List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Venice
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Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Venice, specifically Heads of Missions until the abolition of the republic in 1797.
In 1797, the Republic of Venice
was abolished and divided by the Treaty of Campo Formio
Ministers Resident
- 1682-1685: Thomas Hobson
- 1689-1712: G. Broughton a resident diplomat
- 1697-1698: Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of ManchesterCharles Montagu, 1st Duke of ManchesterCharles Edward Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, 4th Earl of Manchester , son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded to his father's earldom in 1683...
Ambassador- 1702: Sir Lambert Blackwell Envoy Extraordinary
- 1707-1708: Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of ManchesterCharles Montagu, 1st Duke of ManchesterCharles Edward Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, 4th Earl of Manchester , son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded to his father's earldom in 1683...
Ambassador - 1708-1714: Christian ColeChristian ColeChristian Cole is a football manager from Sierra Leone who currently coaches club side Mighty Blackpool.-Career:Cole has had four spells in charge of the national team....
Secretary- 1713: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of PeterboroughCharles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of PeterboroughCharles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, KG, PC was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, the second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth...
Ambassador
- 1713: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
- 1715: Christian ColeChristian ColeChristian Cole is a football manager from Sierra Leone who currently coaches club side Mighty Blackpool.-Career:Cole has had four spells in charge of the national team....
Resident - 1715-1719: Alexander Cunningham Resident
- 1719-1722 and 1727-1736: Colonel Elizeus Burges Resident
- 1736-1744: No diplomatic relations due to "extraorinary distinctions and honours to the Pretender's sonCharles Edward StuartPrince Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or The Young Pretender was the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of Great Britain , and Ireland...
" - 1744–1746: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of HoldernessRobert Darcy, 4th Earl of HoldernessRobert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness PC , known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomat and politician. From 1744 to 1746 he was ambassador at Venice and from 1749 to 1751 he represented his country at The Hague...
- 1746–1753: Sir James GraySir James Gray, 2nd BaronetSir James Gray, 2nd Baronet PC, KB was a British diplomat and antiquary.He was the elder son of Sir James Gray, 1st Baronet and his wife Hester Dodd. His younger brother was General George Gray. He completed his education at Clare College, Cambridge, being awarded M.A. in 1729...
Resident - 1752–1754: Unknown: possibly Consul Smith as resident
- 1754–1765: John MurrayJohn Murray (British diplomat)John Murray was a British diplomat.From 1754 he was British resident in Venice and from 1765-1775 was British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople.Leaving Turkey in 1775 he died during a stop-over in Venice on his return home....
- 1762—1763: Charles Compton, 7th Earl of NorthamptonCharles Compton, 7th Earl of NorthamptonCharles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, DL was a British peer and diplomat.He was the eldest son of Hon. Charles Compton, in turn youngest son of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, and his wife Mary, only daughter of Sir Berkeley Lucy, 3rd Baronet. Compton was educated at Westminster...
Ambassador
- 1762—1763: Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton
- 1765–1773: James Wright Resident
- 1769—1771: Robert Richie in charge in Wright's absence (also in 1775)
- 1773–1789: John StrangeJohn Strange (diplomat)-Biography:He was the second and only surviving son of Sir John Strange, by his wife Susan, eldest daughter of Edward Strong of Greenwich, was born at Barnet in 1732, and educated privately and at Clare Hall, Cambridge , whence he graduated B.A. in 1753, and M.A. in 1755...
Resident (absent from 1786) - 1786—1790: Robert Richie in charge
- 1789–1791: Sir Francis Vincent, Bt
- 1791–1793: William LindsayWilliam Lindsay (diplomat)William Lindsay was a Scottish diplomat and colonial governor. He was the second son of Sir David Lindsay of Evelick, of the Lindsay of Evelix family. He served as Great Britain's Resident to the Republic of Venice, as well as the Governor of Tobago in 1791...
- 1793: Francis DrakeFrancis Drake (diplomat)Francis Drake , of Yardbury and Wells, was a British diplomat, holding positions at Genoa and Munich during the Napoleonic Wars.Francis Drake was the son of Rev. Francis Drake, Vicar of Seaton and Beer...
- 1793–1797: Sir Richard Worsley, BtSir Richard Worsley, 7th BaronetSir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet was an English antiquary and politician.- Early life :Worsley was born on 13 February 1751, Appuldurcombe, the son of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet . Worsley succeeded his father as baronet on 23 September 1768...
In 1797, the Republic of Venice
Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...
was abolished and divided by the Treaty of Campo Formio
Treaty of Campo Formio
The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed on 18 October 1797 by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of revolutionary France and the Austrian monarchy...