Below is an ''incomplete'' list of diplomats from Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, specifically Heads of Missions until the abolition of the republic in 1797. It includes envoys from the
Kingdom of England
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before the Union with Scotland of 1707.
Heads of Missions
English Ministers Resident
*1604-1610:
Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wotton (; 30 March 1568 – December 1639) was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. When on a mission to Augsburg, in 1604, he famously said, "An ambassador is an honest gentlema ...
*1612-1615:
Viscount Dorchester
*1616-1619:
Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wotton (; 30 March 1568 – December 1639) was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. When on a mission to Augsburg, in 1604, he famously said, "An ambassador is an honest gentlema ...
*1620 : Vacant
*1621-1623:
Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wotton (; 30 March 1568 – December 1639) was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. When on a mission to Augsburg, in 1604, he famously said, "An ambassador is an honest gentlema ...
*1634-1639:
Earl of Denbigh
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*1639-1645:
Sir Gilbert Talbot
*1669-1672:
Thomas Belasyse
*1682–1685: Thomas Hobson
*1689–1712: G. Broughton ''a resident diplomat''
[The National Archive]
class SP99 : status unclear.
*1697–1698:
Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester ''Ambassador''
[J. M. Rigg, 'Montagu, Charles, first duke of Manchester (c.1662–1722)’, rev. Matthew Kilburn, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 200]
accessed 20 April 2009[D. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)]
**1702: Sir
Lambert Blackwell ''Envoy Extraordinary''
Ministers Resident of Great Britain
*1707–1708:
Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester ''Ambassador''
*1708–1714:
Christian Cole
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Career
Cole has had four spells in charge of the national team.
In January 2011, Minister of Employment, Youth and Sports Paul Kamara removed ...
''Secretary''
**1713:
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough ''Ambassador''
*1715:
Christian Cole
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Cole has had four spells in charge of the national team.
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''Resident''
*1715–1719:
Alexander Cunningham ''Resident''
*1719–1722 and 1727–1736: Colonel
Elizeus Burges ''Resident''
*''1736–1744: No diplomatic relations due to "extraordinary distinctions and honours to
the Pretender's son"''
*1744–1746:
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, (17 May 1718 – 16 May 1778), known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomat and politician.
Career
In 1741 he collaborated with G.F. Handel in the production of Deidamia. From ...
[L. H. Cust, 'Gray, Sir James, second baronet (c.1708–1773)’, rev. S. J. Skedd, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 200]
accessed 26 August 2008
*1746–1753:
Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet, Sir James Gray ''Resident''
*1752–1754: ''Unknown'': possibly Consul Smith as resident
*1754–1765:
John Murray[Haydn, Joseph – ''The Book of Dignities'', 1851]
**1762–1763:
Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton
Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, DL (22 July 1737 – 18 October 1763) was a British peer and diplomat.
He was the eldest son of the Hon. Charles Compton, in turn youngest son of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, and his wi ...
''Ambassador''
*1765–1773:
Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet, of Venice
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''Resident''
**1769–1771:
Robert Richie ''in charge'' in Wright's absence (also in 1775)
*1773–1789:
John Strange ''Resident'' (absent from 1786)
*1786–1790:
Robert Richie ''in charge''
*1789–1791:
Sir Francis Vincent, Bt
*1791–1793:
William Lindsay
*1793:
Francis Drake
*1793–1797:
Sir Richard Worsley, Bt
''In 1797, the
Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
was abolished and divided by the
Treaty of Campo Formio
The Treaty of Campo Formio (today Campoformido) was signed on 17 October 1797 (26 Vendémiaire VI) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von Cobenzl as representatives of the French Republic and the Austrian monarchy, respectively. The trea ...
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Venice
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British diplomats