List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Sweden
Encyclopedia
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Sweden is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in Sweden
, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Sweden. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.
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 Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, 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 Sweden. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.
Ambassadors to Sweden
- 1653–1654: Bulstrode WhitelockeBulstrode WhitelockeSir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.- Biography :...
- 1657: William Jephson
- 1664–1666: Hon. Henry CoventryHenry CoventryThe Honourable Henry Coventry was an English politician, who was Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1672 and 1674 and the Southern Department between 1674 and 1680.-Origins and education:...
- 1671: Hon. Henry CoventryHenry CoventryThe Honourable Henry Coventry was an English politician, who was Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1672 and 1674 and the Southern Department between 1674 and 1680.-Origins and education:...
- c. 1672–1679: Sir Edward Wood
- 1679–1680: Dr John Robinson as Chargé d'Affaires
- 1680–1683: Philip WarwickPhilip Warwick (diplomat)Philip Warwick was a British diplomat.He was the only son of Sir Philip Warwick , the English writer and politician.The younger Philip was probably admitted to the Inner Temple in 1656. In 1680, he was appointed as British envoy extraordinary to Sweden , arriving in 1680...
- 1683–1687: Dr John Robinson Agent
- 1687–1689: Edmund Poley
- 1689–1692: William Duncombe Envoy extraordinary
- 1692–1709: Dr John Robinson as Chargé d'Affaires 1692-1694; Agent 1694-1696; Minister Resident 1696-1702; then Envoy Extraordinary
- 1702: George StepneyGeorge StepneyGeorge Stepney was an English poet and diplomat.Stepney was the son of George Stepney, groom of the chamber to Charles II, and was born at Westminster...
Envoy Extraordinary (did not go)
- 1702: George Stepney
- 1709–1717: Robert JacksonRobert JacksonRobert Jackson may refer to:*Robert Jackson , Australian Army general during World War II*Robert Jackson , British musician*Robert Jackson , US political figure in New York City...
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1871081 Commissary in charge 1696 and 1703–1710; Minister Resident 1710–1717 and 1717–1729- 1707: John Churchill, 1st Duke of MarlboroughJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of MarlboroughJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
Plenipontiary - 1711–1715: Captain James Jeffreys Minister or Resident in attendance on Charles XII of SwedenCharles XII of SwedenCharles XII also Carl of Sweden, , Latinized to Carolus Rex, Turkish: Demirbaş Şarl, also known as Charles the Habitué was the King of the Swedish Empire from 1697 to 1718...
- 1707: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
- 1717–1719 No diplomatic relations
- 1719–1720: John Carteret, 2nd Baron CarteretJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl GranvilleJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC , commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763.-Family:...
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary- 1720: Admiral Sir John Norris Plenipontiary
- 1720–1724: William Finch Envoy extraordinary
- 1724–1727: Stephen Poyntz Envoy extraordinary; Ambassador from 1727
- 1726: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles WagerCharles WagerSir Charles Wager was a British Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty between 1733 and 1742.Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager's reputation has suffered from a profoundly mistaken idea that the navy was then at a low ebb...
Plenipontiary - 1727: Isaac Leheup MP (in Stockholm only 19 days)
- 1726: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Wager
- 1727–1728: Baron von Diescau (Hanoverian envoy) Chargé d'Affaires
- 1728–1739: Edward FinchEdward FinchEdward Finch-Hatton was a diplomat and politician.He was born Hon. Edward Finch, 5th son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and of Hon. Anne Hatton daughter and in her issue sole heiress of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton. He was educated at a school at Isleworth and at Trinity...
MP Envoy extraordinary - 1739–1741: John Burnaby Legation secretary
- 1742–1748: Col. Melchior Guy-Dickens Minister
- 1748–1763 no mission
- 1758–1773: Sir John Goodricke, 5th Baronet Nominally Minister, but resident at Copenhagen 1758-1764; then Envoy extraordinary (at Stockholm)
- 1774–1776: Lewis De VismeLewis De VismeLewis de Visme Esq. was a British diplomat.-His family:He was the son of Philipp de Visme, Count of Vismes, and brother of Gerard de Visme Esq., who was Administrator of the Crown jewels and diamond mines of Brazil, and brother of William Count of Vismes.His family from French noble Huguenots, who...
Esq Envoy extraordinary - 1776–1778: Horace St Paul
- 1778–1787: Thomas Wroughton
- 1787–1788: Charles Keene, Chargé d'Affaires
- 1788–1793: Robert Liston (diplomat)Robert Liston (diplomat)Sir Robert Liston, GCB, PC was a British diplomat and ambassador to several countries.-Biography:Liston was born in Kirkliston, Scotland, went on to Edinburgh University, and then tutored the sons of the Earl of Minto...
Envoy extraordinary - 1793–1795: Lord Henry John Spencer
- 1795–1802: Daniel HailesDaniel HailesDaniel Hailes was a British diplomat. He was the British signatory to the Anglo-Dutch treaty ending the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1783, before serving as a secretary to British embassy in France in 1784-1787, envoy to Poland in 1788-1791, envoy extraordinary to Denmark from 1791, envoy...
- 1802–1804: Charles ArbuthnotCharles ArbuthnotCharles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...
- 1804–1807: Hon. Henry Pierrepont
- 1807: Alexander Stratton
- 1807: Hon. Henry Pierrepont special mission
- 1807–1808: Edward ThorntonEdward Thornton (1766–1852)Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton .He was born in London, the third son of an innkeeper, but orphaned at an early age. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Pembroke College, Cambridge...
- 1808–1812: Anthony MerryAnthony Merry-Biography:The son of a London wine merchant, Anthony Merry served in various diplomatic posts in Europe between 1783 and 1803, holding mostly consular positions. He was Chargé d'Affaires in Madrid in 1796 and again in Copenhagen about 1799, and Minister ad interim in Paris in 1802.Merry was...
- 1811: Edward ThorntonEdward Thornton (1766–1852)Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton .He was born in London, the third son of an innkeeper, but orphaned at an early age. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Pembroke College, Cambridge...
special mission
- 1811: Edward Thornton
- 1812–1817: Edward ThorntonEdward Thornton (1766–1852)Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton .He was born in London, the third son of an innkeeper, but orphaned at an early age. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Pembroke College, Cambridge...
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden and Norway
- 1817–1820: The Viscount StrangfordPercy Smythe, 6th Viscount StrangfordPercy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, GCB, GCH was an Anglo-Irish diplomat.-Personal life:He was the son of Lionel Smythe, 5th Viscount Strangford and Mary Eliza Philipse....
- 1820–1823: William Vesey-FitzGeraldWilliam Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and VeseyWilliam Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...
- 1823–1832: Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron BloomfieldBenjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron BloomfieldLieutenant-General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield GCB GCH was Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1817–1822....
(created a baron in 1825) - 1832–1833: Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de WaldenCharles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de WaldenCharles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford , was a British diplomat and politician.-Family:...
- 1833–1835: Sir Edward Cromwell DisbroweEdward Cromwell DisbroweSir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe , Member of Parliament for Windsor , later served in the British diplomatic corps in positions in Switzerland, Russia, Sweden and other postings. He was named British Ambassador to the Netherlands, where he died at the Hague, and his body was returned to England on the...
- 1835–1838: Hon. John Duncan BlighJohn Duncan BlighSir John Duncan Bligh KCB, DL , styled The Honourable from birth, was a British diplomat.-Background:Born in London, he was the second son of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley and his wife Elizabeth, the third daughter of William Brownlow...
- 1838–1850: Sir Thomas Cartwight
- 1850: George John Robert Gordon, Chargé d'Affaires
- 1851–?: Sir Edmund LyonsEdmund Lyons, 1st Baron LyonsAdmiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, GCB, KCH was a British naval commander and diplomat who led a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, culminating with the Crimean War and his appointment as Commander of the Black Sea Fleet...
- 1859-1872: George Jerningham
- 1872–1881: Hon. Edward Erskine
- 1881–1884: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt
- 1902–1904: Sir William BarringtonWilliam Barrington (diplomat)Sir William Augustus Curzon Barrington KCMG , styled The Honourable from birth until 1901, was a British diplomat.-Background:...
- 1904–1905: Rennell RoddRennell Rodd, 1st Baron RennellJames Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician...
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden
- 1905–1908: Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron RennellRennell Rodd, 1st Baron RennellJames Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician...
- 1908–1912: Cecil Spring-RiceCecil Spring-RiceSir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice GCMG GCVO , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918.-Early life:...
- 1913–1918: Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of PenrithEsme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of PenrithEsme William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to the United States between 1924 and 1930....
- 1919—1924: Colville BarclayColville BarclaySir Colville Herbert Sanford Barclay, 14th Baronet was a British naval officer, painter and botanist whose career spanned amphibious landings and commando operations off the coast of France during the Second World War, having his paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy, publishing reference works...
- 1924–1927: Arthur Cuninghame Grant Duff
- 1928–1930: John Charles Tudor Vaughan (1870-1929)
- 1931–1934: Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel
- 1938-1939: Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd BaronetSir Edmund Monson, 3rd BaronetSir Edmund St. John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet, K.C.M.G. was a British diplomat.Monson was the second son of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet and succeeded his elder brother to the baronetcy created in 1905 for his father...
- 1939-1945: Victor Louis Alexander MalletVictor MalletSir Victor Alexander Louis Mallet GCMG was a British diplomat and author.The son of Sir Bernard Mallet and Marie Adeane, and the godson of Queen Victoria, he was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He married Christiana Jean Andreae in 1925; they had three sons and a...
Ambassadors to Sweden
- 1948–1951: Sir Harold Farquhar
- 1951–1954: Sir Roger Stevens
- 1954–1960: Hon. Sir Robert HankeyRobert Hankey, 2nd Baron HankeyRobert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey KCMG, KCVO , was a British diplomat and public servant.-Background and education:...
- 1963–1966: Sir Ponsonby Moore Crosthwaite
- 1971–1974: Sir Guy Millard
- 1974–1977: Sir Sam Falle
- 1977–1980: Sir Jeffrey Petersen
- 1980–1984: Sir Donald Murray
- 1984–1987: Sir Richard Parsons
- 1987–1991: Sir John Ure
- 1999–2003: John Grant CMGJohn Grant (British diplomat)Sir John Grant KCMG, is a British diplomat. He most recently served as the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union.-External links:*...
(later Sir John Grant KCMG) - 2003–2006: Anthony Cary
- 2006–present: Andrew Jonathan Mitchell