The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal is the

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's foremost

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in the

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, and head of the UK's

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in Portugal. For ambassadors from the

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to Portugal before 1707, see

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. For Ambassadors from 1707 to 1800, see

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List of heads of mission

Envoys of the United Kingdom to Portugal

*1800–1802:

John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere (21 May 1769 – 7 January 1846) was an English diplomat and author. Early life Frere was born in London. His father, John Frere, a member of a Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and became Sec ...

''Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal'' *1802–1806: Lord Robert FitzGerald ''Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Lisbon'' *1806: Lord Rosslyn and Lord St Vincent, extraordinary envoys *1806:

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''chargé d'affaires''

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

*1807–1808:

*1808–1810: John Charles Villiers *1810–1814: Sir Charles Stuart *1814–1817:

Thomas Sydenham Thomas Sydenham (10 September 1624 – 29 December 1689) was an English physician. He was the author of ''Observationes Medicae'' which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrate ...

*1817–1820: Sir Edward Thornton *1820–1823:

Edward Michael Ward Edward Michael Ward (5 February 1789 – 12 September 1832) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat. He was the oldest son of Robert Ward and his first wife Sophia Frances Whaley, third daughter of Richard Chapel Whaley. His younger brother James was a vice- ...

(chargé d'affaires) *1823–1824: Sir Edward Thornton

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

*1824–1827: Sir William à Court *1827–1828: Sir Frederick Lamb *1828–1833: ''Diplomatic relations severed after accession of King Miguel''

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

*1833–1846:

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*1846–1851:

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*1851–1855: Sir Richard Pakenham *1855–1859: Henry Howard *1859–1866: Sir Arthur Magenis *1866–1867: Sir Augustus Paget *September–December 1867: Edward Thornton *1867–1874: Sir Charles Murray *1874–1876:

Robert Bulwer-Lytton Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, (8 November 183124 November 1891) was an English statesman, Conservative politician and poet who used the pseudonym Owen Meredith. He served as Viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880durin ...

*1876–1881:

Robert Morier Sir Robert Burnett David Morier (31 March 1826 – 16 November 1893) was a British diplomat, who most notably served as the British Ambassador to Russia between 1884 and 1893. Early life Born in Paris, Morier was descended from a family of di ...

*1881–1884: Sir Charles Wyke *1884–1892: George Petre *1893–1902: Sir Hugh MacDonell *1902–1905: Sir Martin Gosselin *1905–1911: Sir Francis Villiers *1911–1913: Sir Arthur Hardinge *1913–''1924'': Sir Lancelot Carnegie

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

*''1924''–1928: Sir Lancelot Carnegie *1928–1929: Sir Colville Barclay *1929–1931: Sir Francis Lindley *1931–1935: Sir Claud Russell *1935–1937: Sir Charles Wingfield *1937–1940: Sir Walford Selby *1940–1945: Sir Ronald Campbell *1945–1947: Sir Owen St.Clair O'Malley *1947–1955: Sir Nigel Ronald *1955–1961: Sir Charles Stirling *1961–1966: Sir Archibald Ross *1966–1970: Sir Anthony Lambert *1970–1974: Sir David Muirhead *1974–1976: Sir Nigel Trench *1976–1981: Sir John Moran (Lord Moran from 1977) *1981–1986: Sir Hugh Campbell Byatt (son of Sir Horace Archer Byatt) *1986–1989: Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar *1989–1993:

Hugh James Arbuthnott Hugh James Arbuthnott, CMG (born 27 December 1936) is a retired British diplomat. Son of James Gordon Arbuthnott and Margaret Georgiana, née Hyde. Married to Vanessa Rose Dyer, has three sons, Dominic Hugh, Justin Edward James (died 1989), and ...

*1993–1995: Sir Stephen Wall *1995–1999:

Roger Westbrook Roger Westbrook (born 26 May 1941), is a former diplomat and formerly the British High Commissioner to Brunei, Tanzania and Ambassador to Zaire. Biography Early life Westbrook was born on 26 May 1941 and educated at Dulwich College and Her ...

*1999–2001: Sir John Holmes *2001–2004: Dame Glynne Evans *2004–2007: John Buck *2007–2011: Alexander Ellis *2011–2014:

Jill Gallard Jill Gallard is a British diplomat who took up the post of British Ambassador to Germany in November 2020. Previously she was the British Ambassador to Portugal, director of human resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and deputy pol ...

*2014–2018:

Kirsty Hayes Christine Isobel "Kirsty" Hayes (born 2 February 1977) is a British diplomat and civil servant. She was List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Portugal, British Ambassador to Portugal from 2014 to 2018. Early life Hayes was born on 2 Feb ...

*2018–:

Chris Sainty Christopher James Sainty (born 29 March 1967) is a British diplomat and civil servant. He was British Ambassador to Portugal from 2018 to 2023. Early life and education Sainty was born on 29 March 1967 in London, England, as the first so ...

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References

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