List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to other German States

This List of Diplomats from the United Kingdom to other German States deals with diplomatic representation in Germany before German unification in the late 19th century. In that period, Germany consisted of many small sovereign states within the Holy Roman Empire (until 1805) then the German Empire.

Separate lists

The following lists of diplomats exist as separate articles:

Minor states with missions

Brunswick–Wolfenbüttel

  • 1689–1714: As Hanover
  • 1729 and 1730–1731: Richard Sutton[1]
  • 1745: Onslow Burrish[1]
  • 1761–1762: Colonel John Clavering[1]
  • 1765 and 1775–1776: Colonel William Faucitt[1]
  • 1794: Hon. William Eliot (special mission)[2]
  • 1794: James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (extraordinary mission)[2]
  • 1798: Thomas Grenville (special mission – may not have arrived)[2]
  • Then: No mission
  • 1847–1856: John Duncan Bligh[2]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

Hesse–Cassel

  • 1694–1695: Sir William Dutton Colt Envoy-extraordinary[1]
  • 1695–1697: George Stepney Minister then from 1695 Envoy-extraordinary[1]
  • 1700: Philip Plantamour[1]
  • 1706–1707: George Stepney Envoy-extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[1]
  • 1717–1720: James Haldane Minister[1]
  • 1727–1729: Richard Sutton Envoy-extraordinary[1]
  • 1742–1743: Thomas Villiers Minister Plenipotentiary[1]
  • 1745: Onslow Burrish[1]
  • 1757: Philip Stanhope[1]
  • 1760–1763: Colonel John Clavering Resident[1]
  • 1775–1777: Colonel William Faucitt military mission to raise troops[1]
  • 1784–1801: Ralph Heathcote senior Minister Plenipotentiary (also to Cologne)[1][2]
  • 1801–1806: Brook Taylor[2]
  • 1806–1815: No diplomatic relations due to Napoleonic War
  • 1815–1826: No diplomatic relations
  • 1826–1866: The envoy to the German Confederation (resident at Frankfurt) was also accredited to Hesse–Cassel.[2]

Liège

  • 1742–1744: Onslow Burrish Secretary then in 1744 Resident (afterwards at Cologne)[1]
  • 1747–1755: George Cressner Resident (afterwards at Cologne)[1]

Lorraine

  • 1699: Richard Hill[1]

Palatinate

  • 1695–1697 and 1701: George Stepney Envoy-extraordinary[1]
  • 1711: Charles Whitworth Envoy-extraordinary[1]
  • 1719–1720: James Haldane[1]
  • 1726: Isaac Heup[1]
  • No further missions until after 1777, when the Elector Palatine inherited Bavaria, after which see Bavaria

Minor States without regular representation

These are states occasionally visited by diplomats, who were primarily accredited to larger states:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. XLVI, 1932).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
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