List of ambassadors of 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 in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Portugal.

For ambassadors from the Court of St James's to Portugal before 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Portugal. For Ambassadors from 1707 to 1800, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Portugal.

List of heads of mission

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Envoys of the United Kingdom to Portugal

• 1800–1802: John Hookham Frere^[1]
• 1802–1806: Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald Minister Plenipotentiary^[1]
• 1806: James Earl of Rosslyn and John Earl of St Vincent, extraordinary envoys
• 1806–1808: Percy Clinton, Viscount Strangford Envoy Plenipotentiary, accompanied the king to Brazil

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal

• 1808–1810: John Charles Villiers^[2]
• 1810–1814: Sir Charles Stuart
• 1814–1817: Thomas Sydenham
• 1817–1820: Sir Edward Thornton
• 1820–1823: Edward Michael Ward (chargé d'affaires)
• 1823–1824: Sir Edward Thornton
• 1824–1827: Sir William à Court
• 1827–1832: Hon. Sir Frederick Lamb
• 1832–1833: Rt. Hon. John, Lord Ponsonby
• 1833–1846: Charles Augustus Ellis, Baron Howard de Walden
• 1846–1851: George Hamilton Seymour^[3]
• 1855–1859: Henry Francis Howard
• 1859–1866: Sir Arthur Charles Magenis
• 1866–1867: Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget
• September–December 1867: Edward Thornton
• 1867–1874: Sir Charles Murray
• 1874–1876: Hon. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• 1876–1881: Robert Morier
• 1881–1884: Sir Charles Lennox Wyke
• 1884–1892: George Glynn Petre
• 1893–1902: Sir Hugh MacDonell
• 1902–1905: Martin Gosselin
• 1905–1911: Francis Hyde Villiers
• 1911–1913: Arthur Henry Hardinge

Ambassadors to Portugal

• 1913–1928: Hon Sir Lancelot Carnegie
• 1928–1929: Sir Colville Barclay^[4]
• 1929–1931: Hon Sir Francis Lindley
• 1931–1935: Sir Claud Russell^[4][5]
• 1935–1937: Sir Charles Wingfield
• 1937–1940: Sir Walford Selby
• 1940–1945: Sir Ronald Campbell
• 1945–1947: Sir Owen St.Clair O'Malley
• 1947–1955: Sir Nigel Ronald
• 1955–1961: Sir Charles Stirling
• 1961–1966: Sir Archibald Ross
• 1966–1970: Sir Anthony Lambert
• 1970–1974: Sir David Muirhead
• 1974–1976: Hon. Sir Nigel Trench
• 1976–1981: Hon. Sir John Moran (Lord Moran from 1977)
• 1981–1986: Sir Hugh Campbell Byatt^[6]
• 1986–1989: Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar
• 1989–1993: Hugh James Arbuthnott
• 1993–1995: Sir Stephen Wall^[7]
• 1995–1999: Roger Westbrook^[4]
• 1999–2001: Sir John Holmes
• 2001–2004: Dame Glynne Evans
• 2004–2007: John Buck
• 2007–2011: Alexander Ellis
• 2011–2014: Jill Gallard
• 2014–present: Kirsty Hayes^[8]

External links

• UK and Portugal, gov.uk

References

1. L. M. E. Shaw, The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance and the English Merchants in Portugal (Ashgate, Aldershot 1998)
2. John Charles Villiers in Venn, J. & J. A., [Alumni Cantabrigienses], Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
3. Joseph Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851)
4. "Previous Ambassadors". Retrieved 2008-10-13.
5. "RUSSELL, Sir Claud Frederick William". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
6. "BYATT, Sir Hugh Campbell". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
7. "Sir Stephen Wall". Business for New Europe. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
8. "Kirsty Hayes, British Ambassador to Portugal". gov.uk.