List of diplomats from the

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and

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to the

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the La ...

Envoys Extraordinary of England (to 1707)

* 1697–1698 and 1702–1705: Sir Lambert BlackwellD. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) * 1705: Col.

Mitford Crowe Colonel Mitford Crowe (18 April 1669 – 15 December 1719) was an English diplomat, merchant, politician and colonial administrator who sat in the Parliament of England from 1701 to 1702 and served as the List of governors of Barbados, governo ...

''Resident'' * 1706–1707: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent)

Envoys Extraordinary of Great Britain (from 1707)

* 1707–1711: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent) * 1708–1713:

William Richard Chetwynd William Richard Chetwynd (c. 1731 – February 1765) was an English aristocrat and politician. The second son of John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd, he was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. He was el ...

''Resident'' 1708–1711; then ''Envoy Extraordinary'' ** 1710: John Molesworth ''Envoy Extraordinary'' * 1714–1722:

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''No formal representation 1722–1763, other than

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'' * c.1723–1738: John Bagshaw ''Consul''http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp The National Archives catalogue, class SP 79 * c.1738–c.1756: John Birtles ''Consul'' * c.1758–1775: James Hollford ''Consul'' Ministers * 1763: Capt Augustus Harvey ''Minister'' * 1763–1766: Commodore Thomas Harrison ''Minister'' * 1767–1769: Commodore Richard Spey ''Minister'' ''No formal diplomatic representation 1769–1793, other than Consuls'' * 1786 to 1786: John Collet, ''Consul'' Minister Plenipoteniary * 1793–1795: Francis Drake ''Minister Plenipotentiary''S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852'' (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). ** 1786–1797: Joseph Brame, ''Consul'', 1795–1797 ''in charge'' ** 1797–1803: James Bird, ''Vice-consul, Acting Consul''

British Representatives to Genoa since 1797

Great Britain became the

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in 1801; the city and republic of Genoa also transferred through several changes of national status during the 19th century.

France 1797 to 1814

In 1797, the Republic passed into French control as the

Ligurian Republic The Ligurian Republic ( it, Repubblica Ligure, lij, Repubbrica Ligure) was a French client republic formed by Napoleon on 14 June 1797. It consisted of the old Republic of Genoa, which covered most of the Ligurian region of Northwest Italy, and ...

, and was formally annexed to France in 1805 as the

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Gênes Gênes was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the city of Genoa. It was formed in 1805, when the Ligurian Republic (formerly the Republic of Genoa) was annexed directly t ...

Kingdom of Sardinia 1814 to 1861

At the 1814

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, Genoa became part of the

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. Britain continued to appoint Consuls to the city. * 1840–1857: Timothy Yeats Brown ''Consul-General'' * 1856:

Edward Algernoon Le Mesurier Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

, ''Consul-general'';

Montague Yeats-Brown Montague "Monty" Yeats-Brown CMG (2 August 1834 – 22 February 1921) was a 19th-century British diplomat in Genoa and Boston. Life Yeats-Brown was born on 2 August 1834 on Palmaria, and was christened on an American warship then in harbou ...

''Vice-Consul'' * 1858–1893:

''Consul''

Kingdom of Italy, 1861

The Kingdom of Sardinia became the core of the

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1861 Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first stea ...

. * 1893:

Charles Alfred Payton Sir Charles Alfred Payton MVO (12 November 1843 – 11 March 1926) was a British adventurer, fisherman, diplomat and writer. Career Charles Payton was born in York, the son of a Dissenting minister, and educated at Scarborough and at New Coll ...

, ''Consul'' * 1908:

William Keene William Joseph Keene (August 4, 1915 – May 23, 1992) was an American radio and television actor who appeared on several popular television shows more than one separate occasion as a different character. Career He appeared in shows more tha ...

MVO, ''Consul'' * 1918:

Edward C Blech Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

CMG, ''Consul-General'' * 1920: William H.M. Sinclair, ''Consul''; James R Murray ''Vice-Consul'' * 1922: Harry Churchill CMG, ''Consul-General'' * 1925:

Robert Erskine Robert Erskine (1735–1780) was a Scottish inventor and engineer who came to the British colonial Province of New Jersey in 1771 to run the ironworks at Ringwood, New Jersey. He subsequently became sympathetic to the movement for independen ...

''Consul-General'', C. F. W. Andrews ''Vice-Consul'' * 1930: Edward William Paget Thurstan, CMG ''Consul-General''; I. L. Henderson ''Vice-Consul'' * 1935: A. G. Major ''Consul-General''; W. J. Sullivan ''Vice-Consul'' * 1940: W. S. Edmonds CMG, OBE ''Consul-General''; Donald Cameron''Vice-Consul''

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, 1946

Consuls were appointed to Genoa from 1950 until 1995; since when all consuls have been honorary.

References

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Foreign relations of the Republic of Genoa