List of Hanseatic envoys in the United Kingdom
The Hanseatic cities of Lübeck , Hamburg and Bremen possessed since the 17th century on common diplomatic representatives in England or in the United Kingdom , as ambassador at the Court of St. James were accredited. From 1869 the Hanseatic cities were represented by the envoy of the North German Confederation .
Envoy
| Years | Surname | Life dates | Remarks | portrait |
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| 1680-1706 | Theodor Jacobsen | † July 17, 1706 | Also: Theodore and Jacobson. At the same time, he succeeded his brother Jacob House-Master of the Stalhof, who died childless in 1680 . | |
| 1706-1720 | Sir Jacob Jacobsen | * 1688 ; † July 12, 1735 | Nephew of his predecessor, who died childless, and also house master of the Stalhof. Had to resign because he had gone bankrupt with the South Sea Bubble . | |
| 1720-1727 | Johann Gerhard von Hoppman | † October 17, 1747 | Also: Hopmann. Envoy of the Principality of Wolfenbüttel at the court of St. James | |
| 1727-1741 | Hinrich Elking | Also: Eelking and Henry | ||
| 1741-1770 | Martin Elking | Also: Eelking | ||
| 1771-1784 | Paul Amsinck | * July 3, 1733 ; † March 26, 1812 | ||
| 1784-1804 | Henry Heymann | Also: Heyman, as well as Hinrich and Heinrich | ||
| 1804-1817 | Patrick Colquhoun | * March 14, 1745 ; † April 25, 1820 |
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| 1817-1855 | James Colquhoun | * June 7, 1780 ; † July 23, 1855 | ||
| 1855-1861 | Alfred Rücker | * June 25, 1825 ; † April 25, 1869 | Came because of his election to the Hamburg Senator back |
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| 1861-1864 | George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen | * August 10, 1831 ; † February 7, 1907 | Also: Göschen . Managing deputy; the position of Minister-Resident was vacant |
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| 1864-1866 | Rudolf Schleiden | * July 22, 1815 ; † February 25, 1895 |
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| 1866-1868 | Friedrich Heinrich Geffcken | * December 9, 1830 ; † May 1, 1896 |
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See also
literature
Government, parliament, general and internal state administration. (PDF; 1.7 MB) State Archives of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (StA H), Hamburg, p. 49 f. , accessed November 16, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ The merchants of Allmayne, under and of the confederacy Liege and company of the Dutch Hansee, commonly called the Hansee towns, Lubeck, Bremen and Hambrough, appellants , 1728
- ↑ Contract about the Stalhof from 1673 with Johann Martin Lappenberg : Documentary history of the Hanseatic steel yard in London , 1851, p. 199ff.
- Jump up ↑ The merchants of Allmayne, under and of the confederacy Liege and company of the Dutch Hansee, commonly called the Hansee towns, Lubeck, Bremen and Hambrough, appellants , 1728