List of ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor

Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor

Arms of Great Britain
Style His Excellency
Appointer The monarch
Inaugural holder Sir Philip Meadows
Envoy Extraordinary
Final holder Gilbert, Earl of Minto
Last Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor

The Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor was the foremost diplomatic representative of the Kingdom of Great Britain, a state created in 1707 by the Union of England and Scotland, to the Holy Roman Emperor. The Embassy was a prestigious posting in the British foreign service.

For the ambassadors from the Court of St. James's up to 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to the Holy Roman Emperor and for the period since 1800, see List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Austria.

List of heads of mission

Envoys-Extraordinary and Ambassadors to the Holy Roman Emperor

Envoys-Extraordinary and Ministers-Plentipotentiary to the Holy Roman Emperor

Robert Murray Keith

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The National Archives catalogue, Class SP 80
  3. ↑ London Gazette 5344, 5 July 1715
  4. ↑ H. M. Stephens, ‘Carpenter, George, first Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (1657–1732)’, rev. Timothy Harrison Place, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 , accessed 12 April 2009
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