List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies explained

This is a List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies, usually based at Naples

List of heads of mission

Until 1753, Great Britain appears only to have had consuls at Naples and Messina, and no permanent diplomatic mission.^[1]

Envoys Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily

• 1753-1764: Sir James Gray, Bt^[2]
• 1764-1800: Sir William Hamilton^[2]
• 1800-1801: Sir Arthur Paget, also minister plenipotentiary^[2]
• 1801-1803: William Drummond^[2]

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily

• 1803-1806: Hugh Elliot^[2]
• 1806: General Henry Edward Fox^[2]
• 1806-1809: William Drummond^[2]
• 1809-1811: William Pitt Amherst, Lord Amherst^[2]
• 1811-1814: William Cavendish Bentinck^{[2] [3]} (Simultaneously held supreme military command in the Mediterranean)
  • 1812-1814: Frederick James Lamb^[2] Accredited but never in fact in charge^[3]
• 1814–1816: Sir William à Court^[2]

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

• 1816–1822: Sir William à Court^[2]
• 1822-1825: William Richard Hamilton^{[2] [3]}
• 1824-1832: William Noel Hill^[2]
  • 1825: John, Lord Burgersh special mission^[2]
• 1832-1833: Lord Ponsonby^{[2] [3]}
• 1832-1856: Hon. William Temple (ambassador)^{[2] [3]}
  • 1842-1845: Sir Woodbine Parish Plenipotentiary (jointly with Temple)^[3]
  • 1847: Gilbert, Earl of Minto, special mission^[2]
  • 1847-1848: Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier Chargé d'Affaires^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp?j=1 The National Archives Catalogue
2. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities(1851), 82-83.
3. S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).