List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Sardinia
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Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Sardinia and its predecessor Savoy, specifically Heads of Missions.
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[edit] Heads of Missions
[edit] Envoys Extraordinary to Savoy
- 1671-1690: Marquis of St Thomas, John Finch and Sir William Soame[1]
- 1691-1693: Edmund Poley[2]
- 1693-1694: Dr William Aglionby[2]
- 1693-1704: The Earl of Galway (absent from 1696)[2][3] (Viscount Galway until 1697)
- 1699 and 1703-1706: Richard Hill[2]
- 1706: Paul Methuen[2][4]
- 1706-1713: John Chetwynd, later Viscount Chetwynd.[2][5][6]
- 1708-1713: Maj. Gen. Francis Palmes[2]
- 1710-1713: Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterbrough Special Mission 1710-1711; Minister Plenipotentiary 1712; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1713[2]
- 1714: George St. John (died 1716 at Venice)[2]
- 1713-1719: J. Payne, James Cockburn[1]
In 1720, Savoy acquired the island of Sardinia, and was subsequently known as the Kingdom of Sardinia.
[edit] Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
- 1719-1725: John Molesworth[2]
- 1726-1727: John Hedges Envoy Extraordinary[2]
- 1728-1732: Edmund Allen in charge 1727-1728; Secretary 1728-1734[2]
- 1731-1736: The Earl of Essex Minister Plenipotentiary 1731-1732; Ambassador 1732-1736[2]
- 1736-1749: Arthur Villettes Resident[2]
- 1747: Lieut-Gen. Thomas Wentworth Special Mission[2]
- 1749–1755: William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford[2][7]
- 1755–1758: The Earl of Bristol Envoy Extraordinary[2]
- 1758–1761: James Mackenzie Envoy Extraordinary 1758-1760; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[2][8]
- 1761–1768: George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers[2][9]
- 1768–1779: William Lynch Envoy Extraordinary 1768-1770; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[2][8]
- 1779–1783: John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart[2][10]
- 1783–1797: Hon. John Hampden-Trevor Envoy Extraordinary 1783-1789; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[2][8][11]
- 1798–1799: No representation due to the French occupation of Turin[11]
- 1799–1806: Thomas Jackson[2][11][12]
- Diplomatic relations suspended 1816-1808[11]
- 1807–1824: Hon. William Hill[8][11]
- 1824–1840: Augustus Foster[11][13]
- 1840–1851: Hon. Ralph Abercromby[11][14]
- 1852–1860: James Hudson[11][15]
[edit] References
- ^ a b The National Archives catalogues, class SP 92. The evidence consists of the names of those corresponding with the British Secretaries of States.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
- ^ Harman Murtagh, ‘Massue de Ruvigny, Henri de, earl of Galway, and marquess of Ruvigny in the French nobility (1648–1720)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [1], accessed 17 April 2009]
- ^ Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, ‘Methuen, Sir Paul (c.1672–1757)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2008) [2], accessed 3 Nov 2008
- ^ Burke's Peerage (1939), s.v. Chetwynd
- ^ London Gazette, 5169, 31 October 1713
- ^ London Gazette: no. 8841. p. 1. 15 April 1749. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ a b c d Haydn, Joseph - The Book of Dignities (1851), 82.
- ^ G. F. R. Barker, ‘Pitt, George, first Baron Rivers (1721–1803)’, rev. R. D. E. Eagles, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004)[3] accessed 24 Aug 2008.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 12002. p. 1. 3 August 1779. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
- ^ London Gazette: no. 15123. p. 335. 9 April 1799. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 18061. p. 1494. 11 September 1824. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19836. p. 663. 17 March 1840. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 21284. p. 183. 23 January 1852. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
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