List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Sardinia
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Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Sardinia and its predecessor Savoy, specifically Heads of Missions.
In 1720, Savoy acquired the island of Sardinia
, and was subsequently known as the Kingdom of Sardinia
.
Envoys Extraordinary to Savoy
- 1671-1690: Marquis of St Thomas, John Finch and Sir William Soame
- 1691-1693: Edmund Poley
- 1693-1694: Dr William Aglionby
- 1693-1704: The Earl of Galway (absent from 1696) (Viscount Galway until 1697)
- 1699 and 1703-1706: Richard HillRichard Hill of HawkstoneThe Rev. the Hon. Sir Richard Hill of Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire, was baptised at Hodnet, Shropshire, 23 March 1655 and died unmarried at Richmond, Surrey, 11 June 1727, aged 73...
- 1706: Paul MethuenPaul Methuen (diplomat)Sir Paul Methuen PC, KB was an English diplomat and politician.He was the son of John Methuen and was educated privately then at a Jesuit school in Paris. He went to Lisbon in 1691, when his father was appointed minister there. He gained valuable experience and the esteem of King Pedro...
- 1706-1713: John ChetwyndJohn Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount ChetwyndJohn Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd , diplomat and politician, was the second son of John Chetwynd and the brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd. He succeeded to that Irish peerage in 1736 by virtue of a special remainder....
, later Viscount Chetwynd.- 1708-1713: 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...
- 1708-1713: Maj. Gen. Francis Palmes
- 1710-1713: Charles Mordaunt, Earl of PeterbroughCharles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of PeterboroughCharles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, KG, PC was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, the second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth...
Special Mission 1710-1711; Minister Plenipotentiary 1712; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1713 - 1714: George St. John (died 1716 at Venice)
- 1713-1719: J. Payne, James Cockburn
In 1720, Savoy acquired the island of Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
, and was subsequently known as the Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia consisted of the island of Sardinia first as a part of the Crown of Aragon and subsequently the Spanish Empire , and second as a part of the composite state of the House of Savoy . Its capital was originally Cagliari, in the south of the island, and later Turin, on the...
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Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
- 1719-1725: John Molesworth
- 1726-1727: John Hedges Envoy Extraordinary
- 1728-1732: Edmund Allen in charge 1727-1728; Secretary 1728-1734
- 1731-1736: The Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, KG, PC was the son of the 2nd Earl of Essex.Capell was one of the founding governors of the charity, the Foundling Hospital, created in October 1739 to care for abandoned children....
Minister Plenipotentiary 1731-1732; Ambassador 1732-1736 - 1736-1749: Arthur VillettesArthur VillettesArthur Villettes was a British diplomat who played an important role in diplomatic negotiations of the 18th century often serving as an envoy of the long-standing controller of British foreign policy the Duke of Newcastle...
Resident- 1747: Lieut-Gen. Thomas Wentworth Special Mission
- 1749–1755: William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of RochfordWilliam Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of RochfordWilliam Henry Nassau, 4th Earl of Rochford, PC, KG was a British courtier, diplomat and statesman of Anglo-Dutch descent. He occupied senior ambassadorial posts at Madrid and Paris, and served as Secretary of State in both the Northern and Southern Departments...
- 1755–1758: The Earl of BristolGeorge Hervey, 2nd Earl of BristolGeorge William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol , the eldest son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, by his marriage with Mary , daughter of Nicholas Lepell....
Envoy Extraordinary - 1758–1761: James Mackenzie Envoy Extraordinary 1758-1760; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1761–1768: George Pitt, 1st Baron RiversGeorge Pitt, 1st Baron RiversGeorge Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers was a British diplomat and politician.-Background and education:He born in Geneva, the eldest son of George Pitt of Stratfieldsaye, Hampshire and his wife Mary Louise Bernier from Strasbourg. General Sir William Augustus Pitt was his younger brother...
- 1768–1779: William LynchWilliam Lynch (diplomat)William Lynch was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1762 and 1774.Lynch was the eldest son of John Lynch, DD Dean of Canterbury and his wife Mary Wake, daughter of William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury.Lynch was elected Member of Parliament for Weobly in...
Envoy Extraordinary 1768-1770; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary - 1779–1783: John Stuart, Viscount MountstuartJohn Stuart, 1st Marquess of ButeJohn Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, PC, FRS was a British nobleman.He was the son of the 3rd Earl of Bute and the former Mary Wortley Montagu, a granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Sandwich...
- 1783–1797: Hon. John Hampden-Trevor Envoy Extraordinary 1783-1789; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1798–1799: No representation due to the French occupation of TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
- 1799–1806: Thomas Jackson
- Diplomatic relations suspended 1816-1808
- 1807–1824: Hon. William HillWilliam Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron BerwickWilliam Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick, PC, FSA was a British peer, politician and diplomatist.Born William Hill, he was the second son of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick and his wife, Anna, a maternal granddaughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. He was educated at Rugby School and Jesus...
- 1824–1840: Augustus Foster
- 1840–1851: Hon. Ralph Abercromby
- 1852–1860: James Hudson