The following is a list of Diplomats from the United Kingdom (and predecessors) to the Electorate and then Kingdom of Hanover:
Heads of Mission[edit]
To the Duke of Brunswick-Lauenberg[edit]
1689–1692: Sir William Dutton Colt[1] also to Hesse-Cassel and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
To the Elector of Hanover and others[edit]
The same diplomat was commonly accredited to the Elector, to the Duke of Celle and The Electress Sophia, often also to the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- 1692–1693: Sir William Dutton Colt[1]
- 1693–1703: James Cressett Envoy Extraordinary[2][3]
- 1701: Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun and Gregory King the Lancaster Herald Special Mission[2]
- 1702–1703: Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea[2]
- 1703–1705: Edmund Poley [2]
- 1705–1709: Brigadier Emanuel Scrope Howe[2]
- 1706: Charles Montagu, Baron Halifax, Lionel Sackville, Earl of Dorset, John Vanbrugh, Joseph Addison, and Peter Falaiseau (Pierre de Falaiseau)Special Mission[2]
- 1708: Maj.-Gen. Francis Palmes Special Mission[2]
- 1709–1714: Isaac d'Alais Chargé d'affaires 1709-1711 then Secretary[2]
- 1710 and 1711: Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers Special Missions[2]
- 1712 and 1714: Thomas Harley Special Missions[2]
- 1714: Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon[3] Envoy Extraordinary[2]
- 1714–1837: No mission, because the Elector (later King) of Hanover was also King of Great Britain.
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the King of Hanover[edit]
- 1838–1856: The Hon. John Duncan Bligh[4][5][6][7]
- 1857–1858: Sir John Crampton[8]
- 1858/1859: George John Robert Gordon[9]
- 1859–1866: Henry Francis Howard[10]
- 1866: Sir Charles Lennox Wyke[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b J. D. Davies, 'Colt, Sir William Dutton (bap. 1646, d. 1693)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [1], accessed 26 April 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
- ^ a b The National Archives, class SP 81/159-164.
- ^ J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 79.
- ^ S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934), 64.
- ^ "No. 19608". The London Gazette. 17 April 1838. p. 912.
- ^ "British Missions to Germany :: German Historical Institute London (GHIL)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "No. 21974". The London Gazette. 3 March 1857. p. 866.
- ^ "No. 22121". The London Gazette. 2 April 1858. p. 1687.
- ^ "No. 22326". The London Gazette. 15 November 1859. p. 4077.
- ^ "No. 23061". The London Gazette. 19 January 1866. p. 322.