List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to France
The ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France (French : l'ambassadeur anglais en France) was the foremost diplomatic representative of the historic Kingdom of England in France, before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
The position was not a continuous one, and there was sometimes no diplomatic representation, due to wars between the two countries.
English ambassadors and Ministers to France
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester 15051514–1515: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
1518–1521: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
1529-?: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
Periods in 1540s and 1550s: Nicholas Wotton
1559–1564: Nicholas Throckmorton
1564–1566: Thomas Smith
1566: Thomas Hoby
1566–1570: Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys
1570–1573: Francis Walsingham
1573–1576: Valentine Dale
1576–1579: Amias Paulet
1579–1583: Henry Cobham (Henry Brooke)
1583–1590: Edward Stafford
1591–1592: Henry Unton [ 1]
1596–1597: Anthony Mildmay [ 2]
1599–1600: Henry Neville[ 1]
1602–1606: Thomas Parry [ 4]
1605–1609: George Carew Resident ambassador [ 1] [ 4]
1609–1610: William Beecher Chargé d'Affaires [ 4]
1610–1617: Thomas Edmondes Resident Ambassador [ 1] [ 3] [ 4]
1617–1619: William Beecher Agent (Chargé d'Affaires )[ 4]
1619–1624: Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Resident Ambassador (but not Sept 1621 to June 1622)[ 4]
1621–1622: James Hay, Viscount Doncaster [ 4]
1624–1625: George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich Agent [ 4]
1625–1627: Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh appointed Resident Ambassador , but did not go[ 4]
1626–1627: William Lewis Agent [ 4]
1626–1627: John Hawkins [ 4]
1627–1628: Walter Montagu [ 4]
1629–1640: Réné Augier Agent (with de Vic)
1630–1636: Henry de Vic Agent or Chargé d'affaires when there was no ambassador[ 4]
1635–1639: John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore Ambassador Ordinary [ 4]
1636–1641: Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4] 1639–1640: Thomas Windebank[ 4]
1641–1650: Richard Browne Agent (for Charles I, then representing the exiled Charles II)[ 4]
1643–1644: George Goring, Lord Goring (for Charles I)[ 4]
1644–1651: Réné Augier Agent ; then Resident Ambassador (for Parliament)[ 4]
1651–1655: Réné Petit Agent [ 4]
1655–1656: Réné Augier Agent [ 4]
1656–1659: William Lockhart of Lee Ambassador [ 4]
1660: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1660–1661: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1661-?: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts and Laurence Hyde Special Ambassadors [ 4]
1662: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1662–1663: Ralph Montagu Agent? [ 4]
1662–1666: Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1666–1668: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans [ 4]
1668: John Trevor [ 4]
1669–1672: Ralph Montagu [ 4]
1672–1677: William Perwich Agent (and Chargé d'affaires when no ambassador)[ 4]
1672: Henry Savile , Ambassador[ 4]
1672: Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory [ 4]
1672–1673: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland [ 4]
1673: Edward Spragge [ 4]
1673–1675: William Lockhart of Lee [ 4]
1675–1676: John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1676–1678: Ralph Montagu Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1676–1679: John Brisbane Agent ; and then Chargé d'affaires [ 4]
1678–1679: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1679–1682: Henry Savile , Envoy Extraordinary [ 4]
1682–1685: Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston , Envoy Extraordinary [ 4]
1685: John Churchill, Baron Churchill Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1685–1686: William Trumbull Ambassador Extraordinary [ 4]
1686–1688: Bevil Skelton Envoy Extraordinary [ 4]
1688–1689: Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave Envoy Extraordinary [ 4]
After the Union of England and Scotland
In 1707 the Kingdom of England became part of the new Kingdom of Great Britain . For missions from the court of St James's after 1707, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to France .
References
^ a b c d e f g M. Greengrass, ‘Edmondes, Sir Thomas (d. 1639)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [1] , accessed 12 Jan 2009.
^ Ford, L. L. (2004). "Mildmay, Sir Walter (1520/21-1589)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/18694 . Retrieved 4 March 2011 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ a b c J. Palmer, A Biographical History of England (1824), 86.
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^ a b c d D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
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