List of Austrian ambassadors in the United Kingdom

18, Belgrave Square London

From 1816 to 1866 the Austrian diplomatic mission was in Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London , entrance detail.

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
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
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
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
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
	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

• List of Austrian ambassadors
• List of British ambassadors in Austria

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

1. ↑ Dr. Martin Eichtinger. State of Lower Austria, accessed on March 27, 2018 .