List of British ambassadors to the Holy See

The embassy is located in Via Venti Settembre 80 / a in Rome .

history

In 1518 Thomas Wolsey became a papal legate. Due to the Supreme Act of 1534, there was no relationship between the Holy See and the English or British monarchs for 300 years.

Heads of mission

English envoy

Appointed / Accredited	Surname	Remarks	engl. king	Pope	Leave post
1525	Gregorio Casali	(* 1496 in Bologna ; † November 1536 there)	Henry VIII	Clement VII	1533
1529	Richard Croke		Henry VIII	Clement VII	1530

British ambassadors

Appointed / Accredited	Surname	Remarks	engl. king	Pope	Leave post
1832	Thomas Aubin		Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray	Gregory XVI.	1844
1844	William Petre		Robert Peel	Gregory XVI.	1853
1853	Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons		Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby	Pius IX	1858
1858	Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill		Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby		1870
1870	Henry Clarke Jervoise	(* 1856; † 1902);	Benjamin Disraeli		1874
1874		Post abolished Roman question	Benjamin Disraeli
1889	John Lintorn Arabin Simmons	Envoy Extraordinary	William Ewart Gladstone	Leo XIII.	1889
1914	Henry Howard		Herbert Henry Asquith	Benedict XV	1916
1916	John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio		David Lloyd George	Benedict XV	1922
1923	Odo Russell		Stanley Baldwin	Pius XI.	1928
1928	Henry Getty Chilton		Ramsay MacDonald		1930
1930	Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes	Chargé d'affaires (* 1891; † 1954), Army captain and foreign diplomat.	Ramsay MacDonald		1932
1932	Ivone Kirkpatrick	Chargé d'affaires	Ramsay MacDonald		1933
1933	Robert Henry Clive		Ramsay MacDonald		1934
1934	Charles Wingfield		Ramsay MacDonald		1935
1936	Francis Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds		Stanley Baldwin		1947
1947	Victor Perowne		Winston Churchill	Pius XII.	1950
1950	John Sebastian Somers Cocks	Chargé d'affaires (born February 6, 1907) son of Gwenllian Blanche and Philip Alphonso Somers Cocks	Winston Churchill		1951
1951	Walter Roberts		Winston Churchill		1953
1954	Douglas Howard		Winston Churchill		1957
1957	Marcus Cheke		Harold Macmillan		1960
1960	Peter WSY Scarlett		Harold Macmillan	John XXIII	1965
1965	Michael S. Williams		Harold Wilson	John XXIII	1970
1970	Desmond Crawley		Edward Heath	Paul VI	1975
1975	Dugald Malcolm		Harold Wilson		1977
1977	Michael Angelo Cafferty	Chargé d'affaires (1927 - May 10, 2010)	James Callaghan		1978
1978	Geoffrey Allan Crossley		James Callaghan	John Paul II	1980
1980	Mark Evelyn Heath		Margaret Thatcher		1985
1985	David Neil Lane		Margaret Thatcher		1988
1988	John Broadley		Margaret Thatcher		1991
1991	Andrew Palmer		John Major		1995
1995	Maureen MacGlashan		John Major		1997
1998	Mark Pellew		Tony Blair	2002
2002	Kathryn Colvin		Tony Blair	2005
2005	Francis Campbell	Francis Campbell (born April 20, 1970 in Newry (Northern Ireland) ), Catholic	Tony Blair	Benedict XVI.	2011
2011	George Edgar	Chargé d'affaires	David Cameron		2011
2011	Nigel Baker	Nigel Baker	David Cameron

Individual evidence

↑ Holy See. British Embassy
^ Gregorio Casali cv
↑ Thomas Aubin
↑ Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes
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[1] Holy See. British Embassy

[2] Gregorio Casali cv

[3] Thomas Aubin

[4] Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes

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