List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Switzerland
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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Switzerland is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Switzerland, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Switzerland. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland.
[edit] List of Heads of Mission
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[edit] Envoys Extraordinary
- 1689–1702: Philibert de Hervart, baron van Hüningen
- 1702–1705: William Aglionby extraordinary envoy
- 1705–1714: Abraham Stanyan
- 1715–1717: James Dayrolle resident
[edit] Ministers to the Swiss Cantons
- 1717-1732: Francis Manning (a diplomat)[1]
- 1738--1743: Sir Luke Schaub (a diplomat)[1]
- 1743--1749: John Burnaby (a diplomat)[1]
- 1750–1765: Arthur Villettes[2][1]
- 1765–1776: William Norton[2][1]
- 1772-1774: Isaac Pictet Chargé d'Affaires[1]
- 1777-1780: Louis Braun Chargé d'Affaires[2][1]
- 1792–1795: Lord Robert Stephen Fitzgerald[2]
- 1795–1797: William Wickham[2] also Special Mission 1794-1795[3]
- 1797: James Talbot Chargé d'Affaires[2][3]
- 1797-1814: No diplomatic relations
[edit] Envoy Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons
- 1814–1820: Stratford Canning[2]
- 1820–1822: William Cromwell Disbrowe Chargé d'Affaires[2]
- 1822–1823: Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn[2]
[edit] Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons
- 1823–1825: Charles Richard Vaughan[2]
- 1825–1832: Hon. Algernon Percy[2]
- 1832–1847: David Richard Morier[2]
- 1847: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto Special Mission[3]
- 1847--1848: Sir Stratford CanningSpecial Mission[3]
- 1849–1849: Henry, Lord Cowley[2]
- 1849–1851: Sir Edmund Lyons[2][3]
- 1851–1852: Arthur Charles Magenis[2][3]
- 1852–1853: Andrew Buchanan[3]
- 1867–1868: John Savile[4]
[edit] Resident Ministers
- 1879–1881: Hon. Hussey Vivian
[edit] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation
- 1893–1901: Frederick Robert St John[5]
- 1901–?: Sir William Conyngham Greene[6]
- 1919–1922: Hon. Sir Odo Russell
[edit] Ambassadors to Switzerland
- 1946–1950: Thomas Maitland Snow[7]
- 1950–1953: Sir Patrick Scrivener[7]
- 1953–1957: Sir Lionel Lamb[7]
- 1958–1960: Sir William Montagu-Pollock[8]
- 1960–1964: Sir Paul Francis Grey
- 1964–1968: Sir Robert Isaacson[7]
- 1968–1970: Henry Hohler[7]
- 1970–1973: Eric Midgley[7]
- 1973–1976: Sir John Wraight[7]
- 1976–1980: Sir Alan Rothnie[7]
- 1980–1982: Sir Sydney Giffard[7]
- 1982–1984: John Ernest Powell-Jones[7]
- 1984–1988: John Rich[7]
- 1988–1992: Christopher Long[7]
- 1992–1996: David Beattie[7]
- 1997–2001: Christopher Hulse[7]
- 2001–2004: Basil Eastwood
- 2004–2008: Simon Featherstone
- 2008– : John Nichols
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g The National Archives, Class SP96
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 84.
- ^ a b c d e f g S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
- ^ Burke's Peerage (1939)
- ^ London Gazette: no. 26362, p. 137, 10 January 1893. Retrieved on 10 July 2009.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 27314, p. 3379, 17 May 1901. Retrieved on 10 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Previous Ambassadors". http://ukinswitzerland.fco.gov.uk/en/our-offices-in-switzerland/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors. Retrieved on 2008-10-18.
- ^ "MONTAGU-POLLOCK, Sir William Horace". Who Was Who. A & C Black. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U174350. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
