The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria is the

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's foremost

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in the

Republic of Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...

, and head of the UK's

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. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria''. For the ambassadors from the

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up to 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to the Holy Roman Emperor and for the period 1707 to 1800 see

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. Since 2006 the Ambassador to Austria has also been Permanent Representative to the

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and other international organisations in Vienna including the

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. Before 2006 this was a separate post.

List of heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plentipotentiary at the Court of Vienna

*1799–1801: Gilbert, Lord Minto *1801–1806: Sir Arthur Paget ** 1805: The Earl of Harrington (Extraordinary Mission) *1806–1807: Robert Adair

Plentipotentiary at the Court of Vienna

*1807:

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*1807–1813: ''no ambassador due to

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'' ** 1809: Benjamin Bathurst (Extraordinary Mission) *1813–1814: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria

*1814–1823: Lord Stewart *1823–1831: Sir Henry Wellesley *1831–1841: Sir Frederick Lamb *1841–1846: Sir Robert Gordon *1846–1850:

John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby, GCB (c. 1770 – 22 February 1855) was a longtime British diplomat and politician. He was considered an exceptionally handsome man – reportedly he was almost lynched as an aristocrat in a Paris street by ...

*1851–1855:

John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (3 February 178416 October 1859), styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat, composer and musician. Background Styled Lord Burghersh from birth, he was born at Sackville St ...

*1855–1858: Sir George Hamilton Seymour *1858–1860:

Lord Augustus Loftus Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, (4 October 1817 – 7 March 1904) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Ambassador to Prussia from 1865 to 1868, to the North German Confederation from 1868 to 1871 and to the ...

*1860–1867:

John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield (12 November 1802 – 17 August 1879) was a British peer and diplomatist.Cokayne et al., ''The Complete Peerage'', volume II, p.194 Background Bloomfield was the eldest son of Benjamin Bl ...

Ambassador to Austria-Hungary

*1867–1871:

*1871–1877: Sir Andrew Buchanan *1877–1884:

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*1884–1893: Sir Augustus Paget *1893–1896: Sir Edmund Monson *1896–1900: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt. *1900–1905: Sir Francis Plunkett *1905–1908: Sir Edward Goschen *1908–1913: Sir Fairfax Cartwright *1913–1914: Sir Maurice de Bunsen *1914–1919: ''no representation due to

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High Commissioner to Austria

*1919–1920: Sir Francis Lindley

Ambassador to Austria

*1920–1921: Sir Francis Lindley *1921–1928:

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*1928–1933: Sir Eric Phipps *1933–1937: Sir Walford Selby *1937–1938:

Michael Palairet Sir Michael Palairet (29 September 1882 – 5 August 1956) was a British diplomat who was minister to Romania, Sweden and Austria, and minister and ambassador to Greece. Early life Palairet was the son of Charles Harvey Palairet, by his mar ...

*1938–1945: ''no representation due to

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and

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Political Representative in Austria

*1945–1947: Sir Henry Mack

Ambassador to Austria

*1946–1948: Sir Henry Mack *1948–1949: Sir Bertrand Jerram *1949–1954: Sir Harold Caccia *1954–1958: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger *1958–1961: Sir James Bowker *1961–1965: Sir Malcolm Henderson *1965–1967: Sir John Pilcher *1967–1970: Sir Anthony Rumbold, Bt. *1970–1972: Sir Peter Wilkinson *1972–1976: Sir Denis Laskey *1976–1979:

Hugh Travers Morgan Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...

*1979–1982: Donald Gordon *1982–1986: Michael Alexander *1986–1989: Robert O'Neill *1989–1992: Brian Crowe *1992–1996: Terence Wood *1996–2000: Sir Anthony Figgis *2000–2003: Antony Ford *2003–2007: John Macgregor *2007–2012: Simon Smith *2012–2016: Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque *2016–2021:

Leigh Turner Robert Leigh Turner (born 13 March 1958) is a writer and British former diplomat. His final role was British Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from August 2016 to September 2021. As Ambass ...

*2021–:

Lindsay Skoll Lindsay Skoll Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG is a British diplomat. Since 2021, she has served as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria and the UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other Intern ...

References

*J. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851),

External links

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