The ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France (French: l'ambassadeur anglais en France) was the foremost diplomatic representative of the historic Kingdom of England in France, before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
The position was not a continuous one, and there was sometimes no diplomatic representation, due to wars between the two countries.
English ambassadors and Ministers to France
1446: Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham 1505: Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester 1514–1515: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1518–1520: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1520-1525: Richard Wingfield 1529-?: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk Periods in 1540s and 1550s: Nicholas Wotton 1559–1564: Nicholas Throckmorton 1564–1566: Thomas Smith 1566: Thomas Hoby 1566–1570: Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys 1570–1573: Francis Walsingham 1573–1576: Valentine Dale 1576–1579: Amias Paulet 1579–1583: Henry Cobham (Henry Brooke) 1583–1590: Edward Stafford 1591–1592: Henry Unton 1592–1596: Thomas Edmondes Chargé d'affaires 1596–1597: Anthony Mildmay 1597–1599: Thomas Edmondes Chargé d'affaires 1599–1600: Henry Neville 1601 Thomas Edmondes, Special Ambassador 1602–1606: Thomas Parry 1604: James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1604–1605: Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 1605–1609: George Carew Resident ambassador 1606: William Godolphin 1609–1610: William Beecher Chargé d'Affaires 1610–1617: Thomas Edmondes Resident Ambassador 1610: Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 1616: James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1617–1619: William Beecher Agent (Chargé d'Affaires) 1619–1624: Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Resident Ambassador (but not Sept 1621 to June 1622) 1621–1622: James Hay, Viscount Doncaster 1624–1625: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland 1624–1625: James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1624–1625: George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich Agent 1625: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 1625–1627: Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh appointed Resident Ambassador, but did not go 1625: Thomas Lorkin Agent 1625–1626: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and Dudley Carleton 1626–1627: William Lewis Agent 1626: Dudley Carleton, Lord Carleton 1626: Walter Montagu 1626–1627: John Hawkins 1627–1628: Walter Montagu 1629–1630: Thomas Edmonds, Special mission 1629–1640: Réné Augier Agent (with de Vic) 1630–1636: Henry de Vic Agent or Chargé d'affaires when there was no ambassador 1630–1631: Walter Montagu Ambassador (3 special missions) 1631–1632: Isaac Wake 1631–1633: Jerome Weston Special Mission 1635–1639: John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore Ambassador Ordinary 1636–1641: Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester Ambassador Extraordinary 1639–1640: Thomas Windebank 1641–1650: Richard Browne Agent (for Charles I, then representing the exiled Charles II) 1642–1643: William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian (for Scots Privy Council and Charles I) 1643–1644: George Goring, Lord Goring (for Charles I) 1644–1649: Henry Jermyn, Baron Jermyn of St Edmundsbury Ambassador Extraordinary (for Charles I) 1644–1651: Réné Augier Agent; then Resident Ambassador (for Parliament) 1651–1655: Réné Petit Agent 1655–1656: Réné Augier Agent 1656–1659: William Lockhart of Lee Ambassador 1658: Thomas Belasyse, Viscount Fauconberg 1660: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts Ambassador Extraordinary 1660–1661: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans Ambassador Extraordinary 1661: Samuel Tuke Ambassador Extraordinary 1661-?: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts and Laurence Hyde Special Ambassadors 1662: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans Ambassador Extraordinary 1662–1663: Ralph Montagu Agent? 1662–1666: Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Ambassador Extraordinary 1666–1668: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans 1668: John Trevor 1669–1672: Ralph Montagu 1669 and 1670: Charles Sackville, Baron Buckhurst 1670: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1671: John Belasyse, Baron Belasyse 1671 and 1672: Sidney Godolphin 1672–1677: William Perwich Agent (and Chargé d'affaires when no ambassador) 1672: Henry Savile, Ambassador 1672: Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory 1672–1673: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1673: Edward Spragge 1673–1675: William Lockhart of Lee 1673: Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, 'made diplomatic contact in France, Apr. 1673, on his way to the Emperor' 1674: Bevil Skelton Secret Mission 1675–1676: John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton Ambassador Extraordinary 1676–1678: Ralph Montagu Ambassador Extraordinary 1676–1679: John Brisbane Agent; and then Chargé d'affaires 1677: Louis Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham Special Ambassador 1678–1679: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland Ambassador Extraordinary 1679–1682: Henry Savile, Envoy Extraordinary 1682–1685: Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, Envoy Extraordinary 1682: Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham, Ambassador Extraordinary' 1683: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton Special Ambassador 1683–1684: James Hamilton, Earl of Arran Ambassador Extraordinary 1685: John Churchill, Baron Churchill Ambassador Extraordinary 1685–1686: William Trumbull Ambassador Extraordinary 1686–1688: Bevil Skelton Envoy Extraordinary 1688–1689: Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave Envoy Extraordinary
Ambassadors Extraordinary, from 1689 No representation 1689–1697 due to the Nine Years' War 1697–1698: The Earl of Portland 1698–1699: The Earl of Jersey 1699–1701: The Earl of Manchester No representation from 1701 to 1712, due to the War of the Spanish Succession
After the Union of England and Scotland In 1707 the Kingdom of England became part of the new Kingdom of Great Britain. For missions from the court of St James's after 1707, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to France.
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