Style His Excellency | Appointer The monarch | |
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Inaugural holder Charles Townshend, Viscount Townshend
First Ambassador of Great Britain to France (Plenipotentiary) Final holder James Harris, Baron Malmesbury
Last Ambassador of Great Britain to France (Plenipotentiary) |
The Ambassador of Great Britain to Russia was the foremost diplomatic representative in Russia of the Kingdom of Great Britain, a state created in 1707 by the Union of England and Scotland. The British Ambassador was the head of the diplomatic mission in Russia. The Embassy was a prestigious posting in the British foreign service.
Contents
For Ambassadors up to 1707, see List of Ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia. For Ambassadors after 1800, see List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia.
Minister and Ambassador
Ministers Resident
Envoys Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
1800-1801: Diplomatic relations were suspended during the Second League of Armed Neutrality
References
List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA