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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Poland

List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Poland

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The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Poland is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Poland, in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Poland.

The British Embassy in Warsaw

List of heads of mission

Before Partition

Agents

  • 1604-1610: Dr William Bruce[1]
    • 1609: James Sandilands, 2nd Baron Torphichen Special Ambassador[1]
  • 1610-1621: Patrick Gordon[1]
  • 1626-1641: Francis Gordon[1]

Between 1641 and 1698, there seems to have been no continuous diplomatic representation[1]

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the King of Poland

Envoys Extraordinary to the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony

From 1698 to 1763, successive Electors of Saxony were usually Kings of Poland. There was a single diplomatic mission to the king in both capacities.

Charles Hanbury Williams

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the King of Poland

Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth

In 1795, the remaining Polish territory was partitioned between Prussia, Austria, and Russia, so that there was not a state of Poland until after World War I.

After World War I

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

Ambassadors

See also

References

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    Gary M. Bell, A handlist of British diplomatic representatives 1509-1688 (Royal Historical Society, Guides and handbooks, 16, 1990).
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    D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
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    London Gazette, 5362, 6 September 1715
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    London Gazette, 5683, 4 October 1718
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    J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 80.
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    S. T. Bondoff and others, British Diplomatic Representatives, 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series 50, 1934), 88-89.
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    "British Embassy in Warsaw - Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Poland". Retrieved 27 June 2011.
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    "President receives credentials from three ambassadors". PRESIDENT.PL – The official website of the President of the Republic of Poland. 5 April 2016.
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