List Of Diplomats Of The United Kingdom To Württemberg
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Below is an ''incomplete'' list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Württemberg, specifically Heads of Missions sent after the creation of the
Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...
in 1806.


Heads of Missions


Envoys Extraordinary to the Dukes of Württemberg

There were no regular diplomatic relations before 1804, but envoys to various German states occasionally visited Stuttgart. *1798:
Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot (14 March 1767 – 18 August 1850) was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Welling ...
S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852'' (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). *1804:
John Spencer Smith John Spencer Smith FRS (11 September 1769 – 5 June 1845) was a British diplomat, politician and writer. Husband of Constance Smith (née Herbert) (Byron's Florence). Career Smith joined the British Army in 1790 as an ensign, later promoted t ...
Haydn, Joseph - ''The Book of Dignities'', 1851 ''No diplomatic relations 1804–1814 due to Napoleonic War''


Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

*1814–1820:
Brook Taylor Brook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician best known for creating Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series, which are important for their use in mathematical analysis. Life and work Brook Taylor w ...
*1820–1823:
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 ...
*1823–1825: Henry Williams-Wynn *1825–1828:
David Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine David Montagu Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine (12 August 1776 – 19 March 1855) was a British diplomat and politician. Background and education A member of Clan Erskine, Erskine was the eldest son of Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, fourth son of ...
*1828–1833:
Edward Disbrowe Edward Disbrowe (1754–1818) was an English soldier and politician. Early life and family Disbrowe was the son of George Disbrowe and Margaret Vaughan. He came from an old Northamptonshire family descended from John Desborough, a Parliame ...
*1833–1835:
Lord William Russell Lord William Russell (20 August 1767 – 5 May 1840) was a member of the British aristocratic Russell family and longtime Member of Parliament. He did little to attract public attention after the end of his political career until, in 1840, he was ...
*1835–1844: Sir George Shee, Bt *1844–1852: Sir Alexander Malet, Bt *1852–1854:
Arthur Magenis Sir Arthur Charles Magenis ( – 14 February 1867) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, and the Kingdom of Württemberg. Early life and educati ...
*1854–1859: Hon. George Jerningham *1859–1871: George Gordon ''Württemberg joined the
German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
in 1871 and the Head of Mission was relegated to Chargé d'affaires''


Chargés d'affaires

*1871–1872:
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 ...
*1872–?: George Petre


Ministers Resident

*1881–1883: Gerard Gould *1883–1900?: Sir Henry Barron, Bt ''In 1903, thepost was merged with that of
Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
'' *1903–1906:
Reginald Tower Sir Reginald Thomas Tower (1 September 186021 January 1939) was a British diplomat whose career lasted from 1885 to 1920.Who's Who UK online Early life Tower was educated at Harrow School and then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated ...
*1906–1908: Fairfax Cartwright *1909–1910: Ralph Paget *1910–?: Sir Vincent Corbett


References

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