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in the Republic of Austria, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Vienna. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria''. For the ambassadors from the

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. Since 2006 the Ambassador to Austria has also been Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Vienna including the

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List of heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plentipotentiary at the Court of Vienna

*1799–1801: Gilbert, Lord Minto *1801–1806: Sir Arthur Paget ** 1805: The Earl of Harrington (Extraordinary Mission) *1806–1807: Robert Adair

Plentipotentiary at the Court of Vienna

*1807: George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke *1807–1813: ''no ambassador due to Napoleonic Wars'' ** 1809: Benjamin Bathurst (Extraordinary Mission) *1813–1814:

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, (28 January 178414 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in ...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria

*1814–1823: Lord Stewart *1823–1831: Sir Henry Wellesley *1831–1841: Sir Frederick Lamb *1841–1846: Sir Robert Gordon *1846–1850: John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby *1851–1855: John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland *1855–1858: Sir George Hamilton Seymour *1858–1860: Lord Augustus Loftus *1860–1867:

John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield (12 November 1802 – 17 August 1879) was a British peer and diplomatist.Cokayne et al., ''The Complete Peerage'', volume II, p.194 Background Bloomfield was the eldest son of Benjamin B ...

Ambassador to Austria-Hungary

*1867–1871:

*1871–1877: Sir Andrew Buchanan *1877–1884:

Sir Henry Elliot ''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 ...

*1884–1893: Sir Augustus Paget *1893–1896: Sir Edmund Monson *1896–1900: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt. *1900–1905: Sir Francis Plunkett *1905–1908: Sir Edward Goschen *1908–1913: Sir Fairfax Cartwright *1913–1914:

Sir Maurice de Bunsen Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen, 1st Baronet, (8 January 1852 – 21 February 1932),de BUNSEN, Rt Hon. Sir Maurice (William Ernest)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 was a British diplomat. Background and earl ...

*1914–1919: ''no representation due to First World War''

High Commissioner to Austria

*1919–1920: Sir Francis Lindley

Ambassador to Austria

*1920–1921: Sir Francis Lindley *1921–1928: Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston *1928–1933: Sir Eric Phipps *1933–1937: Sir Walford Selby *1937–1938:

Michael Palairet Sir Michael Palairet (29 September 1882 – 5 August 1956) was a British diplomat who was minister to Romania, Sweden and Austria, and minister and ambassador to Greece. Early life Palairet was the son of Charles Harvey Palairet, by his mar ...

*1938–1945: ''no representation due to Anschluss and Second World War''

Political Representative in Austria

*1945–1947: Sir Henry Mack

Ambassador to Austria

*1946–1948: Sir Henry Mack *1948–1949: Sir Bertrand Jerram *1949–1954: Sir Harold Caccia *1954–1958: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger *1958–1961: Sir James Bowker *1961–1965: Sir Malcolm Henderson *1965–1967: Sir John Pilcher *1967–1970: Sir Anthony Rumbold, Bt. *1970–1972:

Sir Peter Wilkinson Sir Peter Allix Wilkinson, (1914–2000) was a British intelligence officer and diplomat. Career Wilkinson served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. He supplied the weapons used by two Czechoslovak agents to assassinat ...

*1972–1976: Sir Denis Laskey *1976–1979:

Hugh Travers Morgan Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...

*1979–1982: Donald Gordon *1982–1986: Michael Alexander *1986–1989: Robert O'Neill *1989–1992:

Brian Crowe Sir Brian Crowe (5 January 1938 – 23 March 2020) was a British diplomat, who was Ambassador to Austria, 1989–1992. He was born on 5 January 1938, the son of Eric Crowe, a diplomat, and Virginia Teusler. His grandfather was Sir Eyre Crowe. ...

*1992–1996: Terence Wood *1996–2000: Sir Anthony Figgis *2000–2003:

Antony Ford Antony may refer to: * Antony (name), a masculine given name and a surname * Antony, Belarus, a village in the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus * Antony, Cornwall, a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom ** Antony House, Cornwall, United Kingdom * Antony, ...

*2003–2007:

John Macgregor John MacGregor, John Macgregor or John McGregor may refer to: Sportsmen * John McGregor (footballer, born 1851), Scottish international football player * John McGregor (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1993), English football player * John McGrego ...

*2007–2012: Simon Smith *2012–2016:

Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque Susan Jane le Jeune d'Allegeershecque (; born 29 April 1963) is a British diplomat who, most recently, served as British High Commissioner to Canada from 2017 to 2021. She previously served as British Ambassador to Austria from 2012 to 2016. ...

*2016–2021:

Leigh Turner Robert Leigh Turner (born 13 March 1958) is a writer and British former diplomat. His final role was British Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from August 2016 to September 2021. As Ambass ...

*2021–: Lindsay Skoll

References

*J. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851),

External links

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