Ambassadors from England

The first

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

from

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

to the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

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was appointed in 1583 under the reign of

Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". El ...

. *1583-1588:

William Harborne William Harborne of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (c.1542–1617) was a diplomat, businessman, and English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, appointed by Queen Elizabeth I of England. Establishment of the English Embassy in Constantinople Following a ...

, merchant *1588-1598:

Sir Edward Barton Sir Edward Barton (c. 1562 – 28 February 1598) was an English diplomat who was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, appointed by Queen Elizabeth I of England. Barton went to Constantinople in 1578, in the pay of the Levant Company, as secretary to ...

*1598-1606:

Henry Lello Sir Henry Lello was an English diplomat, Warden of the Fleet Prison, and Keeper of the Palace of Westminster. Lello went to Constantinople as an attache to the English Embassy to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire, but originally as secretar ...

*1606-1611: Sir Thomas Glover *1611-1620:

Sir Paul Pindar Sir Paul Pindar (1565–1650) was a merchant and, from 1611 to 1620, was Ambassador of King James I of England to the Ottoman Empire. Born in Wellingborough and educated at Wellingborough School Pindar entered trade as the apprentice to an Itali ...

*1621-1628:

Sir Thomas Roe Sir Thomas Roe ( 1581 – 6 November 1644) was an English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Roe's voyages ranged from Central America to India; as ambassador, he represented England in the Mughal Empire, the Ottoman Empire ...

*1627-1641: Sir Peter Wyche *1641-1646: Sir Sackville Crowe *1647-1661: Sir Thomas Bendish *1660-1667:

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea Sir Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (1628 – 28 September 1689) of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea. Early life Finch was the only surviving son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea and the former Cecille Wentworth of G ...

*1668-1672:

Sir Daniel Harvey Sir Daniel Harvey (10 November 1631 – August 1672) was an English merchant and diplomat who was the English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1668 to 1672. Life Harvey was born in Croydon on 10 November 1631, the first surviving son ...

*1672-1681: Sir John Finch *1681-1687:

James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos (1642–1714) was an English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. He was the son of Sir John Brydges, 2nd Baronet and Mary Pearle. A graduate of St John's College, Oxford Brydges became 3rd Baronet, of Wilton, Here ...

*1687-1691:

Sir William Trumbull Sir William Trumbull (8 September 163914 December 1716) was an English statesman who held high office as a member of the First Whig Junto. Early life Trumbull was born at Easthampstead Park in Berkshire and baptised on 11 September 1639. He ...

*1691:

Sir William Hussey ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

*1691: Sir William Harbord appointed but died en route to Constantinople *1692-1701:

William Paget, 6th Baron Paget William Paget, 6th Baron Paget (10 February 1637 – 26 February 1713) was an English peer and ambassador. He was the eldest son of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget and Lady Isabella Rich, daughter of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland. Paget was Engl ...

*1698

James Rushout Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet (22 March 1644 – 16 February 1698), of Northwick Park, Worcestershire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1670 and 1698. Rushout was the fifth but only surviving son of ...

appointed but died before he could travel to Constantinople

Ambassadors from Great Britain

*1700-1717: Sir Robert SuttonD. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) *1716-1718: Edward Wortley Montagu husband of writer

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 168921 August 1762) was an English aristocrat, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served a ...

*1718-1730

Abraham Stanyan Abraham Stanyan (c. 1669–1732) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1717. He was ambassador to Austria and the Ottoman Empire. Stanyan was the eldest son of Lawrence Stanyan of Monken Hadley, Middl ...

*1729-1737:

George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull George Henry Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull (23 June 1689 – 28 July 1758), styled as Viscount Dupplin from 1709 to 1719, was a British peer and diplomat. He was the eldest son of Thomas Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull and Elizabeth, daughter of William ...

*1737-1746:

Everard Fawkener Sir Everard Fawkener (1694–1758) was an English merchant and diplomat, chiefly remembered for his friendship with Voltaire. His daughter was the celebrated political hostess Harriet Bouverie. Career Fawkener was born into a family of silk merch ...

(departed 1742) *1742-1747:

Stanhope Aspinwall Stanhope Aspinwall (born 5 July 1713 in Liverpool, England and died on 17 January 1771) was a British diplomat. He was born to Richard Aspinwall and his wife Elizabeth Stanhope, the great granddaughter of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, ...

''In charge of affairs'' *1747-1762: Sir James Porter *1761-1764:

Henry Grenville Henry Grenville (11 September 1717 – 22 April 1784) was a British diplomat and politician. Grenville was born into a family of politicians. His father was Sir Richard Grenville, MP; one of his elder brothers was Earl Temple, a governmen ...

*July–November 1765:

Robert Colebrooke Robert Colebrooke (24 June 1718 –10 May 1784) was a British Member of Parliament.Cokayne, George Edward. (Ed.) (1906''Complete baronetage. Vol. V. 1707-1800'' Exeter: William Pollard. p. 116. Early life Robert Colebrooke was the first son of J ...

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*1765-1775: John Murray *1775-1793:

Sir Robert Ainslie Sir Robert Ainslie, 1st Baronet ( – 21 July 1812) was a British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Porte), orientalist and numismatist. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Milborne Port in Somerset between 1796 ...

*1793-1796: Sir Robert Liston *1796 -

Francis James Jackson Francis James Jackson (December 1770 – 5 August 1814) was a British diplomat, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Prussia and the United States. Career Francis Jackson entered the diplomatic service aged only 16 and served as a Foreign Office ...

*1796-1799: ''

John Spencer Smith John Spencer Smith FRS (11 September 1769 – 5 June 1845) was a British diplomat, politician and writer. Husband of Constance Smith (née Herbert) (Byron's Florence). Career Smith joined the British Army in 1790 as an ensign, later promoted t ...

, Minister Plenipotentiary''

Ambassadors from the United Kingdom

*1799-1803:

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (; 20 July 176614 November 1841) was a British nobleman, soldier, politician and diplomat, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Ma ...

*1803 (Jan-May): Alexander Straton (minister plenipotentiary) *1803-1804: William Drummond *1804-1807:

Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot (14 March 1767 – 18 August 1850) was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Welling ...

*1807-1809 Sir Arthur PagetJ. M. Rigg, ‘Paget, Sir Arthur (1771–1840)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008

accessed 30 Nov 2008. *1808 and 1809: Sir Robert Adair (politician), Robert Adair special mission in 1808, Ambassador in 1809 *1809-1812: ''

Stratford Canning Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, (4 November 1786 – 14 August 1880) was a British diplomat who became best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A cousin of George Canning, he served as Envoy ...

(chargé d'affaires in the absence of an ambassador during the Napoleonic Wars)'' *1812-1820: Sir Robert Liston (his second term) *March–August 1820 ''

Bartholomew Frere Bartholomew Frere (30 November 1776 – 29 May 1851) was an English diplomat. Life Frere was born in 1776, the fifth son of John Frere, F.R.S., M.P. for Norwich, and a younger brother of John Hookham Frere and William Frere. He proceeded B.A. at ...

- minister plenipotentiary'' *1820-1824: Percy Clinton, Viscount Strangford *1824-1825: '' William Turner - minister plenipotentiary'' *1825-1827:

(again) *1827-1832: ''(British Embassy was withdrawn following the

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), during this period Sir Robert Gordon was envoy extraordinary and John Hobart Caradoc led a special mission to Greece and Egypt. Canning returned for a period in 1831-32 for the conferences to determine the borders of

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, with

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as minister-plenipotentiary.'' *1832-1841: John, Lord Ponsonby *Mar-Oct 1841: '' Charles Bankhead minister-plenipotentiary'' *1841-1858:

Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, (4 November 1786 – 14 August 1880) was a British diplomat who became best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A cousin of George Canning, he served as Envoy ...

(again) with

Henry Richard Charles Wellesley Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, (17 June 1804 – 15 July 1884), known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to France between 1852 and 1867. Background and educati ...

as minister-plenipotentiary in 1845 *1858-1865: Sir Henry Bulwer *1865-1867: Richard Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons *1867-1877: Sir Henry Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound *1877-1880: Sir Henry Layard *May 1880:

George Joachim Goschen George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC, Deputy Lieutenant, DL, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (10 August 1831 – 7 February 1907) was a British statesman and businessman best remembered for bei ...

(special ambassador) *1881-1884: Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin *1884-1886: Sir Edward Thornton *1886-1891:

Sir William White Sir William Henry White, (2 February 1845 – 27 February 1913) was a prolific British warship designer and Chief Constructor at the Admiralty. Biography White was born in Devonport, the son of Robert White, a currier, and his wife, Jane M ...

*1891-1893: Sir Clare Ford *1893-1898: Sir Philip Currie *1898-1908: Sir Nicholas O'Conor-Don *Apr–Jul 1908: Sir

George Head Barclay Sir George Head Barclay, (23 March 1862 – 26 January 1921) was a British diplomat. Early life Barclay was born on 23 March 1862 at Walthamstow, Essex, England. He was the son of Richenda Louisa (née Gurney family (Norwich), Gurney) Barclay ...

*1908-1913:

Sir Gerard Lowther, 1st Baronet Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet, (16 February 1858 – 5 April 1916) was a British diplomat. Diplomatic career Lowther was educated at Harrow School, Harrow and entered the diplomatic service in 1879. He served in Tokyo, Budapest, and W ...

*1913-1914: Sir Louis Mallet *''1914-1918: no diplomatic relations due to

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'' *1918-1919:

Somerset Gough-Calthorpe Admiral of the Fleet Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe (23 December 1865 – 27 July 1937), sometimes known as Sir Somerset Calthorpe, was a Royal Navy officer and a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family. After serving as a junior officer durin ...

( High Commissioner), also Commander-in-Chief of the

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*1920-1924

Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, 9th Baronet, (5 February 1869 – 24 May 1941) was a British diplomat. A well-travelled man who learned Arabic, Japanese language, Japanese and German language, German, he is largely remembered for his role a ...

( British Commissioner at Constantinople) From 1925 onwards, following the formation of the

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, see: List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Turkey

List of other prominent British residents

*1880s

Francis Richard Plunkett Sir Francis Richard Plunkett (3 February 1835 – 28 February 1907) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat. Early life Plunkett was born at Corbalton Hall in County Meath, Ireland. He was the youngest son of Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall and Louis ...

served as Diplomatic Secretary *1876:

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 183022 August 1903) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen y ...

- Represented Britain at the Six Powers

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. * late 19th century Sir

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, Director-General of the Imperial Ottoman Bank * 17th century

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- Secretary to the Ambassador and Consul in Smyrna. *

Thomas Dallam Thomas Dallam (1575 - after 1620) was an English organ-builder. Dallam served an apprenticeship and became a member of London's Blacksmiths' Company. He travelled frequently to build organs on site, going as far as Turkey. Family Dallam was b ...

- organ maker *

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* in 1653 the Commonwealth appointed one Richard Lawrence as agent * 1668 - 1671 Sir

George Etherege Sir George Etherege (c. 1636, Maidenhead, Berkshire – c. 10 May 1692, Paris) was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays '' The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub'' in 1664, ''She Would If She Could'' in 1668, and '' The Man of Mode or, ...

, restoration rake and writer, secretary to Daniel Harvey

References

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