List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Prussia
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Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Prussia, specifically Heads of Missions sent to the Elector of Brandenburg and to the Kingdom of Prussia
from its the formation of in 1701. From 1868, the ambassadors were attributed to the North German Confederation
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1751—1756: Apparently no representation
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
from its the formation of in 1701. From 1868, the ambassadors were attributed to the North German Confederation
North German Confederation
The 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...
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Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Elector of Brandenburg
- 1680: Sir Robert SouthwellRobert Southwell (diplomat)Sir Robert Southwell was an English diplomat. He was Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society from 1690.-Background and education:...
- 1689: Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron LexintonRobert Sutton, 2nd Baron LexintonRobert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton PC was an English diplomat.-Family:He was the son of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton and his third wife Mary St. Leger.On 14 September 1691, he married Margaret Hungerford Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton PC (6 January 1662 – 19 September 1723) was an English...
, Envoy Extraordinary - 1690—1692: James Johnson
- 1692: 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...
in charge - 1692-1698: apparently no representation
- 1698—c.1700: 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 - 1699—1703: Philip Plantamour in charge
- 1700: James CressettJames CressettJames Cressett or Cresset was an English diplomat.James Cressett was the son of James Cressett, Rector of Cound. In April 1671, aged 16,he matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, gaining a B.A. in 1673-4 and an M.A. in 1677. In 1686 he joined Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a Fellow of Trinity...
Envoy Extraordinary
- 1700: James Cressett
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia
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- 1701: Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron RabyThomas 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....
Special Mission
- 1701: Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby
- 1703–1711: Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron RabyThomas 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....
Envoy Extraordinary until 1705, then Ambassador- 1704 and 1705: 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...
visited Berlin - 1708: Maj.-Gen. Francis PalmesFrancis PalmesLieutenant-General Francis Palmes MP was a noted favorite general of the Duke of Marlborough.- Early life :Palmes was the second son of Francis Palmes of Carcraig and Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Thomas Taylor of Ballyport, County Limerick...
Envoy Extraordinary - 1711: Charles WhitworthCharles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth of GalwayCharles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth was a British diplomat.-Early life and education:Whitworth was possibly born at Blore Pike, near Eccleshall, Staffordshire. He entered Westminster School as a Queen's Scholar in 1690, and then entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1694...
Special Mission
- 1704 and 1705: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
- 1712—1714: Brigadier William BritonWilliam BritonWilliam Briton or Breton was a Breton Franciscan theologian. John Bale places his death in 1356 at Grimsby.-Works:Briton's works, enumerated by Bale, are principally concerned with dialectics. He is rememberes, however, for his 'Vocabularium Bibliæ,' a treatise explanatory of obscure words in the...
- 1715: Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of ForfarArchibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of ForfarArchibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar, 3rd Earl of Ormond was a Scottish peer.He was the only son of Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar, and Robina Lockhart, the daughter of Sir William Lockhart of Lee and Robina Sewster.He inherited the titles Earl of Forfar and Earl of Ormond at the age of...
- 1716: Alexander, Lord PolwarthAlexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of MarchmontAlexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont PC , was a Scottish nobleman, politician and judge.Third but eldest surviving son of Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, by his spouse Grisel , daughter of Sir Thomas Ker of Cavers, he assumed the additional surname of Campbell upon his marriage in...
, also to Denmark - 1716–1717: Charles Whitworth
- 1719–1722: Charles Whitworth Minister Plentipotentiary
- 1720: The Earl CadoganWilliam Cadogan, 1st Earl CadoganWilliam 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...
Special mission - 1720: The Earl StanhopeJames Stanhope, 1st Earl StanhopeJames Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope PC was a British statesman and soldier who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721. He is probably best remembered for his service during War of the Spanish Succession...
Special mission
- 1720: The Earl Cadogan
- 1722—1724: James ScottJames Scott (1671-1732)James Scott was a Scottish politician. He was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland prior to the Union, and one of Scotland's first representatives sent to the new Parliament of Great Britain....
Minister - 1724–1730: Charles Du Bourgay Envoy Extraordinary
- 1726: Richard Sutton
- 1730: Sir Charles Hotham Special Mission
- 1730—1741: Col. Guy Melchior Dickens Secretary until 1740, then Minister
- 1741: Thomas RobinsonThomas Robinson, 1st Baron GranthamThomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, KB, PC was a British diplomatist and politician. He was a younger son of Sir William Robinson, Bt...
Special Mission
- 1741: Thomas Robinson
- 1741–1744: John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of HyndfordJohn Carmichael, 3rd Earl of HyndfordJohn Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford PC, KT , styled Viscount of Inglisberry between 1710 and 1737, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat....
Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary - 1744—1747: Frederick Lorentz Secretary, in charge
- 1746: Hon. Thomas VilliersThomas Villiers, 1st Earl of ClarendonThomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Family:Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey and his wife Judith Herne, daughter of Frederick Herne....
Minister Plenipotentiary - 1747–1749: Henry LeggeHenry Bilson LeggeHenry Bilson-Legge PC was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.-Background and education:...
- 1750–1751: Charles Hanbury WilliamsCharles Hanbury WilliamsSir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB , diplomat, writer and satirist, son of John Hanbury, a Welsh ironmaster, assumed the name of Williams on succeeding to the estate of his godfather Charles Williams, in 1720....
1751—1756: Apparently no representation
- 1756–1771: Andrew Mitchell Minister 1756-1760; Minister Plenipotentiary 1760-1764; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1766-1771
- 1758: Joseph YorkeJoseph Yorke, 1st Baron DoverGeneral 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 - 1771–1772: Robert Gunning
- 1772–1776: James HarrisJames Harris, 1st Earl of MalmesburyJames Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury GCB was an English diplomatist.-Early life :...
- 1777–1782: Hugh ElliotHugh ElliotHugh Elliot was a British diplomat and then a colonial governor.- Education and early career :Hugh Elliot was born in 1752, the second son of Sir Gilbert Elliot, and the younger brother of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto...
- 1782: George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of CholmondeleyGeorge Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of CholmondeleyGeorge James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley KG, GCH, PC , styled Viscount Malpas between 1764 and 1770 and known as The Earl of Cholmondeley between 1770 and 1815, was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:...
- 1782–1784: Sir John Stepney, Bt
- 1785–1787: John Dalrymple, Viscount Dalrymple
- 1788–1791: Joseph EwartJoseph EwartJoseph Ewart was a Scottish diplomatist.Ewart was the eldest son of the minister of Troquear in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, was born on 30 April l759. He was educated at Dumfries and at Edinburgh University, and then acted as travelling tutor to Macdonald of Clanronald...
Envoy Extraordinary - 1791–1793: Sir Morton EdenMorton Eden, 1st Baron HenleyMorton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley GCB, PC, FRS was a British diplomat.Eden was a younger son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1776–79, he was Minister to Bavaria, then to Copenhagen 1779–82, Dresden 1783–91, Berlin...
- 1793–1794: James Harris, 1st Baron MalmesburyJames Harris, 1st Earl of MalmesburyJames Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury GCB was an English diplomatist.-Early life :...
- 1794-1795: Arthur PagetArthur Paget (diplomat)Sir Arthur Paget GCB, PC was a British diplomat and politician.-Family and early life:Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane Chamagné daughter of Arthur Chamagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland. He was a younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess...
envoy extraordinary -- special mission. - 1795: Lord Henry SpencerLord Henry SpencerLord Henry John Spencer was a British diplomat and politician.Spencer was the second son of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Caroline and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford...
- 1795–1799: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of ElginThomas Bruce, 7th Earl of ElginThomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens. Elgin was the second son of Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin and his wife Martha Whyte...
- 1796: George HammondGeorge Hammond (diplomat)George Hammond was a British diplomat and the first British envoy to the United States from 1791 to 1795.-Early career:Hammond came from East Riding of Yorkshire, enjoyed a liberal education, and was a Master of Arts and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford...
Extraordinary Mission - 1798: Granville Leveson-GowerGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GranvilleGranville 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....
Special Mission - 1798: Rt. Hon. Thomas GrenvilleThomas GrenvilleThomas Grenville PC was a British politician and bibliophile.-Background and education:Grenville was the second son of Prime Minister George Grenville and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet...
Special Mission
- 1796: George Hammond
- 1800–1802: John Proby, 1st Earl of CarysfortJohn Proby, 1st Earl of CarysfortJohn Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort, KP, PC, PC , FRS was a British judge, diplomat Whig politician and poet.-Background and education:...
- 1802–1806: Francis Jackson
- 1805-1806: Dudley Ryder, Baron HarrowbyDudley Ryder, 1st Earl of HarrowbyDudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC, FSA was a prominent British politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party.-Background and education:...
Special Mission - 1806: Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of HarringtonGeneral Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC, PC , styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British soldier. Stanhope is sometimes confused with an exact contemporary of his, the 3rd Earl Stanhope....
Special Mission - 1806: George Howard, Viscount MorpethGeorge Howard, 6th Earl of CarlisleGeorge Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman...
Plenipotentiary - 1806: Lieut-Gen. Baron HutchinsonJohn Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of DonoughmoreGeneral John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore GCB was an Anglo-Irish politician, hereditary peer and soldier.-Background:He was the son of John Hely-Hutchinson and the Baroness Donoughmore...
Plenipotentiary
- 1805-1806: Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby
- 1806–1807: No representation due to the occupation of HanoverHanoverHanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
- 1807: Benjamin GarlikeBenjamin GarlikeBenjamin Garlike was a British diplomat, ambassador to Denmark and Prussia.As a young man Garlike received the patronage of Lord Auckland, accompanying him to Spain in 1788 and The Hague in 1789, where he worked deciphering government dispatches...
Minister ad interim - 1807–1808: John FrereJohn Hookham FrereJohn Hookham Frere PC was an English diplomat and author.Frere was born in London. His father, John Frere, the member of a Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and would have been senior wrangler in 1763 but for the competition of William Paley; his mother, Jane,...
- 1808–1813: No representation due to the Treaties of TilsitTreaties of TilsitThe Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by Napoleon I of France in the town of Tilsit in July, 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland. The first was signed on 7 July, between Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Napoleon I of France, when they met on a raft in the middle of the Neman...
- 1813–1814: Hon. Sir Charles StewartCharles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of LondonderryCharles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled The Honourable Charles Stewart from 1789 until 1813 and The Honourable Sir Charles Stewart from 1813 to 1814 and known as The Lord Stewart from 1814 to 1822, was a British soldier, politician and nobleman...
- 1815–1823: George RoseGeorge Henry RoseSir George Henry Rose GCH PC was the eldest son of George Rose. He was Member of Parliament for Southampton from 1794–1813 and for Christchurch from 1818–32 and 1837–44, Clerk of the Parliaments from 1818–55 and sometime Envoy Extraordinary to Munich and Berlin, and to the...
- 1823–1827: Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of ClanwilliamRichard Meade, 3rd Earl of ClanwilliamRichard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam GCH was a British ambassador.The only son of the 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam , Lord Clanwilliam was educated Eton and afterwards joined the Diplomatic Service.He attended Lord Castlereagh's suite at the Congress of Vienna in 1814 and was...
- 1827–1830: Sir Brook Taylor
- 1830–1832: 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...
- 1832: Baron DurhamJohn Lambton, 1st Earl of DurhamJohn George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham GCB, PC , also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in history texts simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America...
Special Mission
- 1832: Baron Durham
- 1832–1834: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto GCB, PC , styled as Viscount Melgund between 1813 and 1814, was a British diplomat and Whig politician.-Background and education:...
- 1834–1835: Sir George Shee, BtSir George Shee, 2nd BaronetSir George Shee, 2nd Baronet was an English diplomat.-Life:George Shee was the eldest son of Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Maria Crisp. He was educated at Sandy Mount, near Dublin, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1806 and M.A. in 1811. He was admitted to...
- 1835–1841: Lord George RussellLord George RussellMajor-General Lord George William Russell was a British soldier, politician and diplomat.The second son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and brother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord Russell, he sat as Member of Parliament for Bedford from 1812 until 1830.Russell married Elizabeth...
- 1841–1851: John Fane, Lord BurghershJohn Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandGeneral John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.-Background:...
- 1851–1860: John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron BloomfieldJohn Bloomfield, 2nd Baron BloomfieldJohn Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, GCB, PC, DL was a British peer and diplomatist.-Background:...
- 1860–1862: Lord Augustus Loftus
- 1862–1864: Andrew BuchananSir Andrew Buchanan, 1st BaronetSir 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...
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1864–1866: Francis Napier, 10th Lord NapierFrancis Napier, 10th Lord NapierFrancis 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...
- 1866–1868: Lord Augustus Loftus