List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies

This is a List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies, usually based at Naples

List of heads of mission Until 1753, Great Britain appears only to have had consuls at Naples and Messina, and no permanent diplomatic mission.The National Archives Catalogue, class SP 93.

Envoys Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily 1753–1764: Sir James Gray, BtJ. Haydn, Book of Dignities(1851), 82-83. 1764–1800: Sir William Hamilton 1800–1801: Sir Arthur Paget, also minister plenipotentiary 1801–1803: William Drummond

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily 1803–1806: Hugh Elliot 1806: General Henry Edward Fox 1806–1809: William Drummond 1809–1811: William Pitt Amherst, Lord Amherst 1811–1814: William Cavendish BentinckS. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). (Simultaneously held supreme military command in the Mediterranean) 1812–1814: Frederick James Lamb Accredited but never in fact in charge 1814–1816: Sir William à Court

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1816–1822: Sir William à Court 1822–1825: William Richard Hamilton 1824–1832: William Noel Hill 1825: John, Lord Burgersh special mission 1832–1833: Lord Ponsonby 1832–1856: Hon. William Temple (ambassador) 1842–1845: Sir Woodbine Parish Plenipotentiary (jointly with Temple) 1847: Gilbert, Earl of Minto, special mission 1847–1848: Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier Chargé d'Affaires

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