List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg

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

Although diplomatic relations were established in the 19th century, the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Belgium was concurrently accredited to Luxembourg as a non-resident Envoy until 1940, when Belgium was overrun by Nazi Germany. Upon liberation of Luxembourg, in 1944, the United Kingdom appointed its first resident head of a diplomatic mission to Luxembourg. Upon the end of the war, the head of the mission to Luxembourg reverted to Brussels, with the resident structure being predominantly replaced by the military mission, but a resident head of mission was soon restored, in 1949. Geoffrey Alchin held the title of Minister until he was upgraded to Ambassador in 1955; since then the heads of mission have been Ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

Name Tenure Begin Tenure End British Monarch Luxembourgish Monarch
Nigel Watson19441945King George VIGrand Duchess Charlotte
Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen[1]19441947
Geoffrey Alchin19491955
Malcolm Henderson[2]19551957Queen Elizabeth II
Harold Freese-Pennefather19571961
Geoffrey Aldington19611966
Dugald Malcolm19661970Grand Duke Jean
John Roper19701975
Sir Antony Acland19751977
Lord Wright of Richmond19771979
Jeremy Thomas19791982
Sir Humphrey Maud19821985
Oliver Miles19851988
Juliet Campbell19881991
Sir Michael Pakenham19911994
Nick Elam19941998
Sir William Ehrman19982000
Gordon Wetherell20002004Grand Duke Henri
James Clark20042007
Peter Bateman20072011
Alice Walpole2011

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 36811. p. 5393. 24 November 1944. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40660. p. 7154. 20 December 1955. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

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