The ambassador of the Kingdom of England to Russia was the

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's foremost diplomatic representative in

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, otherwise known as Muscovy, heading the English

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List of heads of mission

Ambassadors and other envoys

* 1566-1567:

Anthony Jenkinson Anthony Jenkinson (1529 – 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was one of the first Englishmen to explore Muscovy and present-day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company ...

''Agent''Gary M. Bell, ''A handlist of British diplomatic representatives 1509-1688'' (Royal Historical Society, Guides and handbooks, 16, 1990). * 1568-1569; Thomas Randolph ''Special Ambassador'' * 1571-1572:

''Special Ambassador'' * 1575-1577: Daniel Silvester ''Special Ambassador'' * 1583-1584: Sir Jerome Bowes ''Special Ambassador'' * 1586-1587: Jerome Horsey ''Agent'' * 1588-1589: Dr Giles Fletcher ''Special Ambassador'' * 1590-1591: Jerome Horsey ''Special Ambassador'' * 1598-1599: Sir Francis Cherry ''Special Ambassador'' * 1599-1600: Thomas Willis ''Special Ambassador'' (but expelled from Russia) * 1600-1601: Sir Richard Lee ''Special Ambassador'' * 1601-1602: John Merrick ''Special Ambassador'' * 1604-1605: Sir

Thomas Smythe Sir Thomas Smythe (or Smith, c. 1558 – 4 September 1625) was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until envel ...

''Special Ambassador'' * 1613: John Merrick and William Russell ''Special Ambassadors'' * 1613-1634 : Thomas Finch * 1614-1617: Sir John Merrick ''Ambassador Extraordinary'' * 1618: Sir

Dudley Digges Sir Dudley Digges (19 May 1583 – 18 March 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1629. Digges was also a "Virginia adventurer," an investor who ventured his capital in the Virginia ...

''Special Ambassador'' * 1620-1621: Sir John Merrick ''Special Ambassador'' * 1623-1624: Christopher Cocks ''Agent'' * 1626-1632: Fabian Smith ''Agent'' * 1633: Thomas Wyche ''Agent'' * 1633-1635: Richard Swift ''Agent'' * 1635-1640: Simon Digby ''Agent'' * 1655-1656: William Prideaux ''Special Ambassador'' * 1657: Richard Bradshaw ''Special Ambassador''

Ambassadors Extraordinary

* 1663-1665:

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (162824 February 1685) was an English military leader and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660 and was created Earl of Carlisle in 1661. Howard was the son and ...

* 1667-1668: Sir John Hebdon * 1669: Sir Peter Wyche ''Envoy Extraordinary'' * 1676-1678: John Hebdon * 1686-1687: Patrick Gordon * 1699-1712 : Charles Goodfellow ''Minister and Consul-General''D. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) * 1704-1707: Charles Whitworth, ''Envoy'' of England and later of Great Britain, 1704-1709; later ''Ambassador extraordinary'' of Great Britain, 1709-1711 and ''Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary'' of Great Britain, 1711-1712.D. D. Aldridge, ‘Whitworth, Charles, Baron Whitworth (bap. 1675, d. 1725)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 200

accessed 4 April 2009

After the Union of England and Scotland

In 1707 the

became part of the new

Kingdom of Great Britain The Kingdom of Great Britain (officially Great Britain) was a Sovereign state, sovereign country in Western Europe from 1 May 1707 to the end of 31 December 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of ...

. For missions from the court of St James's after 1707, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia.

References

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