List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies
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This is a List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies, usually based at Naples
and Messina, and no permanent diplomatic mission.
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
List of heads of mission
Until 1753, Great Britain appears only to have had consuls at NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and Messina, and no permanent diplomatic mission.
Envoys Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily
- 1753-1764: Sir James Gray, BtSir 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...
- 1764-1800: Sir William HamiltonWilliam Hamilton (diplomat)Sir William Hamilton KB, PC, FRS was a Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist. After a short period as a Member of Parliament, he served as British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800...
- 1800-1801: Sir Arthur PagetArthur Paget (diplomat)Sir Arthur Paget GCB, PC was a British diplomat and politician.-Family and early life:Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane Chamagné daughter of Arthur Chamagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland. He was a younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess...
, also minister plenipotentiary - 1801-1803: William DrummondWilliam Drummond of LogiealmondSir William Drummond of Logiealmond was a Scottish diplomat and Member of Parliament, poet and philosopher. His book Academical Questions is arguably important in the development of the ideas of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.-Career:In 1795 he was MP for St. Mawes, and in the...
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily
- 1803-1806: Hugh ElliotHugh ElliotHugh Elliot was a British diplomat and then a colonial governor.- Education and early career :Hugh Elliot was born in 1752, the second son of Sir Gilbert Elliot, and the younger brother of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto...
- 1806: General Henry Edward FoxHenry Edward FoxGeneral Henry Edward Fox was a British Army general. He also served for a brief spell as Governor of Minorca.-Family:...
- 1806-1809: William DrummondWilliam Drummond of LogiealmondSir William Drummond of Logiealmond was a Scottish diplomat and Member of Parliament, poet and philosopher. His book Academical Questions is arguably important in the development of the ideas of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.-Career:In 1795 he was MP for St. Mawes, and in the...
- 1809-1811: William Pitt Amherst, Lord AmherstWilliam Amherst, 1st Earl AmherstWilliam Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.-Background and education:...
- 1811-1814: William Cavendish Bentinck
- 1812-1814: Frederick James LambFrederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount MelbourneFrederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC, GCB , known as the Lord Beauvale from 1839 to 1848, was a British diplomat....
Accredited but never in fact in charge
- 1812-1814: Frederick James Lamb
- 1814–1816: Sir William à CourtWilliam à Court, 1st Baron HeytesburyWilliam à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury GCB PC , known as Sir William à Court, Bt, from 1817 to 1828, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- 1816–1822: Sir William à CourtWilliam à Court, 1st Baron HeytesburyWilliam à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury GCB PC , known as Sir William à Court, Bt, from 1817 to 1828, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
- 1822-1825: William Richard HamiltonWilliam Richard HamiltonWilliam Richard Hamilton, FRS, was a British antiquarian, traveller and diplomat. He was son of Rev. Anthony Hamilton, Archdeacon of Colchester and Anne, daughter of Richard Terrick, Bishop of London....
- 1824-1832: William Noel Hill
- 1825: John, Lord BurgershJohn Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandGeneral John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.-Background:...
special mission
- 1825: John, Lord Burgersh
- 1832-1833: Lord PonsonbyJohn Ponsonby, 1st Viscount PonsonbyJohn Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby, GCB was a longtime British diplomat and politician.-Political career:Ponsonby, eldest son of the 1st Baron Ponsonby, and brother of Sir William Ponsonby , was born about 1770. He served as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Tallow...
- 1832-1856: Hon. William TempleWilliam TempleWilliam Temple may refer to:* William Temple * Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet , 17th century British politician, employer of Jonathan Swift...
- 1842-1845: Sir Woodbine ParishWoodbine ParishSir Woodbine Parish KCH was a British diplomat, traveller and scientist.Educated at Eton College, he took up his first diplomatic post in 1814, and was involved in events immediately following the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo...
Plenipotentiary (jointly with Temple) - 1847: Gilbert, Earl of MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto GCB, PC , styled as Viscount Melgund between 1813 and 1814, was a British diplomat and Whig politician.-Background and education:...
, special mission - 1847-1848: Francis Napier, 10th Lord NapierFrancis Napier, 10th Lord NapierFrancis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, PC , was a Scottish polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British Minister to the United States from 1857 to 1859, Netherlands from 1859 to 1860, Russia from 1861 to 1864, Prussia from 1864 to 1866 and as the...
Chargé d'Affaires
- 1842-1845: Sir Woodbine Parish