List of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to France

Traditionally, the "Embassy to France" was the most prestigious posting in the British foreign service, although in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, diplomatic representation was often lacking due to wars between the two countries.

British Ambassadors and Ministers to France, 1697-present

Before 1697

*Sir Charles Somerset 1505

*Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1514-1515 and 1529
*1529-Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
*1559-1564 Nicholas Throckmorton
*1566-1570 Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys
*1570-1573 Francis Walsingham
*Sir Edward Barrett 1625
*Henry Savile, Ambassador c.1670-1680
*Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, Envoy Extraordinary, 1682

From 1697

*The Earl of Portland, Ambassador Extraordinary 1697-1698
*The Earl of Jersey, Ambassador Extraordinary 1698-1699
*The Earl of Manchester, Ambassador Extraordinary 1699-1701
*"no representation" 1701-1712 (the War of the Spanish Succession)
*The Duke of Hamilton, Ambassador Extraordinary 1712. [Never took office; killed in a duel before setting off.]
*The Duke of Shrewsbury, Ambassador Extraordinary 1712-1713
*Matthew Prior, Minister 1713-1714
*The Earl of Stair, Minister-Plenipotentiary 1714-1719; Ambassador 1719-1720
*Sir Robert Sutton, Ambassador 1720-1721
*Sir Luke Schaub, Ambassador Extraordinary 1721-1724
*The Lord Walpole of Wolterton Ambassador Extraordinary 1724-1727; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1727-1730
*The Earl Waldegrave, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1730-1740
*Anthony Thompson, Chargé d'Affaires 1740-1744
*"no representation" 1744-1748 (the War of the Austrian Succession)
*The Earl of Albemarle, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1748-1754
*"no representation" 1754-1761" (the Seven Years' War)
*Hans Stanley, Chargé d'Affaires 1761
*"no representation" 1761-1762 (the Seven Years' War)
*The Duke of Bedford, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1762-1763
*The Earl of Hertford, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1763-1765
*The Duke of Richmond, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1765-1766
*The Earl of Rochford, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1766-1768
*The Earl Harcourt, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1768-1772
*The Viscount Stormont, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1772-1778
*"no representation" 1778-1782 (American Revolutionary War)
*Thomas Grenville, Minister 1782
*Alleyne Fitzherbert, Minister Plenipotentiary 1782-1783
*The Duke of Manchester, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1783
*The Duke of Dorset, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1783-1789
*Earl Gower, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1790-1792
*"no representation" 1792-1801 (French Revolutionary Wars)
*The Marquess Cornwallis, Plenipotentiary 1801-1802
*The Lord Whitworth, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1802-1803
*"no representation" 1803-1814 (Napoleonic Wars)
*The Duke of Wellington, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1814-1815
*Sir Charles Stuart, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1815-1824
*The Viscount Granville, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1824-1828
*The Lord Stuart de Rothesay, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1828-1830
*The Viscount Granville, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1830-1835
*The Lord Cowley, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1835
*The Earl Granville, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1835-1841
*The Lord Cowley, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1841-1846
*The Marquess of Normanby, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1846-1852
*The Earl Cowley, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1852-1867
*The Viscount Lyons, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1867-1887
*The Earl of Lytton, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1887-1891
*The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1891-1896
*Sir Edmund Monson, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1896-1905
*Sir Francis Bertie, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1905-1918
*The Earl of Derby, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1918-1920
*The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1920-1922
*The Marquess of Crewe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenpotentiary 1922-1928
*Sir William Tyrrell, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1928-1934
*Sir George Clerk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1934-1937
*Sir Eric Phipps, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1937-1939
*Sir Ronald Campbell, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1939-1940
*"no representation" 1940-1944 (German occupation of France during World War II)
*Sir Alfred Duff Cooper, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1944-1948 (Representative to the Free French in Algiers from 1943 to 1944)
*Sir Oliver Harvey, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1948-1954
*Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1954-1960
*Sir Frederic Salusbury, [Died in office] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1960
*Sir Pierson Dixon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1960-1965
*Sir Patrick Reilly, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1965-1968
*Sir Christopher Soames, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1968-1972
*Sir Edward Tomkins 1972-1975
*Sir Nicholas Henderson 1975-1979
*Sir Reginald Hibbert 1979-1982
*Sir John Fretwell 1982-1987
*Sir Ewen Fergusson 1987-1993
*Sir Christopher Mallaby 1993-1996
*Sir Michael Jay 1996-2001
*Sir John Holmes 2001-2007
*Sir Peter Westmacott 2007 -

References

* [http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1098086321125 List of Ambassadors to France since 1814]