List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities

Resident and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities
Britischer Resident und bevollmächtigter Minister bei den Hansestädten

Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Residence English Court, Gröningerstraße, Altstadt, Hamburg
Inaugural holder Richard Clough
Formation 1567 (to Hamburg)
1611 (to Hanseatic Republics)
1813 (to Hanseatic Republics)
Final holder John Ward
Abolished 1578–1611 (Staple War)
1806–1813 (Napoleonic Wars)
1871 (German Unification)

The United Kingdom had a diplomatic representative to the three sovereign Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck until German unification in 1871. The envoy was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony. He was usually resident at Hamburg, which had long been an important port for British trade, and the staple port of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London.

Heads of Mission

Residents

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Residents to the Hanse Towns and minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 79.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
  4. The London Gazette: no. 22400. p. 2494. 3 July 1860. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
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