This is a list of the
heads of mission from the
Habsburg Monarchy
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,
Austrian Empire
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, and later
Austria-Hungary
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, to the
Court of St James's
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in London.
Habsburg Envoy
*1677-1679:
Charles Ferdinand, Count of Waldstein
*1680-1685: Franz Sigismund von Thurn und Taxis
*1685-1687:
Georg Adam Martinitz
*1687-1687: Dominik Andreas von Kaunitz ("vicelegato")
*1690-1690: Sigismund Wilhelm von Königsegg
*1691-1693: Heinrich Johann Franz von Strattmann
*1694-1700: Leopold von Auersperg
*1701-1703:
Johann Wenzel Wratislaw von Mitrowitz
Count Johann Wenzel Wratislaw of Mitrovice ( cs, Jan Václav Vratislav z Mitrovic, german: Johann Wenzel Wratislaw von Mitrowitz; c. 1670 – 21 December 1712) was a Czech nobleman. He was the High Chancellor of Bohemia. He was the member of the W ...
*1705-1711:
Johann Wenzel von Gallas
Johann Wenzel Count of Gallas (23 May 1669 – 25 July 1719), Duke of Lucera, was a Bohemian noble and diplomat and one of the largest landowners in the Holy Roman Empire.
Biography
Johann Wenzel of Gallas was born on 23 May 1669 in Hořiněves ...
*1715-1717: Otto Christoph von Volckra
*1717-1718: Johann Christoph Pentenriedter
*1724-1727: Conrad Sigmund von Starhemberg
*1726-1727: Karl Joseph von Palm
*1727-1728:
Giulio Visconti Borromeo Arese
*1728-1736:
Philipp Joseph Kinsky
*1736-1740: Ignaz Johann Wasner
*1740-1741: Johann Franz Heinrich Carl von Ostein
*1741-1743: Anton von Zöhrern
*1743-1748: Ignaz Johann von Wasner
*1748-1749: Anton von Zöhrern
*1749-1752: Heinrich von Richecourt
*1752-1753: Anton von Zöhrern
*1753-1757: Carl Ludwig von Colloredo
*1757-1763: vacant
*1763-1769: Christian August von Seilern
*1769-1770: Johann Lukas von Raigersfeld
*1770-1782:
Ludovico, Count di Belgiojoso
Ludovico Luigi Carlo Maria di Barbiano di Belgiojoso or Ludwig Karl Maria von Barbiano Graf von Belgiojoso (2 January 1728 – 15 May 1801, Milan) was an Austrian diplomat and Lieutenant Field Marshal who served the Habsburg monarchy in the sec ...
*1782-1786: Johann Friedrich von Kageneck
*1786-1790: Karl Emeryk Aleksander Reviczky von Revisnye
*1790-1793:
Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen
Johann Philipp Carl Joseph Stadion, Count von Warthausen (18 June 1763 in Mainz – 15 May 1824, Baden) was a statesman, foreign minister, and diplomat who served the Habsburg empire during the Napoleonic Wars. He was also founder of Austria's cent ...
*1793-1800:
Ludwig, Prince of Starhemberg
Prince Ludwig Joseph Maximilian von Starhemberg (Paris, 12 March 1762 – Dürnstein, Lower Austria, 2 September 1833) was an Austrian diplomat and since 1802 Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Early life
Ludwig von Starhemberg was the s ...
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Austrian Empire
* 1800-1810:
Ludwig, Prince of Starhemberg
Prince Ludwig Joseph Maximilian von Starhemberg (Paris, 12 March 1762 – Dürnstein, Lower Austria, 2 September 1833) was an Austrian diplomat and since 1802 Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Early life
Ludwig von Starhemberg was the s ...
* 1810-1814: vacant
* 1814-1815:
Maximilian, Count of Merveldt
Maximilian, Count von Merveldt (29 June 1764 – 5 July 1815), among the most famous of an illustrious old Westphalian family, entered Habsburg military service, rose to the rank of General of Cavalry, served as Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor's ...
* 1815–1815:
Baron Philipp von Neumann
* 1815–1842:
Paul III Anton, Prince Esterházy
Prince Pál Antal Esterházy de Galántha (German: ''Paul Anton Esterházy von Galantha''; 11 March 178621 May 1866) was a Hungarian prince, a member of the famous Esterházy family. He was the son of Prince Nikolaus II and succeeded his fathe ...
* 1843–1844:
Baron Philipp von Neumann
* 1844–1848:
Count Jan Moritz von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie
Envoy extraordinary
* 1849–1849:
Count Franz de Paula von Colloredo-Wallsee
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* 1851–1852:
Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol-Schauenstein
* 1852–1856:
Count Franz de Paula von Colloredo-Wallsee
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* 1856–1860:
Count Rudolf Apponyi
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
* 1860–1871:
Count Rudolf Apponyi
* 1871–1878:
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (german: link=no, Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust; 13 January 1809 – 24 October 1886) was a German and Austrian statesman. As an opponent of Otto von Bismarck, he attempted to conclude a common policy of ...
* 1878–1888:
Count Alajos Károlyi
* 1888–1903:
Count Franz von Deym von Stritez
* 1904–1914:
Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly, von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg
Ambassadors of the Republic of Austria
See
Ambassadors of the Republic of Austria
See also
*
List of diplomatic missions of Austria-Hungary
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Austria-Hungary from the formation of the Dual Monarchy in 1867 until it was dissolved in 1918.
For a background to the diplomatic service of Austria-Hungary, including the types of diplomatic representati ...
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110612032030/http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/UK/en/en_nk_tortenete/ambassadors.htm?printable=true
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