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British Ambassador To Denmark
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Denmark is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Denmark, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Denmark. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark''. Until 1947, the British representative in Denmark held the rank of ''Minister'', and the Danish representative in the UK the corresponding rank of ''Gesandt''. In 1947, Denmark and the United Kingdom upgraded their diplomatic representations to each other and both heads of mission have since held the rank of ''Ambassador''. For Ambassadors from the Court of St. James's to Denmark before 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Denmark. For Ambassadors from 1707 to 1800, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Denmark. List of heads of mission Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom 1801–1802: ''No diplomatic relations''S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus John Foster
Sir Augustus John Foster, 1st Baronet, (1 or 4 December 1780 – 1 August 1848) was a British people, British diplomat and politician. Born into a notable British family, Foster served in a variety of diplomatic functions in continental Europe and the United States, interrupted by a short stint as a Member of Parliament. He wrote about his American experiences in ''Notes on the United States of America''. Early life and family Foster was born in 1780, possibly in Ireland, and went on to study at Drogheda Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford. He enjoyed a comfortable social situation; his father was the Irish MP for Ennis, John Thomas Foster (d. 1796), first cousin of John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel, John Foster and William Foster (bishop), William Foster, and his mother Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth Hervey, who would later go on to marry William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, was herself the daughter of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol. Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
Sir Henry George Elliot (30 June 1817 – 30 March 1907) was a British diplomat. He was the second son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto. He was most noted for his period as ambassador at Constantinople, and his participation in the 1876-77 Constantinople Conference. Elliot took a pro-Turkish line despite the ‘Bulgarian atrocities’. He argued in a dispatch he made on 4 September 1876 "that British interests in preventing change in the Turkish empire were 'not affected by the question whether it was 10,000 or 20,000 persons who perished in the suppression'. As a result of the unpopularity in Britain of his pragmatism in the face of atrocities he was relocated to Vienna in 1877. He died at home (Ardington House near Wantage) in 1907.http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33002?docPos=1 H. C. G. Matthew, ‘Elliot, Sir Henry George (1817–1907)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004;The Times, Monday, 1 Apr 1907; pg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Murray Marling
Sir Charles Murray Marling (3 December 1862 – 17 February 1933) was a British diplomat. Early life Marling was born on 3 December 1862 in the village of King's Stanley near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the second son of Sir William Marling, 2nd Baronet. His brother was Percival Marling who was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was educated at Wellington and Trinity College, Cambridge before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1888. Diplomat On 8 March 1919 he was appointed as the minister to Denmark. He was the British ambassador during the constitutional revolution in Iran in 1905-1907. From 1921 he was based at the Hague from where he retired five years later, he was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. Honours *He was awarded the Grand Cross of Order of the Dannebrog for service in Denmark. *He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1911 Coronation Honours. *On 3 June 1916 Marling was appointed as a Knight Commander of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Spencer Paget
Sir Ralph Spencer Paget (26 November 1864 – 11 May 1940) was a British diplomat in the Foreign Service, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to Brazil in 1918, a position he held until 1920. Early life and career Ralph Spencer Paget was born on 26 November 1864 at the British Legation in Copenhagen, where his father Sir Augustus Paget GCB (1823–1896) served as Minister to Denmark. His German mother Walburga, née Countess von Hohenthal (1839–1929) was a diarist, writer and an intimate friend of Queen Victoria. His great-uncle, who died ten years before his birth, was Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey who had led the cavalry at Waterloo, and his uncle was the distinguished naval officer Lord Clarence Paget. As the third child and second son of a senior career diplomat Paget attended public school in England. He was educated at Eton College, where he won the Prince Consort's prize for German. He shone at rowing, being part of the winning "Novice Eight" in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lowther (diplomat)
Sir Henry Crofton Lowther (26 March 1858 – 23 November 1939) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Chile and Denmark. Career Henry Crofton Lowther was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1879 he rowed in the Balliol VIII which went to the Head of the River.Obituary, ''The Times'', London, 27 November 1939, p.8 He joined the Diplomatic Service with the rank of Attaché in 1883. He was posted to The Hague in 1884, promoted to 3rd Secretary in 1885, and posted to Stockholm in 1886 and Berlin in 1888. He was promoted to 2nd Secretary with a posting to Rio de Janeiro, then moved to Constantinople in 1892, Madrid in 1894 and Bern in 1897. Lowther returned to Rio de Janeiro as First Secretary of Legation in 1901, was posted to Tokyo as Councillor of Embassy in 1906, and served as Chargé d'Affaires at Madrid, Bern, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo before being appointed Minister to Chile 1909–13 and finally Minister to Denmark 1913–16 "where he did good work and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conyngham Greene
Sir William Conyngham Greene, (29 October 1854 – 30 June 1934) was a British diplomat who served as minister to Switzerland, Romania and Denmark, and as ambassador to Japan. Early life William Conyngham Greene was born in Dublin, Ireland, son of Richard Jonas Greene, barrister and writer, and the Hon. Louisa Plunket, also a writer; his grandfathers were the eminent judge Richard Wilson Greene and John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket. He was named after his uncle William Greene, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, but did not use the name William as an adult. He was educated at Harrow School and Pembroke College, Oxford. Career Greene entered the Foreign Office in 1877, was posted as Acting Third Secretary to Athens in 1880, and acted as Chargé d'Affaires at Stuttgart and Darmstadt 1883–87. He transferred formally to the Diplomatic Service (then separate from the Foreign Service) in 1877 and was posted as 2nd Secretary at The Hague 1889–91 and at Brussels 1891 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Johnstone (diplomat)
Sir Alan Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (31 August 1858 – 31 July 1932) was a British diplomat. Biography Johnstone was a younger son of Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baron Derwent, and Charlotte Mills. He entered Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1879. He became Secretary of the Legation to Copenhagen in 1895, and moved to Germany as Secretary of the Legation ( Charges d'Affaires) to Darmstadt and Karlsruhe in 1900. In April 1902 he represented the British King Edward VII during the Golden Jubilee of Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden. The following year he was appointed Secretary at the Embassy in Vienna. In 1905 he became Ambassador to Denmark and served in that position until 1910. He was made a Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. The latter award carried a degree of knighthood. Between 1910 and 1917 he served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands and Luxembourg (the post w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet
Sir William Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet, (18 July 1847 – 20 May 1924) was a British diplomat. Background and education Goschen was born at Eltham, England, the twelfth child and sixth son of Wilhelm Heinrich Göschen, originally of Leipzig, Saxony, and Henrietta Ohmann, who was born in London. At the time of his birth his father was 54. The Liberal Unionist politician Lord Goschen was Goschen's elder brother. He was educated at Rugby and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He twice represented Oxford at real tennis, played five matches of first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman for the University of Oxford and throughout his life was a keen sportsman. Diplomatic service Goschen entered the Diplomatic Service in 1869 and after an initial few months at the Foreign Office he served in Madrid, as Third Secretary in Buenos Aires, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Constantinople, Peking, Copenhagen as secretary to the legation (1888–1890), Lisbon as secretary to the legation, Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane
Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane (6 May 1837 – 20 March 1900) was a British diplomat. Early life and education Fane was born in Boyton, Wiltshire, the eldest son of Rev. Arthur Fane (d. 1872) of Boyton, prebendary of Salisbury, by Lucy, daughter of John Benett of Pythouse, Wiltshire. His father was a descendant of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 28 May 1855, but did not graduate. Career Having entered the diplomatic service, Fane was appointed in 1858 attaché at Tehran. In 1863, he was transferred to Turin, and from Turin in 1866 to St. Petersburg as second secretary. In varied years 1867 to 1878, Fane had stays of brief duration at Washington, Florence, Munich, Brussels, Vienna, and Berne. He was secretary of legation at Copenhagen 1880–1, secretary of embassy at Madrid 1882–5, and at Constantinople 1886–93, and minister at Belgrade from 1893 until 1898. He negotiated the treaty of commerce with the Kingdom of Serbia o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Stewart Scott
Sir Charles Stewart Scott, (17 March 1838 – 26 April 1924) was a British diplomat. Scott was educated at Cheltenham College. He started his career as attaché at Paris (1859); transferred to Dresden (1859) and Copenhagen (1862); promoted to be a 3rd secretary at Copenhagen (1863); transferred to Madrid (1865) and Berne (1866); promoted to be a 2nd secretary at Mexico (1866); transferred to Lisbon (1868), Stuttgart (1871), Munich (1872), Vienna (1873), St Petersburg (1874), and Darmstadt (1877); secretary of legation at Coburg (1879); from 1877 to 1883 repeatedly acting chargé d'affaires at Darmstadt and in 1881 at Stuttgart; promoted to be a secretary of embassy at Berlin (1883-1893); promoted to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation; transferred to Copenhagen (1893-1898); from 1898 to 1904 he was British ambassador to Imperial Russia. In the 1899 Birthday Honours, Scott was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet
Sir Edmund John Monson, 1st Baronet, (6 October 1834 – 28 October 1909), misspelled in some sources as Edward Monson, was a British diplomat who was minister or ambassador to several countries. Background and education The Hon. Edmund John Monson was born at Seal, Kent, the third son of William Monson, 6th Baron Monson, and Eliza Larken Monson. He was educated at Eton College and then Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1855, and was elected as a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1858. Diplomatic career Monson entered the British diplomatic service in 1856 and was posted as an unpaid attaché to the embassy in Paris, where Lord Cowley, the ambassador, called him "one of the best and most intelligent attachés he ever had". This secured him an appointment as private secretary to Lord Lyons, the newly appointed British Ambassador to the United States late in 1858. Monson was trained in the diplomatic service by Lord Lyons, and was a member of the Tory-sympathetic ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussey Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian
Hussey Crespigny Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian, (19 June 1834 – 21 October 1893) was a British diplomat from the Vivian family. Background Born at Connaught Place, London, Vivian was the eldest son of Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian, and was educated at Eton College. Later diplomatic career In 1873, Vivian was sent to Alexandria as Consul-General. In 1878, he was appointed to the Order of the Bath as a Companion (CB). He was sent to Bern as Minister Resident in 1879, and was promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation in 1881. Few months later, he was transferred to Copenhagen, and in 1884 to Brussels, where he was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 1886 Birthday Honours. Having succeeded to his father's title in 1886, he was appointed to be a deputy lieutenant of the County of Cornwall in 1887. In the 1890 Birthday Honours, he was promoted in the Order of St Michael and St George t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
