List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Portugal explained

The ambassador of Great Britain to Portugal was the foremost diplomatic representative in Portugal of the Kingdom of Great Britain, created by the Treaty of Union in 1707, in charge of the British diplomatic mission.

For ambassadors from the Court of St James's to Portugal before 1707, see the list of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Portugal. For ambassadors after 1800, see the list of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Portugal.

Heads of mission

• 1707–1708: Sir Paul Methuen (last English ambassador to Portugal)^[1]
• 1708–1710: Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway^{[2] [3]}
• 1709–1710: Thomas Leffever Chargé d'affaires in absence of Galway>^[4]
• 1710–1714 George Delaval^{[3] [4] [5]}
• 1714–1722: Henry Worsley^{[4] [5]}
• 1722–1724: Hon. Thomas Lumley^{[4] [5]}
• 1725–1728: Brigadier James Dormer^{[3] [4]}
• 1728: Charles Crompton Chargé d'affaires^{[3] [4]}
• 1728–1742: Lord Tyrawley^[4]
• 1742–1745: Charles Crompton (Chargé d'affaires from 1741)^[4]
• 1745: Abraham Castres Chargé d'affaires^[4]
• 1745–1749: Sir Benjamin Keene^[4]
• 1749–1757: Abraham Castres^[4]
• 1757–1767: Hon. Edward Hay^[4]
  • 1760: Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull Special Mission^[4]
  • 1762: Lord Tyrawley Envoy Plenipotentiary^[4]
• 1767–1770: William Henry Lyttelton (created Lord Westcote in 1776 and Lord Lyttelton in 1794): Envoy-extraordinary and Plenipotentiary^[6]
• 1771–1800: Hon. Robert Walpole Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary^[4]
  • 1786: William Fawkener (jointly with Walpole) for negotiating commercial affairs^[7]
• 1800: John Hookham Frere (first United Kingdom ambassador to Portugal)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, ‘Methuen, Sir Paul (c.1672–1757)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, October 2008) Paul Methuen, accessed 3 November 2008; G. F. R. Barker, ‘Methuen, John (1650–1706)’, revised Thomas Doyle, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, October 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
2. 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, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 Henri de Massue de Ruvigny. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
3. D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. XLVI, 1932).
4. L. M. E. Shaw, The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance and the English Merchants in Portugal (Ashgate, Aldershot 1998)
5. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp?j=1 The National Archives, catalogue
6. P. J. Marshall, ‘Lyttelton, William Henry, first Baron Lyttelton and first Baron Westcote (1724–1808)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 22 March 2008; Burkes Peerage and Baronetage (1939), s.v. Cobham, Viscount
7. London Gazette, Issue 12792, p. 476