List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Sardinia explained

Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Sardinia and its predecessor Savoy, specifically Heads of Missions.

Heads of Missions

Ambassadors to Savoy

• 1611–1612: Henry Wotton^[1]
• 1614–1615: Sir Albertus Morton^[2]
• 1615–1624: Sir Isaac Wake (Resident Agent)^[3]
• 1671–1690: Marquis of St Thomas, John Finch and Sir William Soame^[4]
• 1691–1693: Edmund Poley ^[5]
• 1693–1694: Dr William Aglionby^[5]
• 1693–1704: The Earl of Galway (absent from 1696)^{[5] [6]} (Viscount Galway until 1697)
• 1699 and 1703–1706: Richard Hill^[5]
• 1706: Paul Methuen^{[5] [7]}
• 1706–1713: John Chetwynd, later Viscount Chetwynd.^{[5] [8] [9]}
  • 1708–1713: Maj. Gen. Francis Palmes^[5]
• 1710–1713: Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterbrough Special Mission 1710–1711; Minister Plenipotentiary 1712; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1713^[5]
• 1714: George St. John (died 1716 at Venice)^[5]
• 1713–1719: J. Payne, James Cockburn^[4]

In 1720, Savoy acquired the island of Sardinia, and was subsequently known as the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

• 1719–1725: John Molesworth^[5]
• 1726–1727: John Hedges Envoy Extraordinary^[5]
• 1728–1732: Edmund Allen in charge 1727–1728; Secretary 1728–1734^[5]
• 1731–1736: The Earl of Essex Minister Plenipotentiary 1731–1732; Ambassador 1732–1736^[5]
• 1736–1749: Arthur Villettes Resident^[5]
  • 1747: Lieut-Gen. Thomas Wentworth Special Mission^[5]
• 1749 - 1755: William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford^[5]
• 1755 - 1758: The Earl of Bristol Envoy Extraordinary^[5]
• 1758 - 1761: James Mackenzie Envoy Extraordinary 1758–1760; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary^{[5] [10]}
• 1761 - 1768: George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers^{[5] [11]}
• 1768 - 1779: William Lynch Envoy Extraordinary 1768–1770; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary^{[5] [10]}
• 1779 - 1783: John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart^[5]
• 1783 - 1797: Hon. John Hampden-Trevor Envoy Extraordinary 1783–1789; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary^{[5] [10] [12]}
• 1798 - 1799: No representation due to the French occupation of Turin^[12]
• 1799 - 1806: Thomas Jackson^{[5] [12]}
• Diplomatic relations suspended 1806–1808^[12]
• 1807 - 1824: Hon. William Hill^{[10] [12]}
• 1824 - 1840: Augustus Foster^[12]
• 1840 - 1851: Hon. Ralph Abercromby^[12]
• 1852 - 1860: James Hudson^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ferris. John. Thrush. Andrew. WOTTON, Sir Henry (1568–1639), of King Street, Westminster and Eton College, Bucks.. The History of Parliament.
2. Baron. S. A.. Morton, Sir Albertus. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/19358.
3. Web site: Davidson. Alan. Cassidy. Irene. WAKE, Sir Isaac (c.1581–1632), of London. The History of Parliament.
4. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp The National Archives catalogues
5. D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
6. Harman Murtagh, 'Massue de Ruvigny, Henri de, Earl of Galway, and Marquess of Ruvigny in the French nobility (1648–1720)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sep 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18309, accessed 17 April 2009
7. Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, 'Methuen, Sir Paul (c.1672–1757)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, Sep 2004; online edn, Oct 2008) http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18631, accessed 3 November 2008
8. Burke's Peerage (1939), s.v. Chetwynd
9. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/5169/pages/1 London Gazette, 5169, 31 October 1713
10. Haydn, Joseph - The Book of Dignities (1851), 82.
11. G. F. R. Barker, 'Pitt, George, first Baron Rivers (1721–1803)’, rev. R. D. E. Eagles, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004)http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22328 accessed 24 August 2008.
12. S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).