List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Germany explained

Post:	British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Britische Botschafterin in Deutschland
Insignia:	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Flagsize:	200
Flagborder:	yes
Incumbent:	Jill Gallard
Incumbentsince:	November 2020
Style:	Her Excellency
Seat:	Berlin, Germany
Department:	Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Embassy, Berlin
Reports To:	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Appointer:	The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister
Termlength:	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural:	Hon. Frederick Lamb
Formation:	1824
Website:	British Embassy - Berlin

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

History

On German unification in 1871 the British ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia/North German Confederation in Berlin became the ambassador to the new German Empire. During the partition of Germany following World War II the Ambassador to the new Federal Republic (or West Germany) resided in Bonn, the capital, from 1952. Berlin once more became the capital at reunification in 1990 and the ambassador returned to Berlin in a new Embassy building, on the exact site of its predecessor in the Wilhelmstrasse, in 2000.

This article also includes the following predecessors:

• German Confederation, whose Diet was at Frankfurt.
• North German Confederation.

For envoys to the:

• Holy Roman Emperor see Austria.
• Imperial Diet at Ratisbon see Bavaria.
• Imperial Court at Brussels see Belgium.
• Elector of Cologne at Cologne and then Bonn see Cologne
• Electorate of Hanover and then Kingdom of Hanover at Hanover see Hanover
• Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck see Hanseatic Cities
• Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel and then Electorate of Hesse at Darmstadt see Hesse-Cassel
• Elector of Brandenburg and to the Kingdom of Prussia at Berlin see Prussia
• Electorate of Saxony at Dresden see Saxony
  • Kingdom of Württemberg at Stuttgart see Württemberg Other German States see other German states

List of heads of mission

German Confederation

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

• 1817–1824: Hon. Frederick Lamb
• 1824–1827: Hon. Frederick Cathcart^[1]
  • 1826–1828: John Ralph Milbanke Chargé d'Affaires (Legation secretary 1826–1835)^[1]
• 1828–1829: Henry Addington
• 1829–1830: George Chad
• 1830–1838: Thomas Cartwright
• 1838: Hon. Henry Fox
• 1838–1839: Ralph Abercromby
• 1840–1848: Hon. William Fox-Strangways^[1]
• 1848–1852: Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley Special Mission 1849-1851^[1]
• 1852–1866: Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet

German Confederation dissolved 1866

North German Confederation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1868–1871: Lord Augustus Loftus (previously ambassador to Prussia, 1866-1868)

North German Confederation becomes German Empire 1870-71

German Empire

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1871–1884: Lord Odo Russell (created 1st Baron Ampthill in 1881)
• 1884–1895: Sir Edward Malet
• 1895–1908: Sir Frank Lascelles
• 1908–1914: Sir Edward Goschen

No representation 1914–1919 due to World War I—US diplomats mainly took care of duties during this time

Weimar Republic

Chiefs of the Military Mission to Berlin

• 1919: Gordon Macready
• 1919–1920: Neill Malcolm

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1920: Victor Hay (later 21st Earl of Errol) Chargé d'Affaires
• 1920–1926: Lord D'Abernon (created 1st Viscount D'Abernon in 1926)
• 1926–1928: The Hon Sir Ronald Lindsay
• 1928–1933: Sir Horace Rumbold

Third Reich

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1933–1937: Sir Eric Phipps
• 1937–1939: Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson

World War II and after

• No representation 1939–1944 due to World War II
• Post-war government of Germany 1944–1948 by Allied Control Council

West Germany

High Commissioner at Allied High Commission

• 1949–1950: Sir Brian Robertson (later 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge)
• 1950–1953: Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick
• 1953–1955: Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar (later 1st Baron Inchyra)

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1955–1957: Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar (later 1st Baron Inchyra)
• 1957–1962: Sir Christopher Steel
• 1962–1968: Sir Frank Roberts
• 1968–1972: Sir Roger Jackling
• 1972–1975: Sir Nicholas Henderson
• 1975–1981: Sir Oliver Wright
• 1981–1984: Sir Jock Taylor
• 1984–1988: Sir Julian Bullard
• 1988–1990: Sir Christopher Mallaby

East Germany

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1974–1976: Sir Curtis Keeble
• 1976–1978: Sir Percy Cradock
• 1978–1981:
• 1981–1984: Peter Maxey
• 1984–1988:
• 1988–1990: Sir Nigel Broomfield
• 1990: Patrick Eyers

Germany

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1990–1993: Sir Christopher Mallaby
• 1993–1997: Sir Nigel Broomfield
• 1997: Christopher Meyer (later Sir Christopher Meyer)
• 1997–2003: Sir Paul Lever
• 2003–2007: Sir Peter Torry
• 2007–2010: Sir Michael Arthur
• 2010–2015: Sir Simon McDonald
• 2015–2020: Sir Sebastian Wood^[2]

• 2020–2024: Jill Gallard^[3]
• : Andrew Mitchell^[4]

References

1. S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
2. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/sebastian-wood Sir Sebastian Wood KCMG, British Ambassador to Germany
3. 17 July 2020. Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Germany: November 2020. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 20 July 2020.
4. Web site: Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Germany: Andrew Mitchell . 2024-04-14 . GOV.UK . en.

External links

• UK and Germany, gov.uk