This List of Diplomats from the United Kingdom to other German States deals with diplomatic representation in Germany before German unification in the late 19th century. In that period, Germany consisted of many small sovereign states within the Holy Roman Empire (until 1805) then the German Empire.
Separate lists The following lists of diplomats exist as separate articles: For envoys to the Holy Roman Emperor see Austria. For envoys to the Imperial Diet at Ratisbon see Bavaria. For envoys to the Imperial Court at Brussels see Belgium. List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Bavaria List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Elector of Cologne List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic League List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Hanover List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Prussia (including to the Elector of Brandenberg) List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Saxony but 1698-1763 see Poland (when the Elector was king of Poland) List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Württemberg
Minor states with missions
Brunswick–Wolfenbüttel 1689–1714: As Hanover 1729 and 1730–1731: Richard SuttonD. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. XLVI, 1932). 1745: Onslow Burrish 1761–1762: Colonel John Clavering 1765 and 1775–1776: Colonel William Faucitt 1794: Hon. William Eliot (special mission)S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). 1794: James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (extraordinary mission) 1798: Thomas Grenville (special mission – may not have arrived) Then: No mission 1847–1856: John Duncan Bligh
Hesse–Cassel 1694–1695: Sir William Dutton Colt Envoy-extraordinary 1695–1697: George Stepney Minister then from 1695 Envoy-extraordinary 1700: Philip Plantamour 1706–1707: George Stepney Envoy-extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1717–1720: James Haldane Minister 1727–1729: Richard Sutton Envoy-extraordinary 1742–1743: Thomas Villiers Minister Plenipotentiary 1745: Onslow Burrish 1757: Philip Stanhope 1760–1763: Colonel John Clavering Resident 1775–1777: Colonel William Faucitt military mission to raise troops 1784–1801: Ralph Heathcote senior Minister Plenipotentiary (also to Cologne) 1786: John, Viscount Dalrymple 1787: Lieut–Gen. William Faucitt 1794: Francis Seymour-Conway, 17th Earl of Yarmouth 1801–1806: Brook Taylor 1806–1815: No diplomatic relations due to Napoleonic War 1815–1826: No diplomatic relations 1826–1866: The envoy to the German Confederation (resident at Frankfurt) was also accredited to Hesse–Cassel.
Liège 1742–1744: Onslow Burrish Secretary then in 1744 Resident (afterwards at Cologne) 1747–1755: George Cressner Resident (afterwards at Cologne)
Lorraine 1699: Richard Hill
Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1709: John Wich (see Hanseatic League) Then no representation until 1847 1847: Colonel George Lloyd Hodges (see Hanseatic League) From 1847: as Prussia
Palatinate 1695–1697 and 1701: George Stepney Envoy-extraordinary 1711: Charles Whitworth Envoy-extraordinary 1719–1720: James Haldane 1726: Isaac Heup No further missions until after 1777, when the Elector Palatine inherited Bavaria, after which see Bavaria
Minor States without regular representation These are states occasionally visited by diplomats, who were primarily accredited to larger states: Anhalt-Dessau: No mission until 1847, then as Prussia. Anhalt-Zerbst: Special mission in 1777–1778 by William Faucitt. Baden-Baden: 1747–1758 as Cologne. Baden (Grand Duke): from 1841 as Württemberg. Bishop of Bamberg: 1742-1758 as Cologne. Brandenburg-Anspach: 1742–1758 as Cologne; 1777 as Hesse-Cassel Brandenburg-Bayreuth: 1742-1758 as Cologne Hesse-Darmstadt: 1726 and 1743–1758 as Hesse Cassel Holstein-Gottorp: 1709 John Wich (see Hanseatic League) Elector of Mainz: 1695–1696 as Palatinate; 1726, 1745–1758, and 1763–1781 as Cologne Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1761: Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt Ambassador and Plenipotentiary to negotiate the royal marriage. From 1847 as Prussia Nassau: 1847–1848 and 1851–1866: as Prussia Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: from 1847 as Saxony Count of Oldenburg: from 1847 as Hanover Elector of Trier: 1695–1769: same as Mainz Prince of Waldeck: 1776: special mission by William Faucitt Bishop of Würzburg: 1727 and 1742–1758: as Cologne
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