List of ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor

Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor
Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor
	Arms of Great Britain
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Vienna
Appointer	The monarch
Inaugural holder	Sir Philip Meadows; Envoy Extraordinary
Final holder	Gilbert, Earl of Minto; Last Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor

The Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor was the foremost diplomatic representative of the Kingdom of Great Britain, a state created in 1707 by the Union of England and Scotland, to the Holy Roman Emperor. The Embassy was a prestigious posting in the British foreign service.

For the ambassadors from the Court of St. James's up to 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to the Holy Roman Emperor and for the period since 1800, see List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Austria.

List of heads of mission[]

Envoys-Extraordinary and Ambassadors to the Holy Roman Emperor[]

1707–1709: Sir Philip Meadowes Envoy Extraordinary^[1]^[2]
1707–1708 and 1709–1711: Maj.-Gen. Francis Palmes Envoy Extraordinary^[1]^[2]
- 1710–1711: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough Special Mission^[1]
1711–1714: Simon Clement Chargé d'Affaires^[1]^[2]
1711: Charles Whitworth Ambassador^[1]
- 1712–1713: Abraham Stanyan (not in Vienna)^[1]
- 1714: James Stahope sent with Baron Cobham^[1]
1714–1715: Richard Temple, 1st Baron Cobham^[1]^[2]
- 1715: George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (appointed but did not go)^[1]^[3]^[4]
1715–1716: Luke Schaub in charge^[1]^[2]
1716–1718: Abraham Stanyan^[1]^[2]
Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (1718)^{[dubious – discuss]}
1718: Luke Schaub and fr:François-Louis de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin Chargés d'Affaires^[1]^[2]
1718–1727: fr:François-Louis de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin Chargé d'Affaires^[1]^[2]
1719–1720: The Earl Cadogan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary^[1]^[2]
- 1721: Colonel Charles Churchill Special Mission^[1]
- 1721–1724: Francis Colman Secretary^[1]
- 1724–1725: Charles Harrison Minister or Resident^[1]
- 1726–1727: George Woodward Secretary^[1]
1727–1730: James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave Ambassador^[1]
1730–1748: Thomas Robinson Minister Plenipotentiary (but sometimes called Envoy Extraordinary)^[1]
- 1742–1747: James Porter Commissary^[1]
- 1742–1743: Thomas Villiers Special Mission^[1]
1748–1757: Robert Keith (d. 1774) Minister 1748–1753; then Minister Plenipotentiary^[1]
- 1752: John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford Special Mission^[1]
1757–1763: No diplomatic relations due to Seven Years' War^[1]

Envoys-Extraordinary and Ministers-Plentipotentiary to the Holy Roman Emperor[]

Robert Murray Keith

1763–1772: David Murray, Viscount Stormont Ambassador^[1]
1772–1792: Robert Murray Keith (the younger)^[1]
- 1790: The Earl of Elgin Envoy-Extraordinary
1792–1793The Earl of Elgin
1793–1794Sir Morton Eden
1794: George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer Ambassador-Extraordinary
1794–1798: Sir Morton Eden (again)
1799–1801: Gilbert, Earl of Minto

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The National Archives catalogue, Class SP 80
^ London Gazette 5344, 5 July 1715
^ H. M. Stephens, ‘Carpenter, George, first Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (1657–1732)’, rev. Timothy Harrison Place, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [1], accessed 12 April 2009

[Horn-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)

[SP-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The National Archives catalogue, Class SP 80

[3] London Gazette 5344, 5 July 1715

[4] H. M. Stephens, ‘Carpenter, George, first Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (1657–1732)’, rev. Timothy Harrison Place, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [1], accessed 12 April 2009

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