The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Italy is the United Kingdom's foremost

diplomatic representative Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

in the Italian Republic, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Italy. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Italian Republic'' (until 1946, the Kingdom of Italy). The first British mission to the united Italy was a

legation A legation was a diplomatic representative office of lower rank than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an ambassador, a legation was headed by a Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, minister. Ambassadors diplomatic rank, out ...

located in Turin, taking over the now defunct mission to the

Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

; it moved to Rome in 1871. The mission was upgraded to a full embassy in 1876. The office incorporates that of Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the

Most Serene Republic of San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

Heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

* 1861–1863:

Sir James Hudson Sir James Hudson GCB (1810 – 20 September 1885) was a British diplomat. He is noted for his time as British ambassador to Turin between 1852 and 1863, as an italophile and strong supporter of Italian unification, and a collector of Italian a ...

* 1863–1867: Henry Elliot * 1867–1876: Sir Augustus Paget

Ambassador

* 1876–1883: Sir Augustus Paget * 1883–1888:

Sir John Savile Sir John Savile (1546–1607) was an English lawyer and judge. Life He was the eldest son of Henry Savile of Bradley, near Stainland, Yorkshire, by his wife Elizabeth, only daughter of Robert Ramsden; Sir Henry Savile and Thomas Savile were ...

* 1888–1892: The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava * 1892–1893:

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 educ ...

* 1893–1898: Sir Clare Ford * 1898–1903:

Philip Currie, 1st Baron Currie Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, 1st Baron Currie, (13 October 1834 – 12 May 1906), known as Sir Philip Currie between 1885 and 1899, was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1893 to 1898 and Ambassador t ...

* 1903–1904: Sir Francis Bertie * 1905–1908: Sir Edwin Egerton * 1908–1919: Sir Rennell Rodd * 1919–1921: Sir George Buchanan * 1921–1933: Sir Ronald Graham * 1933–1939: The Earl of Perth * 1939–1940: Sir Percy Loraine ''No representation 1940–1944 due to World War II'' * 1944–1947: Sir Noel Charles * 1947–1953: Sir Victor Mallet * 1953–1962: Sir Ashley Clarke * 1962–1966: Sir John Ward * 1966–1969: Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh * 1969–1974: Sir Patrick Hancock * 1974–1976: Sir Guy Millard * 1976–1979: Sir Alan Campbell * 1979–1983: Sir Ronald Arculus * 1983–1987: Thomas Edward Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges * 1987–1989: Sir Derek Thomas * 1989–1992: Sir Stephen Egerton * 1992–1996: Sir Patrick Fairweather * 1996–2000:

Sir Thomas Richardson Sir Thomas Richardson (1569 – 4 February 1635) of Honingham in Norfolk,RICHARDSON, Thomas, 2nd Baron Cramond (1627-74), of Honingham, Norf. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 198/ref> wa ...

* 2000–2003: Sir John Shepherd * 2003–2006: Sir Ivor Roberts * 2006–2011: Edward Chaplin * 2011–2016: Christopher Prentice * 2016–2022:

Jill Morris Jill Morris (born 14 August 1967) is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Italy and non-resident British Ambassador to San Marino, succeeding Christopher Prentice. She is the first female to have held this post. Early life Mo ...

* 2022–: Edward Llewellyn

References

External links

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gov.uk {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions Italy United Kingdom