List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Germany
Encyclopedia
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Germany is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in the Federal Republic of Germany
, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Germany. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.
On German unification in 1871 the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia in Berlin
became the Ambassdor to the new German Empire. During the partition of Germany following World War II
the Ambassador to the new Federal Republic (or West Germany) resided in Bonn
, the capital from 1952. Berlin once more became the capital at reunification in 1990 and the Ambassador returned to Berlin in a new Embassy building, on the exact site of its predecessor in the Wilhelmstrasse, in 2000.
This article also includes the following predecessors:
No representation 1914–1919 due to World War I
High Commissioner at Allied High Commission
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's foremost diplomatic representative
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
in the Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
in Germany. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.
On German unification in 1871 the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
became the Ambassdor to the new German Empire. During the partition of Germany following World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the Ambassador to the new Federal Republic (or West Germany) resided in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, the capital from 1952. Berlin once more became the capital at reunification in 1990 and the Ambassador returned to Berlin in a new Embassy building, on the exact site of its predecessor in the Wilhelmstrasse, in 2000.
This article also includes the following predecessors:
- German ConfederationGerman ConfederationThe German Confederation was the loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries. It acted as a buffer between the powerful states of Austria and Prussia...
, whose Diet was at Frankfurt. - North German ConfederationNorth German ConfederationThe North German Confederation 1866–71, was a federation of 22 independent states of northern Germany. It was formed by a constitution accepted by the member states in 1867 and controlled military and foreign policy. It included the new Reichstag, a parliament elected by universal manhood...
.
- For envoys to the Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman EmperorThe Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope...
see Austria. - For envoys to the Imperial Diet at Ratisbon see Bavaria.
- For envoys to the Imperial Court at Brussels see Belgium.
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
- 1817–1824: Hon. Frederick LambFrederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount MelbourneFrederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC, GCB , known as the Lord Beauvale from 1839 to 1848, was a British diplomat....
- 1824–1827: Hon. Frederick Cathcart
- 1826—1828: John Ralph Milbanke Chargé d'Affaires (Legation secretary 1826-1835)
- 1828–1829: Henry AddingtonHenry Unwin AddingtonHenry Unwin Addington was a British diplomat and civil servant.-Background:Born at Blounts Court, he was the second son of John Hiley Addington, brother of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, and his wife Mary, daughter of Henry Unwin...
- 1829–1830: George ChadGeorge William ChadGeorge William Chad was an English diplomat.George William Chad was the son of Sir George Chad, Bart. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1809 and M.A. in 1813. He became a career diplomat, remaining in the Diplomatic Service for twenty-five years...
- 1830–1838: Thomas CartwrightThomas Cartwright (diplomat)Sir Thomas Cartwright was a British diplomat who served in Germany, Belgium and Sweden.Cartwright was the son of William Ralph Cartwright, M.P. for Northamptonshire and his wife Hon. Emma Mary Hawarden. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. From 1821 to 1829 he was secretary of legation in...
- 1838: Hon. Henry FoxHenry Fox, 4th Baron HollandHenry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland, of Holland, 4th Baron Holland, of Foxley, MP was briefly a British Whig politician and later an ambassador....
- 1838–1839: Ralph Abercromby
- 1840–1848: Hon. William Fox-StrangwaysWilliam Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of IlchesterWilliam Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester FRS , styled The Honourable William Fox-Strangways until 1858, was a British diplomat and Whig politician...
- 1848–1852: Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron CowleyHenry Wellesley, 1st Earl CowleyHenry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley KG GCB PC , known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat...
Special Mission 1849-1851 - 1852–1866: Sir Alexander Malet, Bt
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1871–1884: Sir Odo RussellOdo Russell, 1st Baron AmpthillOdo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill GCB GCMG PC , known as Lord Odo Russell between 1872 and 1881, was a British diplomat and ambassador and the first British ambassador to the German Empire. He was born in Florence in 1829 into the Russell family, one of England's leading Whig/liberal...
(appointed 1st Baron Ampthill in 1881) - 1884–1895: Sir Edward Malet
- 1895–1908: Sir Frank LascellesFrank LascellesSir Frank Cavendish Lascelles GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British diplomat. He served as Ambassador to both Russia and Germany....
- 1908–1914: Sir Edward Goschen
No representation 1914–1919 due to World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Chiefs of the Military Mission to Berlin
- 1919: Gordon MacreadyGordon MacreadyLieutenant-General Sir Gordon Nevil Macready, 2nd Baronet KBE CB CMG DSO MC was a British Army officer who served as Assistant chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.-Military career:...
- 1919–1920: Neill MalcolmNeill MalcolmMajor-General Sir Neill Malcolm KCB DSO was a British Army officer who commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements.-Military career:...
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1920: Victor HayVictor Hay, 21st Earl of ErrollVictor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll and 4th Baron Kilmarnock, KCMG , was a British diplomat and briefly a member of the House of Lords.-Family:...
(later 21st Earl of Errol) Chargé d'Affaires - 1920–1926: Lord D'AbernonEdgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'AbernonEdgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon, GCB, GCMG, PC, FRS was a British politician, diplomat, art collector and author.-Early life:...
(later 1st Viscount D'Abernon) - 1926–1928: The Hon Sir Ronald LindsayRonald LindsaySir Ronald Charles Lindsay , PC, CVO, GCB, KCMG, was a British civil servant and diplomat.He was born in 1877, the fifth son of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, and educated at Winchester College....
- 1928–1933: Sir Horace Rumbold
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1933–1937: Sir Eric PhippsEric PhippsSir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British diplomat.-Family and early life:Phipps was the son of Sir Constantine Phipps, later British Ambassador to Belgium, and his wife Maria Jane...
- 1937–1939: Sir Neville Meyrick Henderson
World War II and after
- No representation 1939–1944 due to World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- Post-war government of Germany 1944–1948 by Allied Control CouncilAllied Control CouncilThe Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, known in the German language as the Alliierter Kontrollrat and also referred to as the Four Powers , was a military occupation governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany after the end of World War II in Europe...
High Commissioner at Allied High CommissionAllied High CommissionThe Allied High Commission was established by the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and France after the 1948 breakdown of the Allied Control Council to regulate and supervise the development of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany The Allied High Commission (also known...
- 1949–1950: Sir Brian RobertsonBrian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of OakridgeGeneral Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC , known as Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet, from 1933 to 1961, was a British Army General....
(later 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge) - 1950–1953: Sir Ivone KirkpatrickIvone KirkpatrickHis Excellency Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick GCB, GCMG was a British diplomat who served most notably as the British High Commissioner in Germany after the war, and as the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office -Summary:Kirkpatrick left school to join the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers...
- 1953–1955: Sir Frederick Hoyer MillarFrederick Millar, 1st Baron InchyraFrederick Robert Hoyer Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra GCMG CVO , was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to West Germany from 1955 to 1956.-Background and early career:...
(later 1st Baron Inchyra)
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1955–1957: Sir Frederick Hoyer MillarFrederick Millar, 1st Baron InchyraFrederick Robert Hoyer Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra GCMG CVO , was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to West Germany from 1955 to 1956.-Background and early career:...
(later 1st Baron Inchyra) - 1957–1962: Sir Christopher Steel
- 1962–1968: Sir Frank RobertsFrank Roberts (diplomat)Sir Frank Kenyon Roberts, GCMG, GCVO was a British diplomat. He played a key role in British diplomacy in the early years of the Cold War, and in developing Anglo-German relations in the 1960s....
- 1968–1972: Sir Roger Jackling
- 1972–1975: Sir Nicholas HendersonNicholas HendersonSir John Nicolas Henderson, GCMG, KCVO was a distinguished British career diplomat and writer, who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1979 to 1982....
- 1975–1981: Sir Oliver WrightOliver WrightSir John Oliver Wright, GCMG, GCVO, DSC was a British diplomat.- Early life :Wright was born on 6 March 1921. He was educated at Solihull School and later Christ's College, Cambridge although his studies were interrupted by World War II. He served in the Royal Naval Reserve and was awarded the...
- 1981–1984: Sir Jock Taylor
- 1984–1988: Sir Julian BullardJulian BullardSir Julian Bullard GCMG was a British diplomat, Foreign Office Minister and Pro-Chancellor of Birmingham University. He was employed at Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1953 until 1988, the ambassador to Bonn in the mid 1980s as well as heading up Britain's relations with Soviet Russia during...
- 1988–1990: Sir Christopher MallabyChristopher MallabySir Christopher Leslie George Mallaby, GCMG, GCVO is a British diplomat.-Early life and career:The son of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby CIE OBE and Margaret Catherine Mallaby, he was educated at Eton College and studied Modern Languages and History at Kings College, Cambridge...
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1990–1993: Sir Christopher MallabyChristopher MallabySir Christopher Leslie George Mallaby, GCMG, GCVO is a British diplomat.-Early life and career:The son of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby CIE OBE and Margaret Catherine Mallaby, he was educated at Eton College and studied Modern Languages and History at Kings College, Cambridge...
- 1993–1997: Sir Nigel Broomfield
- 1997: Christopher MeyerChristopher MeyerSir Christopher John Rome Meyer, KCMG is a former British Ambassador to the United States , former Ambassador to Germany and the former chairman of the Press Complaints Commission...
(later Sir Christopher Meyer) - 1997–2003: Sir Paul Lever
- 2003–2007: Sir Peter TorryPeter TorrySir Peter James Torry, GCVO, KCMG was the UK Ambassador to Germany from 2003 until 30 September 2007. He is now a senior adviser to Centrica PLC, Celesio AG, STAR Capital Partners, and is a member of the advisory board of Betfair plc and the Kiel Global Economic Symposium and a policy fellow of...
- 2007–2010: Sir Michael Arthur
- 2010–present: Simon McDonald