List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Prussia

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 formation of in 1701. From 1868, the ambassadors were attributed to the North German Confederation.

Heads of Mission

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Elector of Brandenburg 1680: Sir Robert Southwell 1689: Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton, Envoy ExtraordinaryD. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) 1690–1692: James Johnson 1692: George Stepney in charge 1692–1698: apparently no representation 1698–c.1700: George Stepney Envoy Extraordinary 1699–1703: Philip Plantamour in charge 1700: James Cressett Envoy Extraordinary

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1701: Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby Special Mission 1703–1711: Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby Envoy Extraordinary until 1705, then Ambassador 1704 and 1705: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough visited Berlin 1708: Maj.-Gen. Francis Palmes Envoy Extraordinary 1711: Charles Whitworth Special Mission 1712–1714: Brigadier William BrittonLondon Gazette, 5000London Gazette, 5004 1715: Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar 1716: Alexander, Lord Polwarth, also to DenmarkLondon Gazette, 5422 1716–1717: Charles WhitworthLondon Gazette, 5448 1719–1722: Charles Whitworth Minister Plenipotentiary 1720: The Earl Cadogan Special mission 1720: The Earl Stanhope Special mission 1722–1724: James Scott Minister 1724–1730: Charles Du Bourgay Envoy ExtraordinaryLondon Gazette, 6256London Gazette 6889 1726: Richard SuttonLondon Gazette, 6467 1730: Sir Charles Hotham Special MissionLondon Gazette, 6899 1730–1741: Col. Guy Melchior Dickens Secretary until 1740, then Minister 1741: Thomas Robinson Special Mission 1741–1744: John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1744–1747: Frederick Lorentz Secretary, in charge 1746: Hon. Thomas Villiers Minister PlenipotentiaryLondon Gazette 8513 1747–1749: Henry LeggeLondon Gazette, no. 8715 P. J. Kulisheck, 'Legge, Henry Bilson (1708–1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 3 April 2009. 1750–1751: Charles Hanbury WilliamsLondon Gazette, 8847 1751–1756: Apparently no representation 1756–1771: Andrew Mitchell Minister 1756–1760; Minister Plenipotentiary 1760–1764; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1766–1771 1758: Joseph Yorke Minister Plenipotentiary 1771–1772: Robert Gunning 1772–1776: James HarrisHaydn, Joseph, The Book of Dignities, 1851 1777–1782: Hugh ElliotHaydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851 1782: George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley 1782–1784: Sir John Stepney, Bt 1785–1787: John Dalrymple, Viscount Dalrymple 1788–1791: Joseph Ewart Envoy Extraordinary 1791–1793: Sir Morton Eden 1793–1794: James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury 1794–1795: Arthur Paget envoy extraordinary – special mission.J. M. Rigg, 'Paget, Sir Arthur (1771–1840)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008) , accessed 30 November 2008. 1795: Lord Henry Spencer 1795–1799: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin 1796: George Hammond Extraordinary Mission 1798: Granville Leveson-Gower Special MissionS. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). 1798: Rt. Hon. Thomas Grenville Special Mission 1800–1802: John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort 1802–1806: Francis Jackson 1805–1806: Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby Special Mission 1806: Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington Special Mission 1806: George Howard, Viscount Morpeth Plenipotentiary 1806: Lieut-Gen. Baron Hutchinson Plenipotentiary 1806–1807: No representation due to the occupation of Hanover 1807: Benjamin Garlike Minister ad interim 1807–1808: John FrereHaydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851 1808–1813: No representation due to the Treaties of Tilsit 1813–1814: Hon. Sir Charles Stewart 1815–1823: George RoseHaydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851 1823–1827: Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam 1827–1830: Sir Brook Taylor 1830–1832: George Chad 1832: Baron Durham Special Mission 1832–1834: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto 1834–1835: Sir George Shee, Bt 1835–1841: Lord George Russell 1841–1851: John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland 1851–1860: John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield 1860–1862: Lord Augustus Loftus

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Source:T.G. Otte, The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British Foreign Office Policy, 1865-1914, pg. 25: "Britain's ambassadorial representation had been cut back, with only Constantinople and Paris retaining their ambassadorial status. It was not until 1860 that St. Petersburg and Vienna, and in 1862 Berlin were again raised to such senior rank." See also title given in Buchanan's reference below. 1862–1864: Sir Andrew Buchanan 1864–1866: Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier 1866–1868: Lord Augustus Loftus Loftus becomes ambassador to Prussia and to the new North German Confederation

See also List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Germany for diplomatic representation after 1868

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