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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland

December 18, 2023

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Switzerland is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Swiss Confederation, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Switzerland. The formal title of the post is His [Britannic] Majesty's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation but it is usually called, even officially, simply His [Britannic] Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland.

The British Ambassador to Switzerland is also non-resident Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein.[1]

List of heads of mission edit

Envoy Extraordinary edit

  • 1689–1692: Thomas Coxe[2]
  • 1689–1702: Philibert de Hervart, baron van Hüningen (to the Republic of Geneva only 1689–1692)[2]
  • 1702–1705: William Aglionby extraordinary envoy[2]
  • 1705–1714: Abraham Stanyan (also to the Grisons 1707–1714)[2]
  • 1710 and 1715–1717: James Dayrolle Resident at Geneva[2]
  • 1716–1722: Francis Manning (also Secretary to the Grisons at Coire 1709–1713)[2]

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons edit

  • 1717–1762: Armand Louis de St. George, Comte de Marsay Minster at Geneva 1717-34; Minister Resident to the Helvetic Republic and the Grisons Leagues 1734–1739; Minster at Geneva 1739–1762[2]
  • 1738–1743: Sir Luke Schaub (a diplomat)[3]
  • 1743–1749: John Burnaby Minister[2][3]
  • 1743–1750: Jerome de Salis Envoy Extraordinary to the Grisons Leagues[2]
  • 1750–1762: Arthur Villettes Minister[2][3][4]
  • 1762–1765: Robert Colebrooke Minister[2]
  • 1763–1765: James, Count of Pictet Minister to the Republic of Geneva[2]
  • 1765–1783: William Norton (but absent 1769–1776)[5][3][4]
    • 1769–1776: Jean Gabriel Catt Chargé d'Affaires[2]
    • 1772–1774: Isaac Pictet Chargé d'Affaires at Geneva[2][3]
    • 1777–1792: Louis Braun Chargé d'Affaires[2][3][4]
  • 1792–1795: Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald[6]
  • 1795–1797: William Wickham[7] also Special Mission 1794–1795[8]
  • 1797: James Talbot Chargé d'Affaires[4][8]
  • 1797–1814: No diplomatic relations

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated Swiss Cantons edit

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons edit

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit

Resident Minister to the Swiss Confederation edit

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit

External links edit

  • "UK and Switzerland". gov.uk.

References edit

  1. ^ "UK and Liechtenstein". gov.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. XLVI, 1932).
  3. ^ a b c d e f The National Archives, Class SP96
  4. ^ a b c d e J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 84.
  5. ^ Brooke, John. "NORTON, Hon. William (1742-1822)". History of Parliament Online.
  6. ^ "No. 13413". The London Gazette. 8 May 1792. p. 293.
  7. ^ "No. 13794". The London Gazette. 7 July 1795. p. 7171.
  8. ^ a b c d S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
  9. ^ "No. 16908". The London Gazette. 14 June 1814. p. 1233.
  10. ^ "No. 17783". The London Gazette. 19 January 1822. p. 98.
  11. ^ "No. 17894". The London Gazette. 8 February 1823. p. 211.
  12. ^ "No. 18161". The London Gazette. 2 August 1825. p. 1357.
  13. ^ "No. 18942". The London Gazette. 5 June 1832. p. 1296.
  14. ^ "No. 20850". The London Gazette. 28 April 1848. p. 1655.
  15. ^ "No. 20943". The London Gazette. 9 February 1849. p. 391.
  16. ^ "No. 21175". The London Gazette. 28 January 1851. p. 209.
  17. ^ "No. 21294". The London Gazette. 24 February 1852. p. 525.
  18. ^ "No. 21411". The London Gazette. 15 February 1853. p. 407.
  19. ^ "No. 21604". The London Gazette. 6 October 1854. p. 3019.
  20. ^ "No. 22121". The London Gazette. 2 April 1858. p. 1687.
  21. ^ "No. 23297". The London Gazette. 30 August 1867. p. 4865.
  22. ^ "No. 23434". The London Gazette. 23 October 1868. p. 5555.
  23. ^ "No. 24106". The London Gazette. 19 June 1874. p. 3095.
  24. ^ "No. 24547". The London Gazette. 29 January 1878. p. 457.
  25. ^ "No. 24772". The London Gazette. 17 October 1879. p. 5977.
  26. ^ "No. 24953". The London Gazette. 22 March 1881. p. 1306.
  27. ^ "No. 24999". The London Gazette. 26 July 1881. p. 3670.
  28. ^ "No. 25827". The London Gazette. 15 June 1888. p. 3310.
  29. ^ "No. 26362". The London Gazette. 10 January 1893. p. 137.
  30. ^ "No. 27314". The London Gazette. 17 May 1901. p. 3379.
  31. ^ "No. 27874". The London Gazette. 12 January 1906. p. 285.
  32. ^ "No. 28225". The London Gazette. 19 February 1909. p. 1306.
  33. ^ "No. 28462". The London Gazette. 3 February 1911. p. 852.
  34. ^ "No. 28742". The London Gazette. 1 August 1913. p. 5487.
  35. ^ "No. 29759". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 1916. p. 9208.
  36. ^ "No. 31663". The London Gazette. 28 November 1919. p. 14674.
  37. ^ "No. 32781". The London Gazette. 29 December 1922. p. 9161.
  38. ^ "No. 32914". The London Gazette. 29 February 1924. p. 1822.
  39. ^ "No. 33353". The London Gazette. 3 February 1928. p. 757.
  40. ^ "No. 33735". The London Gazette. 14 July 1931. p. 4626.
  41. ^ "No. 34129". The London Gazette. 1 February 1935. p. 766.
  42. ^ "No. 34799". The London Gazette. 23 February 1940. p. 1100.
  43. ^ "No. 35598". The London Gazette. 16 June 1942. p. 2652.
  44. ^ "No. 37588". The London Gazette. 31 May 1946. p. 2627.
  45. ^ "No. 38952". The London Gazette. 23 June 1950. p. 3257.
  46. ^ "No. 39926". The London Gazette. 28 July 1953. p. 4133.
  47. ^ "No. 40066". The London Gazette. 5 January 1954. p. 162.
  48. ^ "No. 41485". The London Gazette. 29 August 1958. p. 5336.
  49. ^ "No. 42346". The London Gazette. 5 May 1961. p. 3340.
  50. ^ "No. 43432". The London Gazette. 11 September 1964. p. 7669.
  51. ^ "No. 44554". The London Gazette. 26 March 1968. p. 3557.
  52. ^ "No. 45142". The London Gazette. 3 July 1970. p. 7378.
  53. ^ "No. 46026". The London Gazette. 12 July 1973. p. 8058.
  54. ^ "No. 46993". The London Gazette. 17 August 1976. p. 11269.
  55. ^ "No. 48325". The London Gazette. 1 October 1980. p. 13693.
  56. ^ a b c d e f g h "Previous Ambassadors". Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  57. ^ "Current Ambassador". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  58. ^ "David Moran". gov.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  59. ^ "Jane Owen, British Ambassador to Switzerland and to Liechtenstein". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  60. ^ "James Squire". gov.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

December 18, 2023
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Switzerland is the United Kingdom s foremost diplomatic representative to the Swiss Confederation and head of the UK s diplomatic mission in Switzerland The formal title of the post is His Britannic Majesty s Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation but it is usually called even officially simply His Britannic Majesty s Ambassador to Switzerland The British Ambassador to Switzerland is also non resident Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein 1 Contents 1 List of heads of mission 1 1 Envoy Extraordinary 1 2 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons 1 3 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated Swiss Cantons 1 4 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons 1 5 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation 1 6 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation 1 7 Resident Minister to the Swiss Confederation 1 8 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation 1 9 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation 2 External links 3 ReferencesList of heads of mission editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Envoy Extraordinary edit 1689 1692 Thomas Coxe 2 1689 1702 Philibert de Hervart baron van Huningen to the Republic of Geneva only 1689 1692 2 1702 1705 William Aglionby extraordinary envoy 2 1705 1714 Abraham Stanyan also to the Grisons 1707 1714 2 1710 and 1715 1717 James Dayrolle Resident at Geneva 2 1716 1722 Francis Manning also Secretary to the Grisons at Coire 1709 1713 2 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons edit 1717 1762 Armand Louis de St George Comte de Marsay Minster at Geneva 1717 34 Minister Resident to the Helvetic Republic and the Grisons Leagues 1734 1739 Minster at Geneva 1739 1762 2 1738 1743 Sir Luke Schaub a diplomat 3 1743 1749 John Burnaby Minister 2 3 1743 1750 Jerome de Salis Envoy Extraordinary to the Grisons Leagues 2 1750 1762 Arthur Villettes Minister 2 3 4 1762 1765 Robert Colebrooke Minister 2 1763 1765 James Count of Pictet Minister to the Republic of Geneva 2 1765 1783 William Norton but absent 1769 1776 5 3 4 1769 1776 Jean Gabriel Catt Charge d Affaires 2 1772 1774 Isaac Pictet Charge d Affaires at Geneva 2 3 1777 1792 Louis Braun Charge d Affaires 2 3 4 1792 1795 Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald 6 1795 1797 William Wickham 7 also Special Mission 1794 1795 8 1797 James Talbot Charge d Affaires 4 8 1797 1814 No diplomatic relationsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated Swiss Cantons edit 1814 1820 Stratford Canning 9 1820 1822 William Cromwell Disbrowe Charge d Affaires 4 1822 1823 Henry Watkin Williams Wynn 10 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons edit 1823 1825 Charles Richard Vaughan 11 1825 1832 Hon Algernon Percy 12 1832 1847 David Richard Morier 13 1847 Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound 2nd Earl of Minto Special Mission 8 1847 1848 Sir Stratford CanningSpecial Mission 8 1848 1849 Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley 14 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit 1849 1851 Sir Edmund Lyons 1st Bt 15 1851 1852 Arthur Charles Magenis 16 1852 1853 Andrew Buchanan 17 1853 1854 Hon Charles Murray 18 1854 1858 George John Robert Gordon 19 1858 1867 Hon Edward Harris 20 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit 1867 1868 John Lumley Savile 21 1868 1874 Alfred Guthrie Graham Bonar 22 Resident Minister to the Swiss Confederation edit 1874 1878 Edwin Corbett 23 1878 1879 Sir Horace Rumbold 8th Bt 24 1879 1881 Hon Hussey Crespigny Vivian 25 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit Mar Jul 1881 Hon Hussey Vivian 26 1881 1888 Francis Adams 27 1888 1893 Charles Scott 28 1893 1901 Frederick St John 29 1901 1905 Sir Conyngham Greene 30 1905 1909 Sir George Bonham 2nd Baronet 31 1909 1911 Henry Bax Ironside 32 1911 1913 Esme Howard 33 1913 1916 Evelyn Grant Duff 34 1916 1919 Sir Horace Rumbold 9th Baronet 35 1919 1922 Hon Odo Russell 36 1922 1924 Sir Milne Cheetham 37 1924 1928 Rowland Sperling 38 1928 1931 Sir Claud Russell 39 1931 1935 Sir Howard Kennard 40 1935 1940 Sir George Warner 41 1940 1942 David Kelly 42 1942 1946 Sir Clifford Norton 43 1946 1950 Thomas Snow 44 1950 1953 Sir Patrick Scrivener 45 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation edit May Dec 1953 Sir Patrick Scrivener 46 1953 1958 Sir Lionel Lamb 47 1958 1960 Sir William Montagu Pollock 48 1960 1964 Sir Paul Grey 49 1964 1968 Sir Robert Isaacson 50 1968 1970 Henry Hohler 51 1970 1973 Eric Midgley 52 1973 1976 Sir John Wraight 53 1976 1980 Sir Alan Rothnie 54 1980 1982 Sir Sydney Giffard 55 1982 1984 John Powell Jones 56 1984 1988 John Rich 56 1988 1992 Christopher Long 56 1992 1997 David Beattie 56 1997 2001 Christopher Hulse 56 2001 2004 Basil Eastwood 56 2004 2008 Simon Featherstone 56 2008 2008 John Nichols 56 2009 2013 Sarah Gillett 57 2014 2017 David Moran 58 2017 2023 Jane Owen 59 2023 present update James Squire 60 External links edit UK and Switzerland gov uk References edit UK and Liechtenstein gov uk a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o D B Horn British Diplomatic Representatives 1689 1789 Camden 3rd Ser XLVI 1932 a b c d e f The National Archives Class SP96 a b c d e J Haydn Book of Dignities 1851 84 Brooke John NORTON Hon William 1742 1822 History of Parliament Online No 13413 The London Gazette 8 May 1792 p 293 No 13794 The London Gazette 7 July 1795 p 7171 a b c d S T Bindoff E F Malcolm Smith and C K Webster British Diplomatic Representatives 1789 1852 Camden 3rd Series 50 1934 No 16908 The London Gazette 14 June 1814 p 1233 No 17783 The London Gazette 19 January 1822 p 98 No 17894 The London Gazette 8 February 1823 p 211 No 18161 The London Gazette 2 August 1825 p 1357 No 18942 The London Gazette 5 June 1832 p 1296 No 20850 The London Gazette 28 April 1848 p 1655 No 20943 The London Gazette 9 February 1849 p 391 No 21175 The London Gazette 28 January 1851 p 209 No 21294 The London Gazette 24 February 1852 p 525 No 21411 The London Gazette 15 February 1853 p 407 No 21604 The London Gazette 6 October 1854 p 3019 No 22121 The London Gazette 2 April 1858 p 1687 No 23297 The London Gazette 30 August 1867 p 4865 No 23434 The London Gazette 23 October 1868 p 5555 No 24106 The London Gazette 19 June 1874 p 3095 No 24547 The London Gazette 29 January 1878 p 457 No 24772 The London Gazette 17 October 1879 p 5977 No 24953 The London Gazette 22 March 1881 p 1306 No 24999 The London Gazette 26 July 1881 p 3670 No 25827 The London Gazette 15 June 1888 p 3310 No 26362 The London Gazette 10 January 1893 p 137 No 27314 The London Gazette 17 May 1901 p 3379 No 27874 The London Gazette 12 January 1906 p 285 No 28225 The London Gazette 19 February 1909 p 1306 No 28462 The London Gazette 3 February 1911 p 852 No 28742 The London Gazette 1 August 1913 p 5487 No 29759 The London Gazette Supplement 22 September 1916 p 9208 No 31663 The London Gazette 28 November 1919 p 14674 No 32781 The London Gazette 29 December 1922 p 9161 No 32914 The London Gazette 29 February 1924 p 1822 No 33353 The London Gazette 3 February 1928 p 757 No 33735 The London Gazette 14 July 1931 p 4626 No 34129 The London Gazette 1 February 1935 p 766 No 34799 The London Gazette 23 February 1940 p 1100 No 35598 The London Gazette 16 June 1942 p 2652 No 37588 The London Gazette 31 May 1946 p 2627 No 38952 The London Gazette 23 June 1950 p 3257 No 39926 The London Gazette 28 July 1953 p 4133 No 40066 The London Gazette 5 January 1954 p 162 No 41485 The London Gazette 29 August 1958 p 5336 No 42346 The London Gazette 5 May 1961 p 3340 No 43432 The London Gazette 11 September 1964 p 7669 No 44554 The London Gazette 26 March 1968 p 3557 No 45142 The London Gazette 3 July 1970 p 7378 No 46026 The London Gazette 12 July 1973 p 8058 No 46993 The London Gazette 17 August 1976 p 11269 No 48325 The London Gazette 1 October 1980 p 13693 a b c d e f g h Previous Ambassadors Retrieved 20 June 2012 Current Ambassador Retrieved 6 September 2011 David Moran gov uk Retrieved 14 January 2014 Jane Owen British Ambassador to Switzerland and to Liechtenstein gov uk Retrieved 20 December 2017 James Squire gov uk Retrieved 18 January 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland amp oldid 1182931852, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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