List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Portugal

The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Portugal is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Portugal, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Portugal. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to 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

Envoys 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: Hugh Guion 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: Rt. Hon. Sir Colville Adrian de Rune Barclay^[4]
• 1929–1931: Hon Sir Francis Lindley
• 1931–1935: Sir Claud Russell^[4][5]
• 1935–1937: Sir Charles Wingfield
• 1937–1940: Sir Walford Harmood Montague Selby
• 1940–1945: Sir Ronald Hugh 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: Michael Simpson-Orlebar
• 1989–1993: Hugh James Arbuthnott
• 1993–1995: Stephen Wall^[7]
• 1995–1999: Roger Westbrook^[4]
• 1999–2001: John Holmes
• 2001–2004: Dame Glynne Evans
• 2004–2007: John Buck
• 2007–2011: Alexander Ellis
• 2011–  : Jill Gallard

External links

• British Embassy, Lisbon

References