List of Austrian ambassadors in the United Kingdom
This list of Austrian ambassadors in the United Kingdom shows the ambassadors of the State of Austria in England and Great Britain from 1677 to the present (2016)
history
Since 1677 there was an Austrian embassy in London, which was upgraded to an embassy in 1860. Since 1866 the address of the Austrian ambassador at the court of St. James has been 18, Belgrave Square.
Heads of mission
Habsburg envoy (until 1804)
Only ambassadors from the Habsburg Monarchy ; in England until 1707 , then in the Kingdom of Great Britain .
image | Surname | appointment | Recall | Appointed by Kaiser | Accredited during Prime Minister | Remarks |
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1677: Establishment of diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of England | ||||||
Heinrich Johann Franz von Strattmann (1662–1707) |
1691 | 1693 | ambassador | |||
Johann Wenzel von Gallas (1669–1719) |
1705 | 1711 | ambassador | |||
Konrad Sigismund von Starhemberg (1689–1727) |
13 Aug 1722 | Jan. 6, 1726 | ambassador | |||
Carl Joseph von Palm (1698–1770) |
Feb. 2, 1726 | March 20, 1727 | ||||
Philipp Joseph von Kinsky (1700–1749) |
June 20, 1728 | 6 Sep 1736 | Ambassador from December 8, 1732 | |||
Ignaz Johann von Wasner | 6 Sep 1736 | June 29, 1740 | ||||
Johann Franz Heinrich Carl von Ostein | July 16, 1740 | Oct. 4, 1741 | ||||
Anton von Zöhrern | Oct. 4, 1741 | July 18, 1743 | Chargé d'affaires | |||
Ignaz Johann von Wasner | July 18, 1743 | Oct 31, 1748 | ||||
Anton von Zöhrern | Oct 31, 1748 | Apr 1, 1749 | Chargé d'affaires | |||
Heinrich von Richecourt | June 17, 1749 | May 5, 1752 | ||||
Anton von Zöhrern | May 5, 1752 | Apr 1, 1753 | Chargé d'affaires | |||
Carl Ludwig von Colloredo | Apr 1, 1753 | June 17, 1757 | ||||
vacant | June 17, 1757 | Sep 2 1763 | ||||
Christian August von Seilern (1717–1801) |
Sep 2 1763 | Oct 14, 1769 | Leopold II. | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham | ambassador | |
Johann Lukas von Raigersfeld (1735-1818) |
Oct 14, 1769 | March 10, 1770 | Chargé d'affaires | |||
Ludwig Karl von Barbiano-Belgiojoso (1728–1801) |
March 10, 1770 | Aug 6, 1782 | ||||
Johann Friedrich von Kageneck | Aug 6, 1782 | June 14, 1786 | ||||
Karl von Reviczky | June 14, 1786 | Sep 20 1790 | ||||
Johann Philipp von Stadion | Sep 20 1790 | May 4, 1793 | ||||
Ludwig von Starhemberg | May 4, 1793 | Jan. 4, 1810 | Francis II | William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland |
kk Austrian ambassadors
image | Surname | appointment | Recall | Appointed by Kaiser | Accredited during Prime Minister | Remarks |
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1804: Reconstitution as the Austrian Empire | ||||||
Ludwig von Starhemberg | May 4, 1793 | Jan. 4, 1810 | Francis II | William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | ||
vacant | Jan. 4, 1810 | Feb. 1, 1814 | ||||
Maximilian von Merveldt | Feb. 1, 1814 | July 5, 1815 | ambassador | |||
Philipp von Neumann | July 5, 1815 | Nov 3, 1815 | Chargé d'affaires | |||
Paul III Anton Esterházy de Galantha (1786–1866) |
Nov 3, 1815 | Oct. 31, 1842 | Francis II | Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | ambassador | |
Philipp von Neumann | Oct. 31, 1842 | Oct 6, 1844 | Chargé d'affaires | |||
August von Koller (1805-1883) |
Oct 6, 1844 | Dec 8, 1844 | Chargé d'affaires | |||
Moritz II. Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie | Dec 8, 1844 | Aug 11, 1848 | Ferdinand I. | Robert Peel | ambassador | |
Franz de Paula von Colloredo-Wallsee | Jan. 19, 1849 | Nov 5, 1849 | Franz Joseph I. | Russell, 1st Earl Russell | Envoy | |
Karl Ferdinand von Buol-Schauenstein | Dec 13, 1851 | Apr 11, 1852 | Envoy | |||
Franz de Paula von Colloredo-Wallsee | May 1, 1852 | Jan. 25, 1856 | Envoy | |||
Rudolph Apponyi from Nagy-Appony | March 7, 1856 | Nov 8, 1871 | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | Envoy, Ambassador from Oct. 28, 1860 |
Austro-Hungarian ambassador
image | Surname | appointment | Recall | Appointed by Kaiser | Accredited during Prime Minister | Remarks |
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1867: Reconstitution as Austria-Hungary | ||||||
Rudolph Apponyi from Nagy-Appony | March 7, 1856 | Nov 8, 1871 | Franz Joseph I. | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | ambassador | |
Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust | Nov 8, 1871 | Nov 3, 1878 | Benjamin Disraeli | |||
Alajos Károlyi | Nov 3, 1878 | June 20, 1888 | ||||
Franz Deym of Střítež | Oct 18, 1888 | 3rd Sep 1903 | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein | Apr 28, 1904 | Aug 13, 1914 | Arthur Balfour | |||
1914: Relationship is broken off as a result of the First World War |
Austrian Ambassador (since 1919)
image | Surname | appointment | Recall | Appointed by the Federal Chancellor | Accredited during Prime Minister | Remarks |
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1919: Establishment of diplomatic relations | ||||||
Georg Albert from and to Franckenstein | Oct 13, 1920 | March 13, 1938 | Michael Mayr | David Lloyd George | ||
1938 to 1945: Interruption of relations due to the annexation of Austria to the German Reich | ||||||
Heinrich Schmid | Feb. 1946 | 1950 | Leopold Figl | Winston Churchill | political representative, envoy from Sep. 1947 |
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Lothar Wimmer | Jan. 30, 1952 | Feb. 26, 1955 | ||||
Johannes Schwarzenberg | Feb. 28, 1955 | Jan. 26, 1966 | Julius Raab | Anthony Eden | ||
Josef Schöner | Feb 25, 1966 | March 31, 1970 | Josef Klaus | Harold Wilson | ||
Wilfried Platzer | Oct 14, 1970 | Jan 10, 1975 | Bruno Kreisky | Edward Heath | ||
Kurt Enderl | Jan. 17, 1975 | Dec. 31, 1978 | Harold Wilson | |||
Heinrich Gleissner | Feb. 1, 1979 | Jan. 14, 1982 | Margaret Thatcher | |||
Reginald Thomas | Feb. 18, 1982 | Dec 7, 1987 | ||||
Walter Magrutsch | Dec 10, 1987 | Dec 11, 1993 | Fred Sinowatz | |||
Georg Hennig | Dec 13, 1993 | July 25, 1996 | Franz Vranitzky | John Major | ||
Eva Nowotny | 1997 | June 21, 2000 | Viktor Klima | Tony Blair | ||
Alexander Christiani | 2000 | 2003 | ||||
Ernst Sucharipa | Sep 2004 | June 20, 2005 | Wolfgang bowl | |||
Gabriele Matzner-Holzer | June 30, 2005 | 2009 | Werner Faymann | Gordon Brown | ||
Emil Brix (* 1956) |
Apr 1, 2010 | Jan. 2015 | David Cameron | |||
Martin Eichtinger (* 1961) |
Jan. 19, 2015 | Jan. 20, 2018 | ||||
Michael Zimmermann | Aug 2, 2018 | Sebastian Kurz | Theresa May |
See also
literature
- Rudolf Agstner : From Chandos House To Belgrave Square . In: Mitteilungen des Österreichisches Staatsarchiv , Volume 45, Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, 1997
- Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720–1920 . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1986
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Martin Eichtinger. State of Lower Austria, accessed on March 27, 2018 .