List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Germany

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Germany is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Germany. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.

On German unification in 1871 the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia in Berlin became the Ambassdor to the new German Empire. During the partition of Germany following World War II the Ambassador to the new Federal Republic (or West Germany) resided in Bonn, the capital from 1952. Berlin once more became the capital at reunification in 1990 and the Ambassador returned to Berlin in a new Embassy building, on the exact site of its predecessor in the Wilhelmstrasse, in 2000.

This article also includes the following predecessors:

• German Confederation, whose Diet was at Frankfurt.
• North German Confederation.

For evnoys to the:

• Holy Roman Emperor see Austria.
• Imperial Diet at Ratisbon see Bavaria.
• Imperial Court at Brussels see Belgium.

List of heads of mission

German Confederation

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

• 1817–1824: Hon. Frederick Lamb
• 1824–1827: Hon. Frederick Cathcart^[1][2]
  • 1826–1828: John Ralph Milbanke Chargé d'Affaires (Legation secretary 1826-1835)^[2]
• 1828–1829: Henry Addington^[3]
• 1829–1830: George Chad^[4]
• 1830–1838: Thomas Cartwright^[5]
• 1838: Hon. Henry Fox^[6]
• 1838–1839: Ralph Abercromby^[7]
• 1840–1848: Hon. William Fox-Strangways^[2][8]
• 1848–1852: Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley^[9] Special Mission 1849-1851^[2]
• 1852–1866: Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet^[10]

North German Confederation

• 1868–1871: Lord Augustus Loftus^[11]

German Empire

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1871–1884: Lord Odo Russell (created 1st Baron Ampthill in 1881)^[12]
• 1884–1895: Sir Edward Malet^[13]
• 1895–1908: Sir Frank Lascelles^[14]
• 1908–1914: Sir Edward Goschen^[15]

No representation 1914–1919 due to World War I Us diplomat mainly took care of dutys during this time

Weimar Republic

Chiefs of the Military Mission to Berlin

• 1919: Gordon Macready
• 1919–1920: Neill Malcolm

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1920: Victor Hay (later 21st Earl of Errol) Chargé d'Affaires
• 1920–1926: Lord D'Abernon (created 1st Viscount D'Abernon in 1926)
• 1926–1928: The Hon Sir Ronald Lindsay
• 1928–1933: Sir Horace Rumbold

Third Reich

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1933–1937: Sir Eric Phipps
• 1937–1939: Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson

World War II and after

• No representation 1939–1944 due to World War II
• Post-war government of Germany 1944–1948 by Allied Control Council

West Germany

High Commissioner at Allied High Commission

• 1949–1950: Sir Brian Robertson (later 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge)
• 1950–1953: Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick
• 1953–1955: Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar (later 1st Baron Inchyra)

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1955–1957: Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar (later 1st Baron Inchyra)
• 1957–1962: Sir Christopher Steel
• 1962–1968: Sir Frank Roberts
• 1968–1972: Sir Roger Jackling
• 1972–1975: Sir Nicholas Henderson
• 1975–1981: Sir Oliver Wright
• 1981–1984: Sir Jock Taylor
• 1984–1988: Sir Julian Bullard
• 1988–1990: Sir Christopher Mallaby

Germany

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1990–1993: Sir Christopher Mallaby
• 1993–1997: Sir Nigel Broomfield
• 1997: Christopher Meyer (later Sir Christopher Meyer)
• 1997–2003: Sir Paul Lever
• 2003–2007: Sir Peter Torry
• 2007–2010: Sir Michael Arthur
• 2010–2015: Sir Simon McDonald
• 2015–present: Sir Sebastian Wood^[16]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 17993. p. 848. 17 January 1824. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
2. S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
3. The London Gazette: no. 18443. p. 314. 15 February 1828. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
4. The London Gazette: no. 18598. p. 1438. 31 July 1829. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
5. The London Gazette: no. 18741. p. 2312. 5 November 1830. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
6. The London Gazette: no. 19608. p. 913. 17 April 1838. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
7. The London Gazette: no. 19683. p. 2842. 7 December 1838. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
8. The London Gazette: no. 19836. p. 663. 17 March 1840. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
9. The London Gazette: no. 21219. p. 1577. 17 June 1851. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
10. The London Gazette: no. 21291. p. 449. 17 February 1852. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
11. The London Gazette: no. 23366. p. 1976. 31 March 1868. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
12. Cokayne, George, ed. (2000) [First published 1887–1898]. "Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill". The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. I (New ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-904387-82-7. OCLC 44153302. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
13. The London Gazette: no. 25403. p. 4411. 10 October 1884. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
14. The London Gazette: no. 26679. p. 6099. 12 November 1895. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
15. The London Gazette: no. 28196. p. 8275. 13 November 1908. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
16. Sir Sebastian Wood KCMG, British Ambassador to Germany, gov.uk

External links

• UK and Germany, gov.uk