List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic League
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The United Kingdom had a diplomatic representative to the Hanseatic League
until German unification. The representative was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony
. He was usually resident at Hamburg
, which had long been an important port for British trade, and the staple port of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London
.
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...
until German unification. The representative was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony
Lower Saxon Circle
The Lower Saxon Circle was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. Covering much of the territory of the mediæval Duchy of Saxony , firstly the circle used to be called the Saxon Circle , only to be later better differentiated from the Upper Saxon Circle the more specific name prevailed.An...
. He was usually resident at Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, which had long been an important port for British trade, and the staple port of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London
Company of Merchant Adventurers of London
The Company of Merchant Adventurers of London brought together London's leading overseas merchants in a regulated company, in the nature of a guild. Its members' main business was the export of cloth, especially white broadcloth...
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Residents
- 1689-1700: Sir Paul RycautPaul RycautSir Paul Rycaut FRS was a British diplomat and historian, and authority on the Ottoman Empire.-Life:...
- 1702-1713: John Wich Envoy Extraordinary from 1709
- 1707-1709: Dr John Robinson (Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden) was resident in Hamburg
- 1713-1741: Cyril Wich or Wyche Chargé d'Affaires 1713-1714; Resident 1714-1719; Minister 1719-1725; Envoy Extraordinary 1712-1741; created a Baronet in 1729
- 1741-1756: James Cope MP
- 1757-1763: Philip Stanhope
- 1762-1763: Robert Colbrooke
Residents to the Hanse Towns and minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony
- 1763-1772: Ralph Woodford
- 1772-1790: Emmanuel Matthias
- 1790-1798: Charles Henry Fraser
- 1798-1803: Sir James Crauford, Bt, also to Denmark and Meckenburg
- 1803-1805: Sir George Rumbold, Bt
- 1805-1807: Edward ThorntonEdward 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...
- 1807-1813: No diplomatic relations during the Continental SystemContinental SystemThe Continental System or Continental Blockade was the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars. It was a large-scale embargo against British trade, which began on November 21, 1806...
- 1813: Alexander Cockburn Special Mission
- 1815-1820: Alexander Cockburn Envoy Extraordinary
- 1820-1823: Joseph Charles Mellish Chargé d'Affaires
- 1823-1836: No diplimatic representation
- 1836-1841: Henry CanningHenry CanningHenry Canning was appointed HM Consul General in Hamburg on 29 November 1823....
Chargé d'Affaires - 1841-60: Colonel Lloyd Hodges Chargé d'Affaires
- 1860-70: John Ward Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General