The ambassador of the Kingdom of England to Russia was the

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's foremost

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, otherwise known as

Muscovy Muscovy is an alternative name for the Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547) and the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721). It may also refer to: *Muscovy Company, an English trading company chartered in 1555 * Muscovy duck (''Cairina moschata'') and Domes ...

, 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 an ...

''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 Sir Jerome Bowes (died 1616) was an English ambassador to Russia and Member of Parliament in England. Early life He was born into a Durham family, the son of John Bowes, and his wife Ann, née Gunville, whose family were from Gorleston, then i ...

''Special Ambassador'' * 1586-1587:

Jerome Horsey Sir Jerome Horsey (c. 1550 – 1626), of Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire, was an English explorer, diplomat and politician in the 16th and 17th centuries. He spent much time in Russia over the course of seventeen years, first arriving in 1573 ...

''Agent'' * 1588-1589: Dr

Giles Fletcher Giles Fletcher (also known as Giles Fletcher, The Younger) (1586? – Alderton, Suffolk, 1623) was an English cleric and poet chiefly known for his long allegorical poem ''Christ's Victory and Triumph'' (1610). Life Fletcher was the young ...

''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 Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the ...

''Agent'' * 1633-1635: Richard Swift ''Agent'' * 1635-1640: Simon Digby ''Agent'' * 1655-1656:

William Prideaux William Prideaux Courtney (1845–1913) was a British biographer and civil servant. Writing as W. P. C., he was a contributor to the first edition of the '' Dictionary of National Biography''. He was the brother of Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Cour ...

''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

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* 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

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After the Union of England and Scotland

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became part of the new

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. For missions from the

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after 1707, see

List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia The ambassador of Great Britain to Russia was the foremost diplomatic representative in Russia of the Kingdom of Great Britain, a state created in 1707 by the Union of England and Scotland. The British ambassador was the head of the diplomatic m ...

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