This is a List of Ambassadors of Spain to England and to the United Kingdom

Introduction

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor sent ambassadors to England representing the Empire, as well as Spain. When the Catholic Reformation began, Spain was in the opposite camp to Protestant England.

In the second half of the seventeenth century, Spain sometimes supported the English because, like them, it feared the hegemony in Europe that France and its king Louis XIV had achieved after the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659).

After the Frenchman Philip of Anjou became King of Spain in 1700, during most of the eighteenth century, Spain again stood on the side of France, and was an opponent of Great Britain. It was not until the French Revolution that the two conservative countries, Spain and Great Britain, reconciled against the revolutionaries.

Spanish ambassadors, envoys and ministers plenipotentiary to England (1514–1707) 15th century 1483–1483 Jofre de Sasiola (1st term) 1485–1489 Rodrigo González de la Puebla (1st term) 1491–1492 Jofre de Sasiola (2nd term) 1494–1508 Rodrigo González de la Puebla (2nd term) 1497–1500 Pedro de Ayala (1st term) 1498–1498 Sancho de Londoño and Fray Tomás de Matienzo 1499–1499 Don Juan Manuel, lord of Belmonte 1499–1499 Hernán Duque de Estrada (1st term)

16th century 1500–1500 Gutierrez Gomez de Fuensalida (1st term) 1501–1502 Don Pedro de Ayala (2nd term) 1502–1504 Hernán Duque de Estrada (2nd term) 1507–1510 Catherine of Aragon 1508–1509 Gutierrez Gomez de Fuensalida (2nd term) 1509–1514 Luis Caroz 1514–1522 Bernardo de Mesa 1516–1516 George of Theimseke 1518–1519 Jean Jonglet (1st term) 1519–1520 Philip Haneton, señor de Lindt 1520–1520 John III of Glymes 1520–1520 Laurent de Gouvenot 1522–1525 Louis of Praet 1525–1525 Jean La Sauche 1525–1525 Adolf of Burgundy 1525–1525 Ferry Laureyns 1525–1525 Rodrigo de Peñalosa Toledo 1525–1526 Jean Jonglet (2nd term) 1526–1529 Iñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga 1529–1545 Eustace Chapuys 1536–1538 Diego Hurtado de Mendoza 1539–1540 Philippe Maioris 1543–1543 Ferrante Gonzaga 1544–1544 Beltrán de la Cueva, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque 1544–1550 François van der Delft 1545–1545 Baudoin de Lannoy 1547–1547 Thomas Perrenot de Granvelle 1549–1549 Diego Hurtado de Mendoza 1549–1549 Juan III de Silva 1550–1553 Jean Scheyfve 1553–1555 Simon Renard 1553–1554 Jehan de Montmorency 1554–1554 Lamoral, Count of Egmont 1554–1554 Charles II de Lalaing 1554–1554 Philippe Negri 1554–1554 Pedro de Ávila y Zúñiga 1558–1558 Christophe d´Assonleville 1558–1559 Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria 1559–1559 Christophe d´Assonleville 1559–1563 Álvaro de la Quadra 1559–1559 Caspar Breuner, barón de Rabenstein: 1559–1559 Don Juan de Ayala 1560–1560 Philippe de Stavele 1560–1560 Juan Pacheco de Toledo 1563–1563 Christophe d´Assonleville 1564–1568 Diego Guzmán de Silva 1568–1572 Guerau de Espés 1569–1569 Christophe d´Assonleville 1569–1569 Chiappino Vitelli 1572–1578 Antonio de Guarás 1574–1574 Bernardino de Mendoza (1st term) 1578–1584 Bernardino de Mendoza (2nd term) 1584–1603 Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

17th century 1603–1604 Juan de Tassis, 1st Count of Villamediana 1603–1604 Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg 1604–1604 Carlos Coloma (1st term) 1605–1609 Pedro de Zúñiga y de la Cueva 1609–1613 Alonso de Velasco y Salinas 1612–1612 Pedro de Zúñiga y de la Cueva (2nd term) 1612–1622 Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar 1623–1624 Juan de Mendoza, Marquis de la Hinojosa 1624–1624 Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar (2nd term) 1624–1624 Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Guevara 1622–1624 Carlos Coloma (2nd term) 1627–1630 Peter Paul Rubens 1629–1631 Carlos Coloma (3rd term) 1632–1636 Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 8th Count of Oñate 1638–1655 Alonso de Peralta y Cárdenas 1640–1641 Antonio Sancho Davila, Marquis of Velada 1640–1641 Virgilio Malvezzi 1655–1660 Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) 1660–1662 Alonso Rancano 1660–1660 Jean Charles de Watteville 1660–1660 Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne 1660–1662 Charles Watteville de Joux 1663–1665 Patricio Moledi 1665–1672 Antonio de Tobar y Paz 1671–1674 Pedro de Velasco y Tovar 1674–1676 Pedro Ronquillo Briceño (1st term) 1675–1677 Jean-Baptiste de Brouchoven 1676–1677 Bernardo Salinas 1677–1680 Carlo Emmanuel d'Este 1678–1679 Louis Philip of Egmont 1679–1691 Pedro Ronquillo Briceño (2nd term) 1685–1685 Sebastián de Andía y Henríquez 1691–1691 Francisco Antonio Navarro 1690–1699 Manuel Coloma Escolano

Spanish ambassadors, envoys and ministers plenipotentiary to Great Britain 18th century 1700–1712 War of the Spanish Succession 1712–1713 Isidro Casado de Acevedo y Rosales 1713–1714 Patrick Lawless (chargé d’affaires) 1714–1718 Isidro Casado de Acevedo y Rosales (2nd term) 1720–1727 Jacinto de Pozobueno y Belver 1724–1724 Isidro Casado de Acevedo y Rosales (3rd term) 1727–1731 Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) 1731–1735 Cristóbal Gregorio Portocarrero, 5th Count of Montijo 1735–1739 Thomas Geraldino 1739–1747 War of Jenkins' Ear 1746–1746 Jerónimo Grimaldi (1st term) 1747–1754 Ricardo Wall 1752–1752 Jerónimo Grimaldi (2nd term) 1754–1760 Félix José de Abreu Bertodano 1760–1761 Joaquín Atanasio Pignatelli 1762–1763 Jerónimo Grimaldi (3rd term) 1763–1763 Francisco Javier Carrión Ribas 1763–1777 Vittorio Filippo Ferrero Fieschi 1772–1775 Francisco de Escarano y Torres 1777–1778 Francisco de Escarano y Torres 1778–1779 Pedro Francisco de Luján y Góngora, 1st Duke of Almodóvar del Río 1779–1783 Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) 1782–1783 Ignacio de Heredia Alemán 1783–1795 Bernardo del Campo y Pérez de la Serna 1795–1796 Simón de las Casas y Aragorri 1796–1796 José Senra

19th century 1802–1803 Miguel de Larrea 1802–1804 José J. de Anduaga Garimberti 1808–1808 José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno 1808–1809 Francisco Sangro 1808–1811 Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito 1808–1808 Francisco Martínez de la Rosa 1808–1808 Francisco Serralde 1809–1809 Adrián Jacome 1809–1810 Pedro de Cevallos Guerra 1810–1810 José Miguel de la Cueva, 14th Duke of Alburquerque 1811–1812 Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado 1812–1817 Carlos José Gutiérrez de los Ríos 1817–1817 Joaquín Campuzano Morentes 1817–1820 José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas, 2nd Duke of San Carlos 1820–1820 Santiago de Usoz Mozzi 1820–1821 Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías 1821–1822 Luis de Onís 1822–1824 Juan Gabriel de Jabat 1824–1824 Francisco Cea Bermúdez (1st term) 1824–1825 Camilo Gutiérrez de los Ríos 1825–1826 Mateo de la Serna Santander 1825–1826 Fernando de Aguilera y Contreras 1826–1828 Narciso Heredia, Count of Ofalia 1828–1828 Carlos Cruzmayor 1828–1832 Francisco Cea Bermúdez (2nd term) 1832–1833 Antonio López de Córdoba 1833–1834 Juan de Vial Eydeli 1834–1834 Manuel de Pando, 6th Marquess of Miraflores (1st term) 1834–1834 Ignacio de Jabat (1st term) 1834–1835 Miguel Ricardo de Álava (1st term) 1835–1836 Ignacio de Jabat (2nd term) 1836–1838 Manuel María de Aguilar 1838–1838 Manuel de Pando, 6th Marquess of Miraflores (2nd term) 1838–1841 Miguel Ricardo de Álava (2nd term) 1841–1841 Luis de Flores 1841–1841 Antonio González, 1st Marquess of Valdeterrazo (2nd term) 1841–1844 Vicente Sancho del Castillo 1844–1844 Fernando Rodríguez Ribas 1844–1844 Miguel Tacón y Rosique (1st term) 1844–1844 Manuel de la Pezuela, 2nd Marquess of Viluma 1844–1847 Ignacio Jaime de Sotomayor y Zatrillas 1847–1848 Miguel Tacón y Rosique (2nd term) 1848–1848 Francisco Javier de Istúriz (1st term) 1850–1854 Francisco Javier de Istúriz (2nd term) 1854–1854 (1st term) 1854–1856 Antonio González, 1st Marquess of Valdeterrazo (2nd term) 1856–1857 (2nd term) 1856–1858 Luis González Bravo 1858–1862 Francisco Javier de Istúriz (3rd term) 1862–1863 Augusto Conte Lerdo de Tejada 1862–1863 Antonio González, 1st Marquess of Valdeterrazo (3rd term) 1863–1865 (3rd term) 1865–1865 José Gómez-Acebo y de la Torre 1865–1866 Mariano Roca de Togores, 1st Marquess of Molins 1866–1868 Ángel García-Loygorri 1868–1869 Gorgonio Petano Mazariegos 1869–1869 Gabriel García de Tassara 1869–1869 Miguel Bertodano y Pattisson 1869–1872 Manuel Rancés y Villanueva 1872–1873 Segismundo Moret y Prendergast 1873–1873 José Argaiz Vildósola 1873–1873 Federico Rubio Gali 1873–1873 Buenaventura de Abarzuza y Ferrer 1873–1875 (4th term) 1875–1875 Enrique Vallés Soler 1875–1886 Manuel Rancés y Villanueva 1886–1888 Cipriano del Mazo Gherardi 1888–1890 José Luis Albareda y Sezde 1890–1893 Manuel Rancés y Villanueva 1892–1895 Cipriano del Mazo Gherardi 1895–1897 Emilio Alcalá-Galiano, 4th Count of Casa Valencia 1897–1900 Juan Antonio Rascón Navarro

20th century 1900–1905 Fermín Lasala Collado 1905–1906 Luis Polo de Bernabé y Pilón 1905–1913 Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia 1913–1931 Alfonso Merry del Val 1931–1936 Ramón Pérez de Ayala 1936–1936 Julián López y Oliván 1936–1939 Pablo de Azcárate 1939–1945 Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba 1945–1948 Domingo de las Bárcenas 1948–1951 José Ruiz de Arana y Bauer 1951–1958 Miguel Primo de Rivera 1958–1972 José Fernández-Villaverde 1972–1973 Jaime de Piniés 1973–1975 Manuel Fraga Iribarne 1975–1976 Manuel Gómez-Acebo e Igartua 1976–1981 Luis Guillermo Perinat y Elío, 8th Marquess of Campo Real 1981–1983 Fernando Arias-Salgado y Montalvo 1983–1990 José Joaquín Puig de la Bellacasa 1990–1992 Felipe de la Morena y Calve 1992–1999 Alberto Aza y Arias

21st century 1999–2004 Santiago de Mora-Figueroa y Williams 2004–2008 Carlos Miranda y Elíof 2008–2009 Carles Casajuana i Palet 2009–2012 José Ignacio Carbajal Gárate 2012–2017 Federico Trillo-Figueroa 2017–2021 Carlos Bastarreche 2021–2025 José Pascual Marco Martínez 2025–present

See also Spain – United Kingdom relations Foreign relations of Spain List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain

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