List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands

The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands is the United Kingdom

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 Netherlands, 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 the Netherlands. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Envoys to the Prince of Orange

1575-1578: Daniel Rogers Agent and Special agent 1578-1579
- 1575-1576: Robert Corbet Special Ambassador
- 1577: Philip Sidney
  Philip Sidney
  Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier and soldier, and is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age...
  
  Special Ambassador
1577-1579: William Davison Resident agent; Special Ambassador 1584-1585; English Councillor 1585-1586
1585-1586: Henry Killigrew
Henry Killigrew (diplomat)
Sir Henry Killigrew was an English diplomat and ambassador in the sixteenth century. He was several times employed by Elizabeth I in Scottish affairs and served as a member of the Council of States in the United Provinces in 1586 and 1587-1589....

and Dr Bartolomew Clerke English Councillors on the Dutch Council of State
1586-1587: Thomas Wilkes Special Ambassador then English Councillor on the Dutch Council of State; also 1578, 1582, and 1590
1587-1589: Henry Killigrew
Henry Killigrew (diplomat)
Sir Henry Killigrew was an English diplomat and ambassador in the sixteenth century. He was several times employed by Elizabeth I in Scottish affairs and served as a member of the Council of States in the United Provinces in 1586 and 1587-1589....

English Councillor on the Dutch Council of State
1588-1593: Thomas Bodley
Thomas Bodley
Sir Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar, founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.-Biography:...

English Councillor on the Dutch Council of State; again 1594-1596
1593-1602: George Gilpin
George Gilpin
-Life:George Gilpin is sometimes called the Elder, to distinguish him from the eldest son of his elder brother. He was was the second son of Edwin Gilpin of Kentmere, Westmoreland, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Layton of Dalemain, Cumberland, and elder brother of Bernard Gilpin.In 1553 George...

English Councillor on the Dutch Council of State

Ambassadors to the United Provinces

1603–1613: Sir Ralph Winwood
Ralph Winwood
Sir Ralph Winwood was an English diplomat and politician.-Life:He was born at Aynhoe in Northamptonshire and educated at St John's College, Oxford....

Agent 1603-1607; Commissioner (with Spencer) 1607-1609; then Resident ambassador
1607–1609: Sir Richard Spencer Commissioner (with Winwood)
1614–1615: Sir Henry Wotton
Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wotton was an English author and diplomat. He is often quoted as saying, "An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country." -Life:The son of Thomas Wotton , brother of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton, and grandnephew of the diplomat...
1615–1625 and 1626-1628: Sir Dudley Carleton
Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester
Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester was an English art collector, diplomat and Secretary of State.-Early life:He was the second son of Antony Carleton of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, and of Jocosa, daughter of John Goodwin of Winchendon, Buckinghamshire...
- 1625: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
  George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
  George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham KG was the favourite, claimed by some to be the lover, of King James I of England. Despite a very patchy political and military record, he remained at the height of royal favour for the first two years of the reign of Charles I, until he was assassinated...
  
  Ambassador Extraordinary
1625–1632: Dudley Carleton
Dudley Carleton (diplomat)
Sir Dudley Carleton was a minor diplomat and Clerk of the Council. He was the younger son of George and Catharine Carleton née Harrison of Huntercombe Oxfordshire and lived at Clerkenwell and Holcombe, Oxfordshire.-Career:...

, his nephew Chargé d'Affaires; then Agent
1632–1649: Sir William Boswell
William Boswell
Sir William Boswell was an English diplomat, a resident ambassador to the Netherlands.-Life:William Boswell was a native of Suffolk. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, of which he was elected fellow in 1606. He subsequently entered the diplomatic service, and was appointed secretary to...

Agent unil 1634; then Ambassador
1642–1650: Walter Strickland
Walter Strickland
Walter Strickland was an English politician and diplomat who held high office during the Protectorate.-Life:Strickland was the younger son of Walter Strickland of Boynton. His elder brother, William, was knighted in 1630 and created a baronet in 1641, and was a Member of Parliament from 1640 to 1660...

Ambassador (appointed by Parliament)
- 1644: Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Jermyn
  Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans
  Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans KG was an English politician and courtier. He sat in the in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1643 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Jermyn...
  
  Ambassador
No representation due to the First Anglo-Dutch War
First Anglo-Dutch War
The First Anglo–Dutch War was the first of the four Anglo–Dutch Wars. It was fought entirely at sea between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Caused by disputes over trade, the war began with English attacks on Dutch merchant shipping, but...

1652–1654
1657–1665: Sir George Downing
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat. Downing Street in London is named after him. As Treasury Secretary he is credited with instituting major reforms in public finance. His influence was substantial on the passage and substance of the mercantilist...
No representation due to the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Second Anglo-Dutch War
The Second Anglo–Dutch War was part of a series of four Anglo–Dutch Wars fought between the English and the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries for control over the seas and trade routes....

1665–1667

1668–1670: Sir William Temple, Bt
William Temple (British politician)
Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet was an English statesman and essayist.Sir William was the son of Sir John Temple of Dublin and nephew of Rev Dr Thomas Temple DD. Born in London, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he travelled across Europe, and was for some time a member of the Irish...
1671–1672: William Blathwayt
William Blathwayt
William Blathwayt was a civil servant and politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government and played an important part in administering the Thirteen Colonies of North America....

Chargé d'Affaires

No representation due to the Third Anglo-Dutch War

Third Anglo-Dutch War

The Third Anglo–Dutch War or Third Dutch War was a military conflict between England and the Dutch Republic lasting from 1672 to 1674. It was part of the larger Franco-Dutch War...

1672–1674

1674–1679: Sir William Temple, Bt
William Temple (British politician)
Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet was an English statesman and essayist.Sir William was the son of Sir John Temple of Dublin and nephew of Rev Dr Thomas Temple DD. Born in London, and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he travelled across Europe, and was for some time a member of the Irish...
1678–1679: Roger Meredith Chargé d'Affaires
1679–1681: Henry Sidney
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
Henry Sydney , 1st Earl of Romney was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and sister of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.Henry was a brother of...

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces

1681–1682: Thomas Plott Agent
1681–1685: Thomas Chudleigh
1685–1686: Bevil Skelton
Bevil Skelton
Bevil Skelton was a British foreign envoy and diplomat.Probably descended from the Skeltons of Armthwaite Castle, Cumberland, Bevil Skelton began his career as a colonel in the British Army, eventually rising to the position of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal English Regiment in France from 1672...

Ambassador
1686–1688: Sir Ignatius Vitus, Bt

Ambassadors to the United Provinces

1689: Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC, FRS was a British politician during the reigns of William III and Anne....
1689–1695: Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley PC KB FRS , was a British nobleman and diplomat, known as Sir Charles Berkeley from 1661 to 1679 and styled Viscount Dursley from 1679 to 1698....

Envoy Extraordinary
- 1690: William Harbord
  William Harbord (politician)
  William Harbord , of Grafton Park, was an English politician and diplomat.-Life:Harbord was the second son of Sir Charles Harbord of Charing Cross, who had been surveyor-general to Charles I...
1695–1697: Edward Villiers, 1st Viscount Villiers
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey son of Sir Edward Villiers of Richmond and Frances Howard, the youngest daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and Elizabeth Hume, was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1697.His grandfather, Sir Edward...
1697–1699: Sir Joseph Williamson
Joseph Williamson (politician)
Sir Joseph Williamson, FRS was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1699....
1700–1706: Alexander Stanhope
Alexander Stanhope
Alexander Stanhope was an English envoy in Madrid between 1690 and 1699.-Early Life:He was the youngest son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and Anne Pakington. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1654.He married Catherine Burghill, daughter of Arnold Burghill of...

Envoy Extraordinary
- 1701 and 1702–1712: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
  John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
  John 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...
- 1706–1712: James Dayrolle Resident
1706–1707: George Stepney
George Stepney
George 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 (but rarely at The Hague)
1707–1709: William Cadogan
William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan KT PC was a noted military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession...

Envoy Extraordinary (but rarely at The Hague)
1709–1711: Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Bt, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State, directing British foreign policy...
1711: Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery KT PC FRS was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences....

Envoy Extraordinary
1711–1714: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739)
Lieutenant-General Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford , KG , known as Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby from 1695 to 1711, was a diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty....
1714–1720 William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan KT PC was a noted military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession...

Envoy Extraordinary until 1716 then Ambassador
- Jan – Apr 1715 and Oct 1715–Oct 1716: Horatio Walpole
  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC , English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole....
- 1717: William Leathes seconded as Resident from his post in Brussels)
- 1717–1721: Charles Whitworth Envoy Extraordinary 1717; then Minister Plenipotentiary (seconded from his post in Berlin)
- 1717–1739: James Dayrolle Resident

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces

May-Jul 1722: Horatio Walpole Minister Plenipotentiary
1724–1728: William Finch Envoy Extraordinary
1728–1732: Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC KG was a British statesman and man of letters.A Whig, Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was born in London. After being educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he went on the Grand Tour of the continent...

Ambassador
1733–1734: William Finch Minister Plenipotentiarywww.inghist.nl
1734–1739: Horatio Walpole Minister 1734; then Envoy Extraordinary (absent 1736-Jun 1739)
1736–1746: Robert Trevor (Secretary 1736-1736; then Envoy Extraordinary until 1741, then also Minister Plenipotentiary)
- 1742–1743: John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair Ambassador
- 1745: Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
  Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
  Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC KG was a British statesman and man of letters.A Whig, Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was born in London. After being educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he went on the Grand Tour of the continent...
1746–1749: John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten...

Minister Plenipotentiary
- 1747–1752: Solomon Dayrolle Resident
1749–1751: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness PC , known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomat and politician. From 1744 to 1746 he was ambassador at Venice and from 1749 to 1751 he represented his country at The Hague...

Minister Plenipotentiary
1751–1780: Joseph Yorke
Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover
General Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover KB, PC , styled The Honourable Joseph Yorke until 1761 and The Honourable Sir Joseph Yorke between 1761 and 1788, was a British soldier, diplomat and Whig politician....

Minister Plenipotentiary until 1761 then Ambassador

No representation due to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

The Fourth Anglo–Dutch War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic. The war, tangentially related to the American Revolutionary War, broke out over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with Britain's enemies in that...

1780–1784

1784–1789: Sir James Harris
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury GCB was an English diplomatist.-Early life :...

Minister Plenipotentiary until 1788; then (as Lord Malmesbury) Ambassador
1789–1790: Alleyne Fitzherbert
Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens PC was a British diplomat and a friend of explorer George Vancouver, who named Mount St...

Envoy Extraordinary
1790–1793: William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (ambassador)
- 1790–1793: Lord Henry John Spencer Secretary, but Minister ad interim 1791-1792 and 1793
1793—1794: Hon. William Eliot
William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans
William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans , known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician....

Minister ad interim
1794–1795: Alleyne FitzHerbert
Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens
Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens PC was a British diplomat and a friend of explorer George Vancouver, who named Mount St...

Diplomatic Relations suspended 1795–1802

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Batavian Republic
Batavian Republic
The Batavian Republic was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland....

1802–1803: Robert Liston
Robert Liston
Robert Liston was a pioneering Scottish surgeon, and the son of the Scottish minister and inventor Henry Liston, whose father was also a Robert Liston, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland....

Diplomatic Relations suspended 1803–1813

Ambassadors to the Belgium
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands is the unofficial name used to refer to Kingdom of the Netherlands during the period after it was first created from part of the First French Empire and before the new kingdom of Belgium split out in 1830...

Under the Treaty of Vienna

Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...

in 1815, the northern and southern Netherlands were united into the Kingdom of the United Netherlands, which was known at the time as the Kingdom of Belgium

1813–1815: Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
1815: Sir Charles Stuart
Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay
Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay GCB, PC , known as Sir Charles Stuart between 1812 and 1828, was a British diplomat...
1815–1816: John James Minister ad interim
1816–1817: George William Chad
George William Chad
George 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...

Minister ad interim
1817–1824: Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
- 1818–1819, 1819, 1822 and 1824: George William Chad
  George William Chad
  George 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...
  
  Minister ad interim
1824: Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Viscount Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC , known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat....
1824: Andrew Snape Douglas
Andrew Snape Douglas
Sir Andrew Snape Douglas was a distinguished Scottish sea captain in the Royal Navy during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.-Family and early life:...

(ad interim)
1824–1829: Sir Charles Bagot
Charles Bagot
Sir Charles Bagot, GCB was an English diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of the Province of Canada 1841-1843)....
1829–1832: Thomas Cartwright
Thomas 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...

(ad interim)

The United Kingdom of the Netherlands was dissolved by the cessation of the Southern Netherlands in the Belgian Revolution

Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium....

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands

1832: Hon. John Duncan Bligh
John Duncan Bligh
Sir 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...

(ad interim)
1833–1836: Hon. George Jerningham Chargé d'affaires
1836–1851: Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe
Edward Cromwell Disbrowe
Sir 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...
1851–1858: Sir Ralph Abercromby
Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline
Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron Dunfermline was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat, styled The Honourable from 1839 to 1858.-Life:...
1858–1860: Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, PC , was a Scottish polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British Minister to the United States from 1857 to 1859, Netherlands from 1859 to 1860, Russia from 1861 to 1864, Prussia from 1864 to 1866 and as the...
1860–1862: Sir Andrew Buchanan
Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet
Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British diplomat and baronet.-Family:Buchanan was the only son of James Buchanan of Blairvadoch, Ardinconnal, Dumbartonshire, and Janet, eldest daughter of James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness.He married first, 4 April 1839, Frances Katharine, daughter...
1862–1867: Sir John Ralph Milbanke, 8th Bt
1867–1877: Hon. Edward Harris
1877–1888: Hon. William Stuart
William Stuart
William Stuart may refer to:*Lord William Stuart, naval commander, MP for Cardiff*Hod Stuart, William "Hod" Stuart", Canadian ice hockey player*William Corwin Stuart , U.S...
1888–1896: Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Bt
1896-1908: Sir Henry Howard
1908–1910: Sir George Buchanan
George Buchanan (diplomat)
Sir George William Buchanan GCB GCMG GCVO PC was a British diplomat. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was the son of British Ambassador Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt.....
1910–1917: Hon. Sir Alan Johnstone
1917–1919: Sir Walter Townley
1919–1921: Sir Ronald Graham
1921–1926: Sir Charles Marling
1926–1928: Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville GCMG GCVO PC was a British diplomat.The eldest son of the 2nd Earl Granville, Leveson-Gower was educated at Eton and joined the diplomatic service in 1893 as an attaché to Berlin...
1928–1933: Hon. Sir Odo Russell
1933–1938: Sir Hubert Montgomery
Hubert Montgomery
Sir Charles Hubert Montgomery KCMG KCVO CB was a British civil servant and diplomat.Montgomery was the fifth son of the politician Hugh Montgomery and was born at Blessingbourne, near Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Ireland. He was educated at Charterhouse School and in 1900 joined the Foreign Office...
1938–1942: Sir Nevile Bland
Nevile Bland
Sir George Nevile Maltby Bland, KCMG, KCVO was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands from 1938 through the war years until 1948...

Ambassadors to the Netherlands

1942–1948: Sir Nevile Bland
Nevile Bland
Sir George Nevile Maltby Bland, KCMG, KCVO was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands from 1938 through the war years until 1948...
1948–1952: Sir Philip Nichols
1952–1954: Sir Nevile Butler
1954–1960: Sir Paul Mason
1960–1964: Sir Andrew Noble
1964-1970: Sir Isham Peter Garran
1970–1972: Sir Edward Tomkins
Edward Tomkins
Sir Edward Emile Tomkins, GCMG, CVO was a British diplomat. He was British Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1970 to 1972, and British Ambassador to France from 1972 to 1975. He owned Winslow Hall in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, often attributed to Christopher Wren, from 1959.Tomkins was the son of...
1972–1977: Sir Ernest John Ward Barnes
1977–1979: Sir Richard Sykes
Richard Sykes (diplomat)
Sir Richard Sykes was the British Ambassador to the Netherlands, who was killed by the IRA in The Hague in 1979. Footman Karel Straub was also killed, both being shot in the head as they left the ambassador's residence for the short trip to the embassy.He served in Havana, Peking and Washington,...

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1979–1981: Sir John Taylor
1981–1984: Sir Philip Mansfield
1984–1988: Sir John Margetson
John Margetson
Sir John Margetson, KCMG is a former British Ambassador to Vietnam, the United Nations, and the Netherlands.-Early life:...
1988–1993: Sir Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins (diplomat)
Sir Michael Romily Heald Jenkins, KCMG is a former British diplomat.Born in Cambridge and son of the Byzantine scholar, Romilly Jenkins, he was trained as a Russian interepreter during his National Service. He subsequently studied languages and history as an Exhibitioner at Kings College,...
1993–1996: Sir David Miers
1996–2001: Dame Rosemary Spencer
2001–2005: Sir Colin Budd
2005–2009: Mr. Lyn Parker
2009–present: Mr Paul Arkwright

External links

British Embassy in the Netherlands

Envoys to the Prince of Orange

Ambassadors to the United Provinces

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces

Ambassadors to the United Provinces

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands

Ambassadors to the Netherlands

External links

See also