List of Diplomats from the United Kingdom to other German States
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This List of Diplomats from the United Kingdom to other German States deals with diplomatic representation in Germany before German unification in the late 19th century. In that period, Germany consisted of many small sovereign states within the Holy Roman Empire
(until 1805) then the German Empire.
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
(until 1805) then the German Empire.
Separate lists
The following lists of diplomats exist as separate articles:- For envoys to the Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman EmperorThe Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope...
see Austria. - For envoys to the Imperial Diet at Ratisbon see Bavaria.
- For envoys to the Imperial Court at Brussels see Belgium.
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Bavaria
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Elector of Cologne
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic League
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Hanover
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Prussia (including to the Elector of Brandenberg)
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Saxony
- but 1698-1763 see Poland (when the Elector was king of Poland)
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Württemberg
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- 1689-1714: As Hanover
- 1729 and 1730-1731: Richard Sutton
- 1745: Onslow Burrish
- 1761-1762: Colonel John ClaveringJohn Clavering (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir John Clavering KB was an army officer and diplomat.-Military career:Baptised in Lanchester, County Durham, England in 1722, Clavering was the younger son of Sir James Clavering Bt and Catherine Yorke, and younger brother of Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet...
- 1765 and 1775-1776: Colonel William Faucitt
- 1794: Hon. William Eliot (special mission)
- 1794: James Harris, 1st Earl of MalmesburyJames Harris, 1st Earl of MalmesburyJames Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury GCB was an English diplomatist.-Early life :...
(extraordinary mission) - 1798: Thomas GrenvilleThomas GrenvilleThomas Grenville PC was a British politician and bibliophile.-Background and education:Grenville was the second son of Prime Minister George Grenville and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet...
(special mission - may not have arrived) - Then: No mission
- 1847-1856: John Duncan BlighJohn Duncan BlighSir 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...
Hesse-Cassel
- 1694-1695: Sir William Dutton Colt Envoy-extraordinary
- 1695-1697: George StepneyGeorge StepneyGeorge 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...
Minister then from 1695 Envoy-extraordinary - 1700: Philip Plantamour
- 1706-1707: George StepneyGeorge StepneyGeorge 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 and Plenipotentiary - 1717-1720: James HaldaneJames Haldane (diplomat)James Haldane was an 18th century British soldier and diplomat.He was Lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Horse Guards from 1715 to 1734....
Minister - 1727-1729: Richard Sutton Envoy-extraordinary
- 1742-1743: Thomas VilliersThomas Villiers, 1st Earl of ClarendonThomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Family:Clarendon was the second son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey and his wife Judith Herne, daughter of Frederick Herne....
Minister Plenipotentiary - 1745: Onslow Burrish
- 1757: Philip Stanhope
- 1760-1763: Colonel John ClaveringJohn Clavering (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir John Clavering KB was an army officer and diplomat.-Military career:Baptised in Lanchester, County Durham, England in 1722, Clavering was the younger son of Sir James Clavering Bt and Catherine Yorke, and younger brother of Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet...
Resident - 1775-1777: Colonel William Faucitt military mission to raise troops
- 1784-1801: Ralph Heathcote senior Minister Plenipotentiary (also to Cologne)
- 1786: John, Viscount Dalrymple
- 1787: Lieut-Gen. William Faucitt
- 1794: Francis Seymour-Conway, 17th Earl of Yarmouth
- 1801-1806: Brook Taylor
- 1806-1815: No diplomatic relations due to Napoleonic War
- 1815-1826: No diplomatic relations
- 1826-1866: The envoy to the German Confederation (resident at Frankfurt) was also accredited to Hesse-Cassel.
Liège
- 1742-1744: Onslow Burrish Secretary then in 1744 Resident (afterwards at Cologne)
- 1747-1755: George Cressner Resident (afterwards at Cologne)
Mecklenburg-SchwerinMecklenburg-SchwerinMecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1348, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV...
- 1709: John Wich (see Hanseatic League)
- Then no representation until 1847
- 1847: Colonel George Lloyd HodgesGeorge Lloyd HodgesGeorge Lloyd Hodges, KCB was a British soldier and diplomat.In 1832 he commanded the brigade of British volunteers who enlisted to fight to restore the rightful Queen of Portugal, Maria da Glória, to her throne against the forces of the usurper, Dom Miguel...
(see Hanseatic League) - From 1847: as Prussia
Palatinate
- 1695-1697 and 1701: George StepneyGeorge StepneyGeorge 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 - 1711: Charles WhitworthCharles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth of GalwayCharles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth was a British diplomat.-Early life and education:Whitworth was possibly born at Blore Pike, near Eccleshall, Staffordshire. He entered Westminster School as a Queen's Scholar in 1690, and then entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1694...
Envoy-extraordinary - 1719-1720: James HaldaneJames Haldane (diplomat)James Haldane was an 18th century British soldier and diplomat.He was Lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Horse Guards from 1715 to 1734....
- 1726: Isaac Heup
- No further missions until after 1777, when the Elector Palatine inherited Bavaria, after which see Bavaria
Minor States without regular representation
These are states occasionally visited by diplomats, who were primarily accredited to larger states:- Anhalt-DessauAnhalt-DessauAnhalt-Dessau was a principality and later a duchy located in Germany. It was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. The capital of the state was Dessau. Anhalt-Dessau experienced a number of partitions throughout its existence with Anhalt-Köthen being...
: No mission until 1847, then as Prussia. - Anhalt-ZerbstPrincipality of Anhalt-ZerbstAnhalt-Zerbst was a principality located in Germany. It was established for the first time in 1252 following the partition of the principality of Anhalt. The capital of the state was located at Zerbst. Anhalt-Zerbst ceased to exist in 1396 when it was partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and...
: Special mission in 1777-1778 by William Faucitt. - Baden-Baden: 1747-1758 as Cologne.
- Baden (Grand Duke): from 1841 as Württemberg.
- Bishop of Bamberg: 1742-1758 as Cologne.
- Brandenburg-AnspachPrincipality of AnsbachThe Principality of Ansbach or Brandenburg-Ansbach was a reichsfrei principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Bavarian city of Ansbach...
: 1742-1758 as Cologne; 1777 as Hesse-Cassel - Brandenburg-Bayreuth: 1742-1758 as Cologne
- Hesse-DarmstadtLandgraviate of Hesse-DarmstadtThe Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse between the four sons of Philip I, the last Landgrave of Hesse....
: 1726 and 1743-1758 as Hesse Cassel - Holstein-GottorpHolstein-GottorpHolstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Other parts of the duchies were ruled by the kings of Denmark. The...
: 1709 John Wich (see Hanseatic League) - Elector of MainzArchbishopric of MainzThe Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780–82 and 1802. In the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Archbishop of Mainz was the primas Germaniae, the substitute of the Pope north of the Alps...
: 1695-1696 as Palatinate; 1726, 1745–1758, and 1763-1781 as Cologne - Mecklenburg-StrelitzMecklenburg-StrelitzMecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy and later grand duchy in northern Germany, consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district , and the western exclave of the former Bishopric of Ratzeburg in modern...
: 1761: Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl HarcourtSimon Harcourt, 1st Earl HarcourtSimon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, PC, FRS, Viceroy of Ireland , known as 2nd Viscount Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, between 1727 and 1749, was a British diplomat and general....
Ambassador and Plenipotentiary to negotiate the royal marriage. From 1847 as Prussia - Nassau: 1847-1848 and 1851-1866: as Prussia
- Saxe-AltenburgSaxe-AltenburgSaxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.-History:The duchy originated from the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland , a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243...
, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-MeiningenSaxe-MeiningenThe Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia....
, and Saxe-Weimar-EisenachSaxe-Weimar-EisenachThe Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach. It was raised to a Grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Vienna Congress. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony , but this name was...
: from 1847 as Saxony - Count of Oldenburg: from 1847 as Hanover
- Elector of TrierArchbishopric of TrierThe Archbishopric of Trier was a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany, that existed from Carolingian times until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. Its suffragans were the dioceses of Metz, Toul and Verdun. Since the 9th century the Archbishops of Trier were simultaneously princes and since the 11th...
: 1695-1769: same as Mainz - Prince of WaldeckWaldeck (state)Waldeck was a sovereign principality in the German Empire and German Confederation and, until 1929, a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony, ....
: 1776: special mission by William Faucitt - Bishop of Würzburg: 1727 and 1742-1758: as Cologne