1770; d. August 5 1814.
1802 – 1806
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the German Confederation
Henry Unwin Addington
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1790; d. March 6 1870.
1828 – 1829
India
High Commissioner from the Court of St. James’s to the Republic of India
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1955 – 1960
Italy
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Kingdom of Sardinia
William Henry Nassau de Zuylenstein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1717; d. September 29 1781.
1749 – 1755
George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1721; d. March 18/20 1775.
1755 – 1758
Sir William Lynch
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1730; d. August 25 1785.
1768 – 1776
John Stuart, 1st Baron Cardiff
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1744; d. November 16 1814.
1779 – 1783
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1718; d. May 16 1778.
1744 – 1746
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Kingdom of Italy
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Earl of Dufferin (1871 – 1902)
1888 – 1892
Japan
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to Japan
Paul Damian Madden
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1959.
2017 – 2021
Netherlands
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the United Provinces of the Netherlands
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1674; d. June 21 1738.
1709 – 1711
Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.
1734 – 1739
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1718; d. May 16 1778.
1749 – 1751
James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1746; d. November 21 1820.
1784 – 1789
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1745; d. May 28 1814.
1789 – 1790
Lord Henry John Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1770; d. July 3 1795.
1790 – 1793
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1753; d. February 19 1839.
1794 – 1795
Poland
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Kingdom of Poland
Edward Finch-Hatton
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1697; d. May 16 1771.
1725 – 1727
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Polish People’s Republic
Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.
1945 – 1947
Portugal
Ambassador of the Kingdom of England to the Kingdom of Portugal
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.
1661 – 1662
Russia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the Russian Empire
Edward Finch-Hatton
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1697; d. May 16 1771.
1739 – 1742
George Macartney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.
1764 – 1766
George Macartney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1737; d. May 31 1806.
1767 – 1768
James Harris
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1746; d. November 21 1820.
1776 – 1783
Alleyne FitzHerbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1753; d. February 19 1839.
1783 – 1787
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1753; d. February 19 1839.
1801 – 1802
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1773; d. January 8 1846.
1804 – 1805
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1773; d. January 8 1846.
1807 – 1812
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1792; d. July 28 1840.
1833 – 1837
Sir John Fiennes Twistleton Crampton, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1805; d. December 7 1886.
1858 – 1860
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1888 – 1902)
1879 – 1881
Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain to Saxony
David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1727; d. September 1 1796.
1755 – 1764
Singapore
High Commissioner from the Court of St. James’s to the Republic of Singapore
Paul Damian Madden
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1959.
2007 – 2011
South Africa
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the Republic of South Africa
Sir James Reginald Alfred Bottomley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1920; d. June 5 2013.
1973 – 1976
High Commissioner from the Court of St. James’s to the Republic of South Africa
Paul Yaw Boateng
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1951.
2005 – 2009
Spain
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the Kingdom of Spain
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.
1666 – 1668
George Bubb Dodington
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1691; d. July 28 1762.
1715 – 1717
William Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1683; d. December 8 1756.
1721 – 1727
George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1721; d. March 18/20 1775.
1758 – 1761
William Henry Nassau de Zuylenstein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1717; d. September 29 1781.
1763 – 1766
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1753; d. February 19 1839.
1790 – 1794
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1745; d. May 28 1814.
1787 – 1789
Francis James Jackson (*Minister ad interim)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1770; d. August 5 1814.
1794 – 1795
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.
1808 – 1809
Henry Unwin Addington
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1790; d. March 6 1870.
1829 – 1833
Sir John Fiennes Twistleton Crampton, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1805; d. December 7 1886.
1860 – 1869
Sir Esmé William Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1863; d. August 1 1939.
1919 – 1924
Sweden
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Kingdom of Sweden
Edward Finch-Hatton
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1697; d. May 16 1771.
1728 – 1739
Lord Henry John Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1770; d. July 3 1795.
1793 – 1795
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Kingdom of Sweden
Anthony Merry
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1756; d. June 14 1835.
1808 – 1809
Sir Esmé William Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1863; d. August 1 1939.
1913 – 1919
Switzerland
Minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Swiss Cantons
William Wickham
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1761; d. October 22 1840.
1795 – 1798
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the Swiss Confederation
Esmé William Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1863; d. August 1 1939.
1911 – 1913
Turkey
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Ottoman Empire
Edward Wortley Montagu
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1678; d. January 22 1761.
1716 – 1718
Henry Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1717; d. April 22 1784.
1761 – 1765
Francis James Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1770; d. August 5 1814.
1796 – 1799
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ottoman Empire
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1888 – 1902)
1881 – 1884
United States
Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the United States of America
George Hammond
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1763; d. 1853.
1791 – 1795
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United States of America
Anthony Merry
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1756; d. June 14 1835.
1803 – 1806
David Montagu Erskine
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1776; d. March 19 1855.
1807 – 1809
Francis James Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1770; d. August 5 1814.
1809 – 1811
Sir Richard Pakenham
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1797; d. October 28 1868.
1843 – 1847
Sir John Fiennes Twistleton Crampton, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1805; d. December 7 1886.
1852 – 1856
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Court of St. James’s to the United States of America
Sir Esmé William Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1863; d. August 1 1939.
1924 – 1930
Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1882; d. December 12 1940
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Lothian in the Peerage of Scotland (1930 – 1940).
1939 – 1940
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1940 – 1946
Württemberg
Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Kingdom of Württemberg
David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1776; d. March 19 1855.
1824 – 1828