List of British ambassadors in Switzerland

This is a list of the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Switzerland . The British Embassy in Switzerland is based in Bern . Until 1953 the heads of mission had the title of “ envoy ” or “envoy extraordinary and authorized minister”. The ambassador is also accredited in the Principality of Liechtenstein .

Heads of mission

British diplomats only (from 1707 )

State sequence for Switzerland and the United Kingdom
Switzerland	United Kingdom

During the so-called « French period » between 1794 and 1814 there were no diplomatic relations (corresponds to the period shown in green).

British envoy to the Old Confederation (until 1798)

• 1705–1714: Abraham Stanyan (1707–1714 also in Graubünden )
• 1715–1717: James Dayrolle resident in Geneva
• 1716–1722: Francis Manning (1709–1713 also in Graubünden )
• 1717–1762: Armand Louis de St. George, 1717–1734 Minister in Geneva ; 1734–1739 Minister resident in the Confederation and Graubünden
• 1738–1743: Sir Luke Schaub
• 1743–1749: John Burnaby Minister
• 1750–1762: Arthur Villettes Minister
• 1762–1765: Robert Colebrooke Minister
• 1763–1765: James, Count of Pictet Minister in the Republic of Geneva
• 1765–1783: William Norton (absent 1769–1776)
  • 1769-1776: Jean Gabriel Catt chargé
  • 1772-1774: Isaac Pictet chargé
  • 1777-1792: Louis Brown chargé
• 1792-1795: Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald
• 1795-1797: William Wickham
• 1797-1797: James Talbot Chargé

1797: Break of diplomatic relations

British envoy to the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803)

1797–1814: No diplomatic relations

British envoy to the Swiss Confederation (1815–1848)

• 1814-1820: Stratford Canning
• 1820-1822: Edward Cromwell Disbrowe chargé
• 1822-1823: Henry Williams-Wynn
• 1823-1825: Sir Charles Richard Vaughan
• 1825-1832: Algernon Percy
• 1832–1847: David Richard Morier
• 1848–1849: Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley

British ambassadors in Switzerland (1848–1953)

• 1849–1851: Sir Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons
• 1851-1852: Arthur Charles Magenis
• 1852-1853: Sir Andrew Buchanan
• 1853-1854: Charles Augustus Murray
• 1854-1858: George John Robert Gordon
• 1858-1867: Edward Harris
• 1867–1868: John Lumley-Savile
• 1868–1874: Alfred Guthrie Graham Bonar
• 1874-1878: Edwin Corbett
• 1878–1879: Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet
• 1879-1881: Hussey Vivian
• 1881-1888: Francis Adams
• 1888-1893: Charles Scott
• 1893-1901: Frederick St John
• 1901-1905: Sir Conyngham Greene
• 1905–1909: Sir George Bonham, 2nd Baronet
• 1909-1911: Henry Bax-Ironside

Esme Howard (* 1863; † 1939)
Howard became ambassador to the United States in 1924

• 1911-1913: Esme Howard
• 1913-1916: Evelyn Grant Duff
• 1916–1919: Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet
• 1919-1922: Odo Russell
• 1922-1924: Sir Milne Cheetham
• 1924–1928: Rowland Sperling
• 1928-1931: Sir Claud Russell
• 1931-1935: Sir Howard Kennard
• 1935-1940: Sir George Warner
• 1940-1942: David Kelly
• 1942-1946: Sir Clifford Norton
• 1946–1950: Thomas Snow
• 1950–1953: Sir Patrick Scrivener

British Ambassador to Switzerland (since 1953)

• 1953–1953: Sir Patrick Scrivener
• 1953-1957: Sir Lionel Lamb
• 1958–1960: Sir William Montagu-Pollock
• 1960–1964: Sir Paul Gray
• 1964–1968: Sir Robert Isaacson
• 1968–1970: Henry Hohler
• 1970-1973: Eric Midgley
• 1973-1976: Sir John Wraight
• 1976-1980: Sir Alan Rothnie
• 1980-1982: Sir Charles Giffard
• 1982-1984: John Powell-Jones
• 1984-1988: John Rich
• 1988-1992: Christopher Long
• 1992-1997: David Beattie
• 1997-2001: Christopher Hulse
• 2001-2004: Basil Eastwood
• 2004-2008: Simon Featherstone
• 2008-2008: John Nichols
• 2009-2013: Sarah Gillett
• Since 2014: David Moran

See also

• List of Swiss ambassadors in the United Kingdom
• List of United Kingdom diplomatic missions abroad
• List of diplomatic missions in Switzerland

Web links

• British Embassy Berne (English only)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. XLVI, 1932).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} The National Archives , Class SP96
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 84.
4. ^ ST Bindoff, EF Malcolm Smith and CK Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z} Great Britain / message in Bern (1953-) in the database Dodis the diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Previous Ambassadors . Retrieved June 20, 2012.
7. ↑ Current Ambassador . Retrieved September 6, 2011.
8. ↑ David Moran . gov.uk. Retrieved January 14, 2014.