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List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to France

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Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester First Ambassador to France 1505 Ambassador to France

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France (French: L'Ambassadeur anglais en France) was the foremost diplomatic representative of the historic Kingdom of England in France, before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.

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The position was not a continuous one, and there was sometimes no diplomatic representation, due to wars between the two countries.

Before 1602

  • Sir Charles Somerset 1505
  • 1514-1515: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
  • 1518-1521: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
  • 1529-?: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
  • Periods in 1540s and 1550s: Nicholas Wotton
  • 1557: Sir Thomas Hoby
  • 1559-1564: Sir Nicolas Throckmorton
  • 1564-1566: Sir Thomas Smith
  • 1566-1570: Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys
  • 1570-1573: Sir Francis Walsingham
  • 1573-1576: Valentine Dale
  • 1576-1579: Sir Amias Paulet
  • 1579-1583: Sir Henry Cobham (Henry Brooke)
  • 1583-1590: Sir Edward Stafford
  • 1591-1592: Sir Henry Unton
  • 1592-1596: Sir Thomas Esmondes Chargé d'affaires
  • 1596-1597: Sir Anthony Mildmay
  • 1597-1599:Sir Thomas Esmondes Chargé d'affaires
  • 1599-1600: Sir Henry Neville
  • 1601 Sir Thomas Esmondes, Special Ambassador

    • 1602-1689

  • 1602-1606: Sir Thomas Parry
  • 1604: Sir James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
  • 1604-1605: The Duke of Lennox and Richmond
  • 1605-1609: Sir George Carew Resident ambassador
  • 1606: Sir William Godolphin
  • 1609-1610: William Beecher Chargé d'Affaires
  • 1610-1617: Thomas Edmondes Resident Ambassador
  • 1610: Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton
  • 1616: Sir James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
  • 1617-1619: William Beecher Agent (Chargé d'Affaires)
  • 1619-1624: Sir Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Resident Ambassador (but not Sept 1621 to June 1622)
  • 1621-1622: James Hay, Viscount Doncaster
  • 1624-1625: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
  • 1624-1625: James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
  • 1624-1625: Sir George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich Agent
  • 1625: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
  • 1625-1627: Sir Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh appointed Resident Ambassador, but did not go
  • 1625: Thomas Lorkin Agent
  • 1625-1626: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and Sir Dudley Carleton
  • 1626-1627: William Lewis Agent
  • 1626: Dudley Carleton, Lord Carleton
  • 1626: Walter Montagu
  • 1626-1627: John Hawkins (diplomat)
  • 1627-1628: Walter Montagu
  • 1629-1630: Thomas Edmonds, Special mission
  • 1629-1640: Réné Augier Agent (with de Vic)
  • 1630-1636: Henry de Vic Agent or Chargé d'affaires when there was no ambassador
  • 1630-1631: Walter Montagu Ambassador (3 special missions)
  • 1631-1632: Sir Isaac Wake
  • 1631-1633: Jerome Weston Special Mission
  • 1635-1639: John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore Ambassador Ordinary
  • 1636-1641: Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester Ambassador Extraordinary
  • 1639-1640: Thomas Windebank
  • 1641-1650: Richard Browne Agent (for Charles I, then representing the exiled Charles II)
  • 1642-1643: William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian (for Scots Privy Council and Charles I)
  • 1643-1644: George Goring, Lord Goring (for Charles I)
  • 1644-1651: Réné Augier Agent; then Resident Ambassador (for Parliament)
  • 1651-1655: Réné Petit Agent
  • 1655-1656: Réné Augier Agent
  • 1656-1659: Sir William Lockhart Ambassador
  • 1658: Thomas Belasyse, Viscount Fauconberg
  • 1660: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts
  • 1660-1661 and 1662: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
  • 1661: Samuel Tuke
  • 1662-1663: Ralph Montagu
  • 1662-1666: Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
  • 1666-1668: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
  • 1668: Sir John Trevor
  • 1669-1672: Ralph Montagu
  • 1669 and 1670: Charles Sackville, Baron Buckhurst
  • 1670: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
  • 1671: John Belasyse, Baron Belasyse
  • 1671 and 1672: Sidney Godolphin
  • 1672-1677: William Perwich Agent (and Chargé d'affaires when no ambassador)
  • 1672: Henry Savile, Ambassador
  • 1672: Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
  • 1672-1673: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
  • 1673: Sir Edward Spragge
  • 1673-1675: Sir William Lockhart
  • 1674: Bevil Skelton Secret Mission
  • 1675-1676: John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
  • 1676-1678: Ralph Montagu
  • 1676-1679: John Brisbane Agent; and then Chargé d'affaires
  • 1677: Louis Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
  • 1678-1679: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
  • 1679-1682: Henry Savile, Envoy Extraordinary
  • 1682-1685: Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, Envoy Extraordinary
  • 1683: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton
  • 1683-1684: James Hamilton, Earl of Arran
  • 1685: John Churchill, Baron Churchill
  • 1685-1686: Sir William Trumbull
  • 1686-1688: Bevil Skelton Envoy Extraordinary
  • 1688-1689: Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave Envoy Extraordinary

    • Ambassadors Extraordinary, from 1689

  • No representation 1689-1697 due to the Nine Years' War
  • 1697-1698: The Earl of Portland
  • 1698-1699: The Earl of Jersey
  • 1699-1701: The Earl of Manchester
  • No representation from 1701 to 1712, due to the War of the Spanish Succession

    • After the Union of England and Scotland

    In 1707 the Kingdom of England became part of the new Kingdom of Great Britain. For missions from the court of St James's after 1707, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to France.

    References

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