List of Ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of England to Russia was the Kingdom of England

Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe. At its height, the Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and several smaller outlying islands; what today comprises the legal jurisdiction of England...

'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 Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, otherwise known as Muscovy, heading the English 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...

Ambassadors and other envoys

1566-1567: Anthony Jenkinson
Anthony Jenkinson
Anthony Jenkinson was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was one of the first Britons to explore Muscovy and present day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company and the English crown. He also met Ivan the Terrible several times during his trips...

Agent
1568-1569; Thomas Randolph Special Ambassador
1571-1572: Anthony Jenkinson
Anthony Jenkinson
Anthony Jenkinson was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was one of the first Britons to explore Muscovy and present day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company and the English crown. He also met Ivan the Terrible several times during his trips...

Special Ambassador
1575-1577: Daniel Silvester Special Ambassador
1583-1584: Sir Jerome Bowes Special Ambassador
1586-1587: Jerome Horsey Agent
1588-1589: Dr Giles Fletcher Special Ambassador
1590-1591: Jerome Horsey Special Ambassador
1598-1599: Sir Francis Cherry
Francis Cherry (diplomat)
Sir Francis Cherry was the English ambassador to the Court of Russia from April 1598 to 23 March 1599.Queen Elizabeth knighted Cherry “for faithful and gallant service” at Chatham on 4 July 1604. He became the founder of the Cherry line at Camberwell....

Special Ambassador
1599-1600: Thomas Willis Special Ambassador (but expelled from Russia)
1600-1601: Sir Richard Lee Special Ambassador
1601-1602: John Merrick Special Ambassador
1604-1605: Sir Thomas Smythe Special Ambassador
1613: John Merrick and William Russell
William Russell
-Kingdom of England:* William Russell , Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1348 to 1374* Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham , English MP for Windsor...

Special Ambassadors
1613-1634 : Thomas Finch
1614-1617: Sir John Merrick Ambassador Extraordinary
1618: Sir Dudley Digges
Dudley Digges
Sir Dudley Digges , of Chilham Castle, Kent , was a Member of Parliament, elected to the Parliament of 1614 and that of 1621, and also a "Virginia adventurer," an investor who ventured his capital in the Virginia Company of London...

Special Ambassador
1620-1621: Sir John Merrick Special Ambassador
1623-1624: Christopher Cocks Agent
1626-1632: Fabian Smith Agent
1633: Thomas Wyche Agent
1633-1635: Richard Swift Agent
1635-1640: Simon Digby
Simon Digby
Simon Digby was an English antiquary and Constable of Coleshill, in Warwickshire in the 15th century.Simon de Montford was executed in 1495 for contributing to the fund of Perkin Warbeck, who was plotting to oust King Henry VII from the throne...

Agent
1655-1656: William Prideaux Special Ambassador
1657: Richard Bradshaw Special Ambassador

Ambassadors Extraordinary

1663-1665: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle was an English politician and military leader.The first in the Howard line of earls, he was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, "Belted Will" , the...
1667-1668: Sir John Hebdon
1669: Sir Peter Wyche
Peter Wyche (diplomat)
Sir Peter Wyche was an English diplomat and translator.He was one of the sons of Sir Peter Wyche and brother of Sir Cyril Wyche. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford , Queens College, Cambridge and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1649. He was knighted in 1660...

Envoy Extraordinary
1676-1678: John Hebdon
1686-1687: Patrick Gordon
1699-1712 : Charles Goodfellow Minister and Consul-General
1704-1707: Charles Whitworth, Envoy of England and later of Great Britain, 1704-1709; later Ambassador extraordinary of Great Britain, 1709-1711 and Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Great Britain, 1711-1712.

After the Union of England and Scotland

In 1707 the Kingdom of England

Kingdom of England

became part of the new Kingdom of Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain

The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...

. For missions from the court of St James's after 1707, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia.

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