The United Kingdom had a diplomatic representative to the three sovereign

Hanseatic cities The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=German language, Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a Middle Ages, medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central Europe, Central and Norther ...

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

and

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

until

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in 1871. The envoy was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also

minister plenipotentiary An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, usually known as a minister, was a diplomatic head of mission who was ranked below ambassador. A diplomatic mission headed by an envoy was known as a legation rather than an embassy. Under th ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. He was usually resident at

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, which had long been an important port for British trade, and the staple port of the

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Heads of Mission

Residents

*1689–1700:

Sir Paul Rycaut ''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 p ...

D. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) *1702–1713: John Wich ''Envoy Extraordinary'' from 1709 **1707–1709: Dr John Robinson ( Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden) was resident in Hamburg *1713–1741: Cyril Wich or Wyche ''Chargé d'Affaires'' 1713–1714; ''Resident'' 1714–1719; ''Minister'' 1719–1725; ''Envoy Extraordinary'' 1712–1741; created a

Baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

in 1729 *1741–1756: James Cope *1757–1763:

Philip Stanhope Philip Stanhope may refer to: * Philip Stanhope (Royalist officer) (died 1645), English Civil War Royalist colonel * Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584–1656), English peer * Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1 ...

J. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851), 79. *1762–1763: Robert Colbrooke

Residents to the Hanse Towns and minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony

*1763–1772:

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*1772–1790: Emmanuel Matthias *1790–1798: Charles Henry Fraser *1798–1803: Sir James Crauford, Bt, also to Denmark and Meckenburg *1803–1805: Sir George Rumbold, Bt *1805–1807: Edward Thornton *1807–1813: ''No diplomatic relations during the

Continental System The Continental Blockade (), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo against British trade by Napoleon Bonaparte against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon issued the Berlin ...

''S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852'' (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). **1813:

Alexander Cockburn Alexander Claud Cockburn ( ; 6 June 1941 – 21 July 2012) was a Scottish-born Irish-American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up by British parents in Ireland, but lived and worked in the United States from 1972. Together ...

''Special Mission'' *1815–1820:

''Envoy Extraordinary'' *1820–1823: Joseph Charles Mellish ''Chargé d'Affaires'' *1823–1836: ''No diplomatic representation'' *1836–1841: Henry Canning ''Chargé d'Affaires'' *1841–60: Colonel George Lloyd Hodges ''Chargé d'Affaires'' *1860–70: John Ward ''Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Diplomats From The United Kingdom to the Hanseatic League

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Diplomats, United Kingdom Hanseatic Cities

Hanseatic League The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German to ...

Heads of Mission

Residents

Residents to the Hanse Towns and minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony

See also

References