The Ambassador of Great Britain to Portugal was the foremost diplomatic representative in Portugal of the

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, created by the

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in 1707, in charge of the British diplomatic mission. For Ambassadors from the

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to Portugal before 1707 see

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. For Ambassadors after 1800, see

List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Portugal The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Portuguese Republic, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Portugal. For ambassadors from the Court of St James's to Portugal ...

Heads of Mission

* 1707-1708: Sir Paul Methuen (last English ambassador to Portugal) * 1708-1710:

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class SP 89 * 1714-1722: Henry Worsley * 1722–1724: Hon. Thomas Lumley * 1725-1728: Brigadier

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* 1728:

Charles Crompton Charles Crompton Queen's Counsel, Q.C. (4 February 1833 – 25 June 1890) was an England, English barrister and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Life Crompton was born at St Pancras, London, the son of Sir Charles Crompton, a Judge of t ...

''Chargé d'affaires'' * 1728-1742: Lord Tyrawley * 1742-1745:

(''Chargé d'affaires'' from 1741) * 1745: Abraham Castres ''Chargé d'affaires'' * 1745-1749: Sir Benjamin Keene * 1749-1757: Abraham Castres * 1757-1767: Hon. Edward Hay ** 1760:

Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (4 July 1710 – 27 December 1787), styled Viscount Dupplin from 1719 to 1758, was a Scottish peer, British politician, and scholar. Family and education Hay was the eldest son of George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinn ...

''Special Mission'' ** 1762: Lord Tyrawley ''Envoy Plenipotentiary'' * 1767–1770: William Henry Lyttelton (created Lord Westcote in 1776 and Lord Lyttelton in 1794): ''Envoy-extraordinary and Plenipotentiary'' * 1771–1800: Hon.

Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader ...

''Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary'' ** 1786: William Fawkener (jointly with Walpole) for negotiating commercial affairs''London Gazette'', Issue 12792
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John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere (21 May 1769 – 7 January 1846) was an English diplomat and author. Early life Frere was born in London. His father, John Frere, a member of a Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and became Sec ...

(first United Kingdom ambassador to Portugal)

References

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