List of diplomats of Great Britain to the Republic of Genoa
List of diplomats from the Kingdom of England and Great Britain to the Republic of Genoa
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Envoys Extraordinary of England (to 1707)[edit]
- 1697–1698 and 1702–1705: Sir Lambert Blackwell[1]
- 1705: Col. Mitford Crowe Resident[1]
- 1706–1707: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent)[1]
Envoys Extraordinary of Great Britain (from 1707)[edit]
- 1707–1711: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent)[1]
- 1708–1713: William Richard Chetwynd Resident 1708–1711; then Envoy Extraordinary[1][2]
- 1710: John Molesworth Envoy Extraordinary[1]
- 1714–1722: Henry Davenant[1]
No formal representation 1722–1763, other than Consuls
- c.1723–1738: John Bagshaw Consul[3]
- c.1738–c.1756: John Birtles Consul[3]
- c.1758–1775: James Hollford Consul[3]
Ministers
- 1763: Capt Augustus Harvey Minister[1]
- 1763–1766: Commodore Thomas Harrison Minister[1]
- 1767–1769: Commodore Richard Spey Minister[1]
No formal diplomatic representation 1769–1793, other than Consuls
- 1786 to 1786: John Collet, Consul[4][5]
Minister Plenipoteniary
- 1793–1795: Francis Drake[6] Minister Plenipotentiary[7][8]
British Representatives to Genoa since 1797[edit]
Great Britain became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801; the city and republic of Genoa also transferred through several changes of national status during the 19th century.
France 1797 to 1814[edit]
In 1797, the Republic passed into French control as the Ligurian Republic, and was formally annexed to France in 1805 as the département of Gênes.
Kingdom of Sardinia 1814 to 1861[edit]
At the 1814 Congress of Vienna, Genoa became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Britain continued to appoint Consuls to the city.
- 1840–1857: Timothy Yeats Brown Consul-General[13][14][15]
- 1856: Edward Algernoon Le Mesurier,[16] Consul-general; Montague Yeats-Brown Vice-Consul[14][15]
- 1858–1893: Montague Yeats-Brown Consul[17][14][15]
Kingdom of Italy, 1861[edit]
The Kingdom of Sardinia became the core of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
- 1893: Charles Alfred Payton, Consul[15]
- 1908: William Keene MVO, Consul[15][18]
- 1918: Edward C Blech CMG, Consul-General[8]
- 1920: William H.M. Sinclair, Consul; James R Murray Vice-Consul[15]
- 1922: Harry Churchill CMG, Consul-General[8]
- 1925: Robert Erskine Consul-General,[8] C. F. W. Andrews Vice-Consul[15]
- 1930: Edward William Paget Thurstan, CMG Consul-General;[15][19] I. L. Henderson Vice-Consul[15]
- 1935: A. G. Major Consul-General; W. J. Sullivan Vice-Consul[15]
- 1940: W. S. Edmonds CMG, OBE Consul-General; Donald CameronVice-Consul[15]
Italian Republic, 1946[edit]
Consuls were appointed to Genoa from 1950 until 1995; since when all consuls have been honorary.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
- ^ H. M. Stephens, ‘Chetwynd, William Richard, third Viscount Chetwynd (1685?–1770)’, rev. Philip Carter, (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography), Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 15 Nov 2008.
- ^ a b c http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp The National Archives catalogue, class SP 79
- ^ "Deaths and Preferments". The Scots Magazine. 38: 363. 1786. Retrieved 14 September 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Collet, John (d 1786) Consul at Genoa". The National Archives.
- ^ London Gazette 13545
- ^ a b S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
- ^ a b c d Mackie, Colin (18 March 2014). A Directory of British Diplomats: Part 1 of 4. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. p. 161. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Foreign Office Records, Consul Joseph Brame and Francis Drake". The National Archives. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Deaths and Preferments". The Scots Magazine. 48: 363. July 1786. Retrieved 14 September 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson: 1795 to 1797. Vol. 2. Colburn. 1845.
- ^ Advices, Intelligence, etc., from Vice-Consul James Bird, 1798–1803. FO 28/18: UK National Archives.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Sloyan, Victoria. "Accounts of Timothy Yeats-Brown, British Consul at Genoa, 1835–57". Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Brown, Francis A Yeats (1917). Family Notes. Genoa: R Instituto Sordomuti.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bartoli, Alessandro. Le colonie britanniche in Riviera tra Ottocento e Novecento.
- ^ "Jutland Letters".
- ^ "Francis Yeats-Brown". Student Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Foreign Office" (PDF). The London Gazette. London: 444. 19 January 1912. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Foreign Office, September 9, 1927". The London Gazette (33327): 7113. 8 November 1927. Retrieved 7 February 2018.