List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Austria
Encyclopedia
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Austria is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in the Republic of Austria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Austria. His official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria.
For the ambassadors from the Court of St. James's
up to 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to the Holy Roman Emperor and for the period 1707 to 1800 see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's foremost diplomatic representative
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
in the Republic of Austria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
in Austria. His official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria.
For the ambassadors from the Court of St. James's
Court of St. James's
The Court of St James's is the royal court of the United Kingdom. It previously had the same function in the Kingdom of England and in the Kingdom of Great Britain .-Overview:...
up to 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to the Holy Roman Emperor and for the period 1707 to 1800 see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor.
Envoys-Extraordinary and Ministers-Plentipotentiary to the Holy Roman Emperor
- 1801: Gilbert, Lord MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto PC , known as Sir Gilbert Elliott between 1777 and 1797 and as The Lord Minto between 1797 and 1813, was a Scottish politician diplomat....
- 1801-1806: Sir Arthur PagetArthur Paget (diplomat)Sir Arthur Paget GCB, PC was a British diplomat and politician.-Family and early life:Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane Chamagné daughter of Arthur Chamagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland. He was a younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess...
- : The Earl of HarringtonCharles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of HarringtonGeneral Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC, PC , styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British soldier. Stanhope is sometimes confused with an exact contemporary of his, the 3rd Earl Stanhope....
(Extraordinary Mission)
- : The Earl of Harrington
- 1806-1807: Robert Adair
Ambassadors to the Austrian Emperor
- The Earl of Pembroke and MontgomeryGeorge Herbert, 11th Earl of PembrokeGeneral George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC was a British peer, army officer and politician.-Early life:...
1807 - none due to Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
(1807–1813)- Benjamin BathurstBenjamin Bathurst (disappearance)Benjamin Bathurst was a British diplomatic envoy who disappeared in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the third son of Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich....
(Extraordinary Mission 1809)
- Benjamin Bathurst
- The Earl of AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG, KT, FRS, PC , styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.-Early life:Born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1784, he...
(1813–1814) - The Lord Stewart of Stewart's Court (1814–1823)
- Sir Henry WellesleyHenry Wellesley, 1st Baron CowleyHenry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley GCB was the youngest brother of the Duke of Wellington, and became a notable diplomat in his own right.-Life:...
, later Lord Cowley (1823–1831) - Sir Frederick LambFrederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount MelbourneFrederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC, GCB , known as the Lord Beauvale from 1839 to 1848, was a British diplomat....
, later Lord Beauvale (1831–1841) - Sir Robert GordonRobert Gordon (diplomat)Sir Robert Gordon GCB GCH PC was a British diplomat.Gordon was a younger son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo and a brother of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen...
(1841–1846) - The Viscount Ponsonby (1846–1850)
- The Earl of WestmorlandJohn Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandGeneral John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.-Background:...
(1851–1855) - Sir George Hamilton SeymourGeorge Hamilton SeymourSir George Hamilton Seymour GCB, GCH, PC was a British diplomat.Seymour was the son of Lord George Seymour and Isabella, daughter of Reverend the Honourable William Hamilton. He married the Honourable Gertrude, daughter of General Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, in 1831. They had several children....
(1855–1858) - Lord Augustus Loftus (1858–1860)
- The Lord BloomfieldJohn Bloomfield, 2nd Baron BloomfieldJohn Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, GCB, PC, DL was a British peer and diplomatist.-Background:...
(1860–1867)
Ambassadors to Austria-Hungary
- The Lord BloomfieldJohn Bloomfield, 2nd Baron BloomfieldJohn Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield, GCB, PC, DL was a British peer and diplomatist.-Background:...
(1867–1871) - Sir Andrew BuchananSir Andrew Buchanan, 1st BaronetSir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British diplomat and baronet.-Family:Buchanan was the only son of James Buchanan of Blairvadoch, Ardinconnal, Dumbartonshire, and Janet, eldest daughter of James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness.He married first, 4 April 1839, Frances Katharine, daughter...
(1871–1878) - Sir Henry Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1878–1884)
- Sir Augustus Paget (1884–1893)
- Sir Edmund MonsonSir Edmund Monson, 1st BaronetSir Edmund John Monson, 1st Baronet GCMG, PC was a British diplomat.-Background and education:Monson was born at Seal, Kent the third son of William John Monson, 6th Baron Monson...
(1893–1896) - Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt. (1896–1900)
- Sir Francis Richard PlunkettFrancis Richard PlunkettSir Francis Richard Plunkett KCMG was a British diplomat.Plunkett was born on February 3, 1835 at Corbalton Hall in County Meath, Ireland.-Career:In 1873, Plunkett was nominated as Secretary of Legation in Tokyo under Sir Harry Parkes...
(1900–1905) - Sir Edward Goschen (1905–1908)
- Sir Fairfax CartwrightFairfax Leighton CartwrightSir Fairfax Leighton Cartwright GCMG GCVO was an author and British diplomat who became ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian empire before World War I.-Life:...
(1908–1913) - Sir Maurice de Bunsen (1913–1914)
- no representation (1914–1919), due to First World War)
Ambassadors to Austria
- Sir Francis LindleyFrancis Oswald LindleySir Francis Oswald Lindley CB, CBE, PC, KCMG was a British diplomat, HM Consul-General in Russia, 1919, British High Commissioner in Vienna, 1919 to 1920, Ambassador to Austria, 1920 to 1921, Ambassador to Greece, 1922 to 1923, Minister in Oslo, 1923 to 1929; Ambassador to Portugal, 1929 to 1931,...
(1920–1921) - Hon. Aretas Akers-DouglasAretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston GCMG, PC , was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1933 and 1938.-Background and education:...
(1921–1928) - Sir Eric PhippsEric PhippsSir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British diplomat.-Family and early life:Phipps was the son of Sir Constantine Phipps, later British Ambassador to Belgium, and his wife Maria Jane...
(1928–1933) - Sir Walford Harmood Montague Selby (1933–1937) :ru:Селби, Валфорд
- Charles Michael Palairet (1937–1938) :ru:Паларет, Чарльз Майкл
- no representation (1938–1945, due to AnschlussAnschlussThe Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
and Second World War)
Ambassadors to Austria
- Henry William Bradshaw (1946–1948)
- Sir Bertrand Jerram (1948–1949)
- Sir Harold Anthony CacciaHarold Caccia, Baron CacciaHarold Anthony Caccia, Baron Caccia, GCMG, GCVO, GCStJ was a British diplomat....
(1949–1954) - Sir Geoffrey Arnold Wallinger (1954–1958)
- Sir Reginald James Bowker (1958–1961)
- Sir Malcolm Sibourne Henderson (1961–1965)
- Sir John PilcherJohn Arthur PilcherSir John Arthur Pilcher GCMG was a British diplomat, capping a long career with a posting as Her Majesty's ambassador to Austria and as ambassador to Japan .-Career:...
(1965–1967) - Sir Anthony Rumbold, Bt. (1967–1970)
- Sir Peter Allix Wilkinson (1970–1972)
- Denis Seward Laskey (1972–1976)
- Hugh Travers Morgan (1976–1979)
- Donald McDonald Gordon (1979–1982)
- Michael AlexanderMichael Alexander (diplomat)Sir Michael Alexander was a British diplomat. He was the foreign policy secretary to Margaret Thatcher and the UK ambassador to NATO....
(1982–1986) - Robert James O'Neill (1986–1989)
- Brian Lee Crowe (1989–1992)
- Terence Courtney Wood (1992–1996)
- Anthony St. Johns FiggisAnthony FiggisSir Anthony Figgis, KCVO CMG was Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2008....
(1996–2000) - Antony Ford (2000–2003)
- John Malcolm Macgregor (2003–2007)
- Simon SmithSimon Smith (diplomat)Simon John Meredith Smith is a British diplomat and currently Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria. Smith is also the Permament Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN International Organizations in Vienna . Smith joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1986...
(2007- )