Ambassadors to Sweden

• 1653–1654: Bulstrode Whitelocke
  Bulstrode Whitelocke
  Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.- Biography :...
  
  
• 1657: William Jephson

• 1664–1666: Hon. Henry Coventry
  Henry Coventry
  The Honourable Henry Coventry was an English politician, who was Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1672 and 1674 and the Southern Department between 1674 and 1680.-Origins and education:...
  
  
• 1671: Hon. Henry Coventry
  Henry Coventry
  The Honourable Henry Coventry was an English politician, who was Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1672 and 1674 and the Southern Department between 1674 and 1680.-Origins and education:...
  
  
• c. 1672–1679: Sir Edward Wood
• 1679–1680: Dr John Robinson as Chargé d'Affaires
• 1680–1683: Philip Warwick
  Philip Warwick (diplomat)
  Philip Warwick was a British diplomat.He was the only son of Sir Philip Warwick , the English writer and politician.The younger Philip was probably admitted to the Inner Temple in 1656. In 1680, he was appointed as British envoy extraordinary to Sweden , arriving in 1680...
  
  
• 1683–1687: Dr John Robinson Agent
• 1687–1689: Edmund Poley
• 1689–1692: William Duncombe Envoy extraordinary
• 1692–1709: Dr John Robinson as Chargé d'Affaires 1692-1694; Agent 1694-1696; Minister Resident 1696-1702; then Envoy Extraordinary
  • 1702: George Stepney
    George Stepney
    George Stepney was an English poet and diplomat.Stepney was the son of George Stepney, groom of the chamber to Charles II, and was born at Westminster...
    
     Envoy Extraordinary (did not go)
• 1709–1717: Robert Jackson
  Robert Jackson
  Robert Jackson may refer to:*Robert Jackson , Australian Army general during World War II*Robert Jackson , British musician*Robert Jackson , US political figure in New York City...
  
   http://www.jstor.org/pss/1871081 Commissary in charge 1696 and 1703–1710; Minister Resident 1710–1717 and 1717–1729
  • 1707: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
    John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
    John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
    
     Plenipontiary
  • 1711–1715: Captain James Jeffreys Minister or Resident in attendance on Charles XII of Sweden
    Charles XII of Sweden
    Charles XII also Carl of Sweden, , Latinized to Carolus Rex, Turkish: Demirbaş Şarl, also known as Charles the Habitué was the King of the Swedish Empire from 1697 to 1718...
    
    
• 1717–1719 No diplomatic relations
• 1719–1720: John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret
  John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
  John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC , commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763.-Family:...
  
   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • 1720: Admiral Sir John Norris Plenipontiary
• 1720–1724: William Finch Envoy extraordinary
• 1724–1727: Stephen Poyntz Envoy extraordinary; Ambassador from 1727
  • 1726: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Wager
    Charles Wager
    Sir Charles Wager was a British Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty between 1733 and 1742.Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager's reputation has suffered from a profoundly mistaken idea that the navy was then at a low ebb...
    
     Plenipontiary
  • 1727: Isaac Leheup MP (in Stockholm only 19 days)
• 1727–1728: Baron von Diescau (Hanoverian envoy) Chargé d'Affaires
• 1728–1739: Edward Finch
  Edward Finch
  Edward Finch-Hatton was a diplomat and politician.He was born Hon. Edward Finch, 5th son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and of Hon. Anne Hatton daughter and in her issue sole heiress of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton. He was educated at a school at Isleworth and at Trinity...
  
   MP Envoy extraordinary
• 1739–1741: John Burnaby Legation secretary
• 1742–1748: Col. Melchior Guy-Dickens Minister
• 1748–1763 no mission
• 1758–1773: Sir John Goodricke, 5th Baronet Nominally Minister, but resident at Copenhagen 1758-1764; then Envoy extraordinary (at Stockholm)
• 1774–1776: Lewis De Visme
  Lewis De Visme
  Lewis de Visme Esq. was a British diplomat.-His family:He was the son of Philipp de Visme, Count of Vismes, and brother of Gerard de Visme Esq., who was Administrator of the Crown jewels and diamond mines of Brazil, and brother of William Count of Vismes.His family from French noble Huguenots, who...
  
   Esq Envoy extraordinary
• 1776–1778: Horace St Paul
• 1778–1787: Thomas Wroughton
  • 1787–1788: Charles Keene, Chargé d'Affaires
• 1788–1793: Robert Liston (diplomat)
  Robert Liston (diplomat)
  Sir Robert Liston, GCB, PC was a British diplomat and ambassador to several countries.-Biography:Liston was born in Kirkliston, Scotland, went on to Edinburgh University, and then tutored the sons of the Earl of Minto...
  
    Envoy extraordinary
• 1793–1795: Lord Henry John Spencer
• 1795–1802: Daniel Hailes
  Daniel Hailes
  Daniel Hailes was a British diplomat. He was the British signatory to the Anglo-Dutch treaty ending the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1783, before serving as a secretary to British embassy in France in 1784-1787, envoy to Poland in 1788-1791, envoy extraordinary to Denmark from 1791, envoy...
  
  
• 1802–1804: Charles Arbuthnot
  Charles Arbuthnot
  Charles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...
  
  
• 1804–1807: Hon. Henry Pierrepont
• 1807: Alexander Stratton
  • 1807: Hon. Henry Pierrepont special mission
• 1807–1808: Edward Thornton
  Edward Thornton (1766–1852)
  Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton .He was born in London, the third son of an innkeeper, but orphaned at an early age. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Pembroke College, Cambridge...
  
  
• 1808–1812: Anthony Merry
  Anthony Merry
  -Biography:The son of a London wine merchant, Anthony Merry served in various diplomatic posts in Europe between 1783 and 1803, holding mostly consular positions. He was Chargé d'Affaires in Madrid in 1796 and again in Copenhagen about 1799, and Minister ad interim in Paris in 1802.Merry was...
  
  
  • 1811: Edward Thornton
    Edward Thornton (1766–1852)
    Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton .He was born in London, the third son of an innkeeper, but orphaned at an early age. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Pembroke College, Cambridge...
    
     special mission
• 1812–1817: Edward Thornton
  Edward Thornton (1766–1852)
  Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton .He was born in London, the third son of an innkeeper, but orphaned at an early age. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Pembroke College, Cambridge...
  
  

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden and Norway

• 1817–1820: The Viscount Strangford
  Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
  Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, GCB, GCH was an Anglo-Irish diplomat.-Personal life:He was the son of Lionel Smythe, 5th Viscount Strangford and Mary Eliza Philipse....
  
  
• 1820–1823: William Vesey-FitzGerald
  William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
  William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...
  
  
• 1823–1832: Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield
  Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield
  Lieutenant-General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield GCB GCH was Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1817–1822....
  
   (created a baron in 1825)
• 1832–1833: Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden
  Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden
  Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford , was a British diplomat and politician.-Family:...
  
  
• 1833–1835: Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe
  Edward Cromwell Disbrowe
  Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe , Member of Parliament for Windsor , later served in the British diplomatic corps in positions in Switzerland, Russia, Sweden and other postings. He was named British Ambassador to the Netherlands, where he died at the Hague, and his body was returned to England on the...
  
  
• 1835–1838: Hon. John Duncan Bligh
  John Duncan Bligh
  Sir John Duncan Bligh KCB, DL , styled The Honourable from birth, was a British diplomat.-Background:Born in London, he was the second son of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley and his wife Elizabeth, the third daughter of William Brownlow...
  
  
• 1838–1850: Sir Thomas Cartwight
  • 1850: George John Robert Gordon, Chargé d'Affaires
• 1851–?: Sir Edmund Lyons
  Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons
  Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, GCB, KCH was a British naval commander and diplomat who led a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, culminating with the Crimean War and his appointment as Commander of the Black Sea Fleet...
  
  
• 1859-1872: George Jerningham
• 1872–1881: Hon. Edward Erskine
• 1881–1884: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt
• 1902–1904: Sir William Barrington
  William Barrington (diplomat)
  Sir William Augustus Curzon Barrington KCMG , styled The Honourable from birth until 1901, was a British diplomat.-Background:...
  
  
• 1904–1905: Rennell Rodd
  Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
  James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician...
  
  

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden

• 1905–1908: Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
  Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
  James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC , known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician...
  
  
• 1908–1912: Cecil Spring-Rice
  Cecil Spring-Rice
  Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice GCMG GCVO , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1913–1918: Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith
  Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith
  Esme William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to the United States between 1924 and 1930....
  
  
• 1919—1924: Colville Barclay
  Colville Barclay
  Sir Colville Herbert Sanford Barclay, 14th Baronet was a British naval officer, painter and botanist whose career spanned amphibious landings and commando operations off the coast of France during the Second World War, having his paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy, publishing reference works...
  
  
• 1924–1927: Arthur Cuninghame Grant Duff
• 1928–1930: John Charles Tudor Vaughan (1870-1929)
• 1931–1934: Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel
• 1938-1939: Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Edmund St. John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet, K.C.M.G. was a British diplomat.Monson was the second son of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet and succeeded his elder brother to the baronetcy created in 1905 for his father...
  
  
• 1939-1945: Victor Louis Alexander Mallet
  Victor Mallet
  Sir Victor Alexander Louis Mallet GCMG was a British diplomat and author.The son of Sir Bernard Mallet and Marie Adeane, and the godson of Queen Victoria, he was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He married Christiana Jean Andreae in 1925; they had three sons and a...
  
  

Ambassadors to Sweden

• 1948–1951: Sir Harold Farquhar
• 1951–1954: Sir Roger Stevens
• 1954–1960: Hon. Sir Robert Hankey
  Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey
  Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey KCMG, KCVO , was a British diplomat and public servant.-Background and education:...
  
  
• 1963–1966: Sir Ponsonby Moore Crosthwaite
• 1971–1974: Sir Guy Millard
• 1974–1977: Sir Sam Falle
• 1977–1980: Sir Jeffrey Petersen
• 1980–1984: Sir Donald Murray
• 1984–1987: Sir Richard Parsons
• 1987–1991: Sir John Ure
• 1999–2003: John Grant CMG
  John Grant (British diplomat)
  Sir John Grant KCMG, is a British diplomat. He most recently served as the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union.-External links:*...
  
   (later Sir John Grant KCMG)
• 2003–2006: Anthony Cary
• 2006–present: Andrew Jonathan Mitchell