List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Austria
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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Austria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Austria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Austria. His official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria.
[edit] List of Heads of Mission
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[edit] Ambassadors to the Holy Roman Emperor
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- 1603-1604: Stephen Lesieur Special Ambassador[1]
- 1605-?: Sir Andrew Keith Special Ambassador[1]
- 1610-1611: Sir Stephen Lesieur Special Ambassador[1]
- 1612-1613: William Cecil, 17th Baron de Ros Special Ambassador[1]
- 1612-1614: Sir Stephen Lesieur Special Ambassador[1]
- 1619-1620: James Hay, 1st Viscount Doncaster[1]
- 1620-1621: Sir Henry Wotton[1]
- 1621: John Digby, Baron Digby[1]
- 1621-1622: Simon Digby[1]
No representation
- 1635-1639: John Taylor Agent[1]
- 1636: Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel[1]
- 1641-1642: Sir Thomas Roe[1]
No representation
[edit] Envoys to the Holy Roman Emperor
- 1665-1667: Theobald Taafe, 1st Earl of Carlingford[1]
- 1672-1673: Sir Bernard Gascoigne[1]
- 1673: Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough Ambassador Extraordinary[1]
- 1675-1681: Bevil Skelton[1]
- 1680-1681: Chalres Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton[1]
- 1688-1689: Nicholas Taafe, 2nd Earl of Carlingford[1]
- 1689-1692: William Paget, 7th Baron Paget Envoy Extraordinary[2]
- 1693: George Stepney Secretary or agent[2]
- 1694-1697: Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton Envoy Extraordinary[2]
- 1697-1700: Robert Sutton Secretary then Resident[2]
- 1701-1705: George Stepney Envoy Extraordinary[2][3]
- 1703-1704: Charles Whitworth Chargé d'Affaires[2][3]
- 1705: Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland[2]
- 1706: Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby[2]
- 1707: Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester Special Mission[2]
- 1707-1709: Sir Philip Meadows Envoy Extraordinary[2][3]
- 1707-1708 and 1709-1711: Maj.-Gen. Francis Palmes Envoy Extraordinary[2][3]
- 1710-1711: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough Special Mission[2]
- 1711-1714: Simon Clement Chargé d'Affaires[2][3]
- 1711: Charles Whitworth Ambassador[2]
- 1712-1713: Abraham Stanyan (not in Vienna)[2]
- 1714: James Stahope sent with Baron Cobham[2]
- 1714-1715: Richard Temple, 1st Baron Cobham[2][3]
- 1715: George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (appointed but did not go)[2][4][5]
- 1715-1716: Luke Schaub in charge[2][3]
- 1716-1718: Abraham Stanyan[2][3]
- Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (1718)[dubious ]
- 1718: Luke Schaub and François-Louis de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin Chargés d'Affaires[2][3]
- 1718-1727: François-Louis de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin Chargé d'Affaires[2][3]
- 1719-1720: The Earl Cadogan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[2][3]
- 1721: Colonel Charles Churchill Special Mission[2]
- 1721-1724: Francis Colman Secretary[2]
- 1724-1725: Charles Harrison Minister or Resident[2]
- 1726-1727: George Woodward Secretary[2]
- 1727-1730: James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave Ambassador[2]
- 1730-1748: Thomas Robinson Minister Plenipotentiary (but sometimes called Envoy Extraordinary[2]
- 1742-1747: James Porter Commissary[2]
- 1742-1743: Thomas Villiers Special Mission[2]
- 1748-1757: Robert Keith (d. 1774) Minister 1748-1753; then Minister Plenipotentiary[2]
- 1752: John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford Special Mission[2]
- 1757-1763: No diplomatic relations due to Seven Years War[2]
[edit] Envoys-Extraordinary and Ministers-Plentipotentiary to the Holy Roman Emperor
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* 1763-1772: David Murray, Viscount Stormont Ambassador[2]
- 1772-1792: Robert Murray Keith (the younger)[2]
- 1790: The Earl of Elgin Envoy-Extraordinary
- 1792-1793The Earl of Elgin
- 1793-1794Sir Morton Eden
- 1794: George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer Ambassador-Extraordinary
- 1794-1798: Sir Morton Eden (again)
- 1799-1801: Gilbert, Lord Minto
- 1801-1806: Sir Arthur Paget
- : The Earl of Harrington (Extraordinary Mission)
- 1806-1807: Robert Adair
[edit] Ambassadors to the Austrian Emperor
- The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery 1807
- none due to Napoleonic Wars (1807-1813)
- Benjamin Bathurst (Extraordinary Mission 1809)
- The Earl of Aberdeen (1813-1814)
- The Lord Stewart of Stewart's Court (1814-1823)
- Sir Henry Wellesley, later Lord Cowley (1823-1831)
- Sir Frederick Lamb, later Lord Beauvale (1831-1841)
- Sir Robert Gordon (1841-1846)
- The Viscount Ponsonby (1846-1850)
- The Earl of Westmorland (1851 - 1855)
- Sir George Hamilton Seymour (1855 - 1858)
- Lord Augustus Loftus (1858 - 1860)
- The Lord Bloomfield (1860 - 1867)
[edit] Ambassadors to Austria-Hungary
- The Lord Bloomfield (1867 - 1871)
- Sir Andrew Buchanan (1871 - 1878)
- Sir Henry Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1878 - 1884)
- Sir Augustus Paget (1884 - 1893)
- Sir Edmund Monson (1893 - 1896)
- Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt. (1896 - 1900)
- Sir Francis Richard Plunkett (1900 - 1905)
- Sir Edward Goschen (1905 - 1908)
- Sir Fairfax Cartwright (1908 - 1913)
- Sir Maurice de Bunsen (1913 - 1914)
- no representation (1914 - 1919, due to First World War)
[edit] High Commissioner to Austria
- Sir Francis Lindley (1919 - 1920)
[edit] Ambassadors to Austria
- Sir Francis Lindley (1920 - 1921)
- Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas[6] (1921 - 1928)
- Sir Eric Phipps (1928 - 1933)
- Sir Walford Harmood Montague Selby (1933 - 1937)
- Charles Michael Palairet (1937 - 1938)
- no representation (1938 - 1945, due to Anschluss and Second World War)
[edit] Political Representative in Austria
- Henry William Bradshaw (1945 - 1946)
[edit] Ambassadors to Austria
- Henry William Bradshaw (1946 - 1948)
- Sir Bertrand Jerram (1948 - 1949)
- Sir Harold Anthony Caccia (1949 - 1954)
- Sir Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger (1954 - 1958)
- Sir Reginald James Bowker (1958 - 1961)
- Sir Malcolm Sibourne Henderson (1961 - 1965)
- John Arthur Pilcher (1965 - 1967)
- Sir Anthony Rumbold, Bt. (1967 - 1970)
- Sir Peter Allix Wilkinson (1970 - 1972)
- Denis Seward Laskey (1972 - 1976)
- Hugh Travers Morgan (1976 - 1979)
- Donald McDonald Gordon (1979 - 1982)
- Michael Alexander (1982 - 1986)
- Robert James O'Neill (1986 - 1989)
- Brian Lee Crowe (1989 - 1992)
- Terence Courtney Wood (1992 - 1996)
- Anthony St. Johns Figgis (1996 - 2000)
- Antony Ford[7] (2000 - 2003)
- John Malcolm Macgregor (2003 - 2007)
- Simon Smith (2007- )
[edit] References
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This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851),
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Gary M. Bell, A handlist of British diplomatic representatives 1509-1688 (Royal Historical Society, Guides and handbooks, 16, 1990).
- ^ 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 ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The National Archives catalogue, Class SP 80
- ^ London Gazette 5344, 5 July 1715
- ^ H. M. Stephens, ‘Carpenter, George, first Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (1657–1732)’, rev. Timothy Harrison Place, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [1], accessed 12 April 2009
- ^ Succeeded as Viscount Chilston in 1926.
- ^ "Ambassadors". Hansard. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030901/text/30901w28.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
