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British Envoys to Germany

Diplomatic representatives at the British missions

1815 to 1914
 

Berlin

Prussia; from 1867 also North German Confederation; from 1871 German Empire

1815–1823

Sir George Henry Rose

1823–1827

Richard Charles Francis Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam

1827–1830

Sir Brook Taylor

1830–1832

George William Chad

1832–1834

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto

1835–1841

Lord George William Russell

1841–1851

John Fane, Earl of Westmorland

1851–1860

Lord John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield

1860–1862

Lord Augustus Loftus

1862–1864

Sir Andrew Buchanan

1864–1866

Lord Francis Napier

1866–1871

Lord Augustus Loftus

1871–1884

Lord Odo Russell

1884–1895

Sir Edward Malet

1895–1908

Sir Frank C. Lascelles

1908–1914

Sir Edward Goschen

Darmstadt

Grand Duchy of Hesse

1851–1866

see Frankfurt

1866–1871

Sir Robert Morier

1871–1873

Evan Montagu Baillie

1873–1878

Sir Francis Clare Ford

1878–1892

William Jocelyn

1893–1900

Sir George Buchanan

1900–1903

Alan Johnstone

1903–1906

Arthur J. Herbert

1906

Arthur C. Grant Duff

1906–1911

Frederic D. Harford

1911–1914

Lord Acton

Dresden

Saxony

1816–1824

John Philip Morier

1824–1828

George William Chad

1828–1831

Edward Michael Ward

1832–1858

Francis Reginald Forbes

1858–1859

Augustus B. Paget

1859–1866

Sir Charles Augustus Murray

1866

John Savile-Lumley

1867–1873

Joseph Hume Burnley

1873–1897

George Strachey

1897–1901

Sir Alexander Condie Stephen

1901–1907

Viscount Gough

1907–1909

Mandsfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay

1909–1914

Arthur C. Grant Duff

Frankfurt

Diet of the German Confederation

1817–1824

Frederick James Lamb

1824–1827

Frederick Cathcart

1828–1829

Henry Unwin Addington

1829–1830

George William Chad

1830–1838

Sir Thomas Cartwright

1838

Henry Edward Fox

1839

Ralph Abercromby

1840–1848

William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways

1848–1852

Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley

1852–1866

Sir Alexander Malet

Hamburg

Hanse Towns

1836-1841

Henry Canning

1841-1860

Sir George Lloyd Hodges

1860-1870

John Ward

 

Hanover

Hanover

1838–1856

Sir John Duncan Bligh

1857–1858

Sir John Fiennes Twisleton, 2nd Baronet of Crampton

1858–1859

George John Robert Gordon

1859–1866

Sir Henry Francis Howard

1866

Sir Charles Lennox Wyke

Munich

Bavaria

1814–1815

Sir George Henry Rose

1815–1820

Frederick James Lamb

1820–1827

Sir Brook Taylor

1828–1843

David Montagu, 2nd Baron of Erskine

1843–1862

Sir John Ralph Milbanke

1862–1866

Lord Augustus Loftus

1866–1872

Sir Henry Francis Howard

1872–1876

Sir Robert Morier

1877–1882

Sir Edward Stanton

1882–1885

Hugh Guinon MacDonell

1885–1903

Sir Victor Drummond

1903–1906

Sir Reginald Thomas Tower

1906–1908

Hon. Fairfax Leighton Cartwright

1908–1909

Lord Horace Rumbold (acting chargé d'affaires)

1909–1910

Sir Ralph Paget

1910–1914

Sir Vincent Corbett

Stuttgart

Württemberg

1814–1820

Sir Brook Taylor

1820–1822

Alexander Cockburn

1823–1825

Sir Henry Williams-Wynn

1825–1828

David Montagu, 2nd baron of Erskine

1828–1833

Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe

1834–1835

Lord George William Russell

1835–1844

Sir George Shee

1844–1852

Sir Alexander Charles Malet

1852–1854

Sir Arthur Charles Magenis

1854–1859

George Sulyarde Stafford Jerningham

1859–1871

George John Robert Gordon

1871–1872

Sir Robert Morier

1872–1881

Sir George Petre

1881–1883

Gerard F. Gould

1883–1890

Sir H. Barron

1890–1914

see Munich

Vienna

Austria

1814–1822

Charles William Stewart

1823–1831

Sir Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley

1831–1841

Frederick James Lamb

1841–1846

Sir Robert Gordon

1846–1850

Viscount John Ponsonby

1851–1855

John Fane, Earl of Westmorland

1855–1858

Sir George Hamilton Seymour

1858–1860

Lord Augustus Loftus

1860–1871

Lord John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield