The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal is the United Kingdom's foremost

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in the Portuguese Republic, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Portugal. For ambassadors from the

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to Portugal before 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Portugal. For Ambassadors from 1707 to 1800, see

List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Portugal The Ambassador of Great Britain to Portugal was the foremost diplomatic representative in Portugal of the Kingdom of Great Britain, created by the Treaty of Union in 1707, in charge of the British diplomatic mission. For Ambassadors from the Co ...

List of heads of mission

Envoys of the United Kingdom to Portugal

*1800–1802: John Hookham Frere ''Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal'' *1802–1806:

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''Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Lisbon'' *1806: Lord Rosslyn and Lord St Vincent, extraordinary envoys *1806: Viscount Strangford ''chargé d'affaires''

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

*1807–1808: Viscount Strangford *1808–1810: John Charles Villiers *1810–1814: Sir Charles Stuart *1814–1817: Thomas Sydenham *1817–1820:

Sir Edward Thornton Sir Edward Thornton, FRS (22 October 1766 – 3 July 1852) was a British diplomat, and father of Sir Edward Thornton (1817–1906). He was born in London, the third son (of three sons and two daughters; a brother was the merchant Thomas Thorn ...

*1820–1823:

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(chargé d'affaires) *1823–1824:

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

*1824–1827: Sir William à Court *1827–1828: Sir Frederick Lamb *1828–1833: ''Diplomatic relations severed after accession of King Miguel''

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

*1833–1846: Lord Howard de Walden *1846–1851:

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*1851–1855: Sir Richard Pakenham *1855–1859: Henry Howard *1859–1866: Sir Arthur Magenis *1866–1867: Sir Augustus Paget *September–December 1867: Edward Thornton *1867–1874: Sir Charles Murray *1874–1876: Robert Bulwer-Lytton *1876–1881: Robert Morier *1881–1884: Sir Charles Wyke *1884–1892:

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*1893–1902: Sir Hugh MacDonell *1902–1905: Sir Martin Gosselin *1905–1911: Sir Francis Villiers *1911–1913: Sir Arthur Hardinge *1913–''1924'': Sir Lancelot Carnegie

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

*''1924''–1928: Sir Lancelot Carnegie *1928–1929: Sir Colville Barclay *1929–1931: Sir Francis Lindley *1931–1935: Sir Claud Russell *1935–1937: Sir Charles Wingfield *1937–1940: Sir Walford Selby *1940–1945: Sir Ronald Campbell *1945–1947: Sir Owen St.Clair O'Malley *1947–1955: Sir Nigel Ronald *1955–1961: Sir Charles Stirling *1961–1966: Sir Archibald Ross *1966–1970: Sir Anthony Lambert *1970–1974: Sir David Muirhead *1974–1976: Sir Nigel Trench *1976–1981: Sir John Moran (Lord Moran from 1977) *1981–1986: Sir Hugh Campbell Byatt (son of Sir Horace Archer Byatt) *1986–1989: Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar *1989–1993: Hugh James Arbuthnott *1993–1995: Sir Stephen Wall *1995–1999: Roger Westbrook *1999–2001: Sir John Holmes *2001–2004: Dame Glynne Evans *2004–2007: John Buck *2007–2011: Alexander Ellis *2011–2014:

Jill Gallard Jill Gallard is a British diplomat who took up the post of British Ambassador to Germany in November 2020. Previously she was the British Ambassador to Portugal, director of human resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and deputy pol ...

*2014–2018:

Kirsty Hayes Christine Isobel "Kirsty" Hayes (born 2 February 1977) is a British diplomat and civil servant. She was List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Portugal, British Ambassador to Portugal from 2014 to 2018. Early life Hayes was born on 2 Feb ...

*2018–: Chris Sainty

External links

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References

{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions Portugal United Kingdom