List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Saxony explained

Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Saxony, specifically Heads of Missions.

Heads of Missions

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

Elector of Saxony

• 1693: Sir William Dutton Colt Two Special Missions
• 1693–1698: George Stepney Three Special Missions: 1693–1694 as Commissary and Deputy; 1695 as Minister; 1698 as Envoy Extraordinary^[1]

Elector of Saxony and King of Poland

1698 to 1763: The Elector of Saxony was usually also King of Poland: no separate mission to Saxony: see List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Poland

Elector of Saxony

• 1764–1768: Philip Stanhope
• 1769–1771: Robert Murray Keith (the younger)^{[1] [2]}
• 1771–1775: John Osborne^[2]
• 1775–1783: Sir John Stepney, Bt^[2]
  • 1782: Viscount Dalrymple (did not go)^[1]
• 1783–1791: Morton Eden^{[1] [2]}
• 1791–1803: Hugh Elliot^[2]
• 1803–1806: Henry Williams-Wynn

1806–1816: No diplomatic relations^[1]

Kingdom of Saxony

• 1806–1816: Henry Williams-Wynn^[2]
• 1816–1824: John Morier^[2]
• 1824–1828: George Chad
• 1828–1832: Edward Ward
• 1832–1858: Hon. Francis Forbes
• 1858–1859: Augustus Paget
• 1859–1866: Hon. Charles Murray
• 1866–1867: John Lumley
• 1867–1874: Joseph Hume Burnley
• 1873–1897: George Strachey
• 1897–1901: Sir Alexander Condie Stephen
  • 1901–1907: Hugh Gough, 3rd Viscount Gough 1907–1909: Mansfeldt Findlay
• 1909–1914: Arthur Grant Duff

Notes and References

1. D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
2. Haydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851