List of Portuguese Ambassadors in the United Kingdom

The list of Portuguese ambassadors to the United Kingdom lists Portugal's ambassadors to the United Kingdom . The countries have had diplomatic relations since the 13th century. There has been a permanent Portuguese embassy in the British capital London since 1641 .

In 1924 the previous legation was elevated to the status of an embassy .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Surname	Term of office	Remarks
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Antão de Almada	April 7, 1641 - 1642	joint ambassador with Francisco de Andrade Leitão, accredited on April 7, 1641
Francisco de Andrade Leitão	April 7, 1641 - 1642	joint ambassador with Antão de Almada, accredited on April 7, 1641
Antonio de Sousa de Macedo	1642 - September 1650	resident
Domingos do Rosario	1649	Secret Mission
João de Guimarães	1649-1652	probably resident, accredited January 10, 1649
João Rodrigues de Sá e Meneses , Conde de Penaguião	August 1652-1655	Special ambassador
Francisco Ferreira Rebelo	1655-1657	resident
Francisco de Melo Torres	1655	ambassador
Francisco de Melo Torres	September 12, 1657–	Ambassador, accredited September 12, 1657
Francisco de Melo Torres	August 6, 1659-13. May 1660	Ambassador, accredited August 6, 1659
Francisco de Melo Torres	August 2, 1660–	ambassador
Francisco de Melo Torres, Conde da Ponte	February 1, 1661 -	ambassador
Francisco de Melo Torres, Marquis de Sande	1662	ambassador
Francisco de Melo Manoel da Câmara	1663-1667	ambassador
Francisco Ferreira Rebelo	1664 - March 1665	Envoy
Rui Teles de Meneses	1667	resident
Cristóvão Soares de Abreu	1668	presumably Prime Minister
Gaspar de Abreu de Freitas	1668 - July 1671	Envoy
Louis de Verjus	February 4, 1669–	Special envoy
Francisco de Melo Manoel da Câmara	December 7, 1671 -9. August 1678	ambassador
Gaspar de Abreu de Freitas	1679 - March 1679	ambassador
Henrique de Sousa Tavares , Marquis de Arronches	June 17, 1679-16. September 1681	Special Ambassador, accredited June 16, 1679
José de Faria	July 1681-24. September 1685	Special envoy
João de Sousa	1684	Envoy
Simão de Sousa Magalhães	1685 -26. March 1693	Envoy, accredited September 11, 1685
Conde de Pontevel	1687	Head of the special embassy
Visconde de Fonte Arcada	1692 -25. April 1697	Special Envoy, accredited November 23, 1692
Luís da Cunha	1696- April 1712	Special envoy, accredited May 1, 1697
João Gomes da Silva , Conde de Tarouca	1709 - October 1710	Ambassador without a job
José da Cunha Brochado	1710 - August 1715	Special envoy, accredited May 1710
Conde de Galveias	1710	Special envoy
Manuel de Sequeira da Cunha	1713-1715	Chargé d'affaires
Luís da Cunha	1715 -1 719	Special Ambassador, accredited in 1715
Manuel de Sequeira da Cunha	October 1718-1719	Chargé d'affaires
Jacinto Borges Pereira de Castro	1719-1720	Special envoy
Antonio Galvão de Castelo Branco	1721 - July 1730	Special envoy, February 27, 1721
Antonio de Campos	1730-1734	resident
Marco António de Azevedo Coutinho	1735 -20. June 1739	Special envoy, accredited May 25, 1735
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello	1738 -25. September 1745	Special envoy, accredited November 29, 1738, stayed at the embassy until March 1748
Francisco Caetano de Castro	1745-1748	Chargé d'affaires
António Freire de Andrade Encerrabodes	March 1748 -1750	Special Envoy, accredited March 28, 1748
Joaquim José Fidalo da Silveira	1750 - December 1752	Special Envoy, accredited November 26, 1750
Luís da Cunha Manoel	1752 -15. April 1756	Special envoy, accredited on November 23, 1752, remained at the embassy until June 1756
Martinho de Melo e Castro	Mai 1756 -1762	Special envoy, accredited June 1756
José de Melo	1761	Special envoy
Antônio Álvares da Cunha , Conde da Cunha	June 1761	Special ambassador
José de Sá Pereira	1763- January 1764	Chargé d'affaires
Martinho de Melo e Castro	1764 -19. December 1769	Ministro Plenipotenciário , accredited January 1764, stayed in the embassy until January 5, 1770
Amador José da Costa Asso	December 19, 1769 -12. February 1770	Chargé d'affaires
Francisco de Melo e Carvalho	February 12, 1770 - July 1774	Special Envoy, accredited February 21, 1770
Gaspar da Costa	1772	Chargé d'affaires
João Filipe da Fonseca	February 1773 - July 1774	Official
Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho	July 4, 1774 -5. September 1788	Special envoy and plenipotenciário, accredited on July 8, 1774, remained at the embassy until June 3, 1789
Cipriano Ribeiro Pereira	September 4, 1783 -3. September 1785	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Cipriano Ribeiro Pereira	September 5, 1788 - July 1792	Chargé d'affaires
João de Almeida de Melo e Castro	July 1792 -3. February 1801	Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário stayed at the embassy until June 1801
Henrique José de Carvalho e Melo , 2nd Marquis de Pombal	1796	Special ambassador
José Vasconcelos de Sousa , Conde de Pombeiro	November 18, 1797 -30. November 1797
José Rademaker	1801	agent
Lourenço de Lima	1801 -3. June 1802	Special envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, remained in the embassy until 1803
José Vasconcelos de Sousa, Conde de Pombeiro	January 1801 - April 1801	Special mission
Domingos Antonio de Sousa Coutinho	March 1803-1810	Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário
Domingos Antonio de Sousa Coutinho	1810 -28. September 1815	Special Envoy and Plenipotenciário
Cipriano Ribeiro Freire	1814 - February 1816	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on April 12, 1815, stayed at the embassy until October 3, 1816
Pedro de Sousa Holstein , Conde de Palmela	February 1816- April 1820	Special Envoy and Plenipotenciário
José Luis de Sousa	1820	Ambassador on a special mission
José Luis de Sousa	1820 - November 1821	Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário
Joao Francisco de Oliveira	1821- May 1822	Chargé d'affaires
Rafael da Cruz Guerreiro	May 1822 - June 1823	Chargé d'affaires
José Luís de Sousa , Conde de Vila Real	September 1823 - February 1825	Special Ambassador and Ministro Plenipotenciário
Marquis de Palmela	1825- May 1827	Special ambassador
José Luís de Sousa, Conde de Vila Real	May 1822	Special Ambassador and Ministro Plenipotenciário
António Ribeiro Saraiva , Visconde da Asseca	1928-1931	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Tomás de Mascarenhas	1830	agent
Visconde de Telheiras	April 1, 1830 -5. October 1830	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Luís António de Abreu e Lima , Visconde da Carreira	October 6, 1830 -6. September 1833	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Conde do Funchal	1832	Status not noted
Luís António de Abreu e Lima, Visconde da Carreira	September 6, 1833 -1. April 1834	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 23, 1833
Cristovão Pedro de Morais Sarmento , Visconde da Torre de Moncorvo	January 2, 1834-13. December 1836	Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 2, 1834
Marçal José Ribeiro	December 14, 1836 -4. October 1837	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Francisco Rebello de Carvalho	October 5, 1837 -6. May 1839	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Cristovão Pedro de Morais Sarmento, Visconde da Torre de Moncorvo	May 7, 1839-13. September 1850	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 18, 1839
Marçal José Ribeiro	September 13, 1850 -6. September 1851	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Francisco de Almeida Portugal , 2nd Conde de Lavradio	September 7, 1851-26. November 1869	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 23, 1851
Frederico Francisco de la Figanière	November 27, 1869 -12. February 1870	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Visconde de Seisal	February 12, 1870 -4. October 1870	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited February 22, 1870
João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun , 1st Duque de Saldanha	October 4, 1870-21. November 1876	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 28, 1870
Henrique Teixeira de Sampaio	November 22, 1876 -7. December 1876	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Eduardo Teixeira de Sampaio	December 8, 1876 -7. April 1877	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Miguel Martins D'Antas	April 8, 1877-31. January 1890	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 30, 1877
Luiz Maria Pinto de Soveral	January 31, 1890 -10. February 1890	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Augusto César Barjona de Freitas	February 10, 1890-27. August 1890	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Luiz Maria Pinto de Soveral	August 27, 1890-13. January 1891	Transitional Chargé d'affaires, left the embassy on January 3, 1891
Luiz Maria Pinto de Soveral	January 23, 1891 -17. September 1895	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Carlos Cyrillo Machado	September 17, 1895-22. October 1895	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Miguel Martins D'Antas	October 22, 1895-18. February 1896	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 9, 1895
Frederico de Gusmão Corrêa Arouca	February 18, 1896-21. July 1896	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Alfredo Alcino de Castro	July 21, 1896 -28. April 1897	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Luiz Maria Pinto de Sovera, 1st Marquês de Soveral	April 28, 1897-13. October 1910	Ministro Plenipotenciário
Jerónimo Pinheiro de Almeida da Câmara Manuel	October 13, 1910 -8. April 1911	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Manuel Teixeira Gomes	April 8, 1911 -7. January 1918	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 11, 1911
Pedro de Tovar	January 7, 1918-11. March 1918	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Augusto César de Almeida Vasconcelos Correia	March 11, 1918-17. May 1919	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited July 19, 1918
Manuel Teixeira Gomes	May 19, 1919-26. September 1923	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 24, 1919
João António de Bianchi	September 26, 1923-24. April 1924	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Augusto de Castro Sampaio Côrte Real	April 24, 1924-10. June 1924	Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 5, 1924
José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos	July 1, 1924 -9. July 1926	Ambassador, accredited July 11, 1924
Tomás António Garcia Rosado	July 16, 1926 -28. May 1933	Ambassador, accredited August 10, 1926
Rui Ennes Ulrich	June 12, 1933-20. January 1936	Ambassador, accredited June 17, 1933
Alberto de Oliveira	January 26, 1936 –1. July 1936	Ambassador, accredited February 18, 1936
Francisco de Assis Maria de Oliveira de Almeida Calheiros e Meneses	July 1, 1936-31. December 1936	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Armindo Rodrigues de Sttau Monteiro	December 31, 1936-22. September 1943	Ambassador, February 3, 1937
Armindo Rodrigues de Stau Monteiro	May 20, 1937	Special ambassador
Domingos de Sousa Holstein Beck	September 30, 1943-17. December 1949	Ambassador, accredited October 13, 1943
Henrique Bacelar Caldeira Queiróz	December 17, 1949 -17. April 1950	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Rui Ennes Ulrich	April 17, 1950 -7. August 1953	Ambassador, accredited May 5, 1950
Rui Ennes Ulrich	June 2, 1953	Special ambassador
Albano Pires Fernandes Nogueira	August 7, 1953-22. October 1953	Chargé d'affaires
Pedro Teotónio Pereira	October 22, 1953 -1. September 1958	Ambassador, accredited October 29, 1953
João Manuel Hall Themido	September 1, 1958 -1. October 1958	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João de Lucena	October 1, 1958 -3. November 1958	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Augusto Rato Potier	November 4, 1958-15. January 1959	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Adolfo do Amaral Abranches Pinto	January 15, 1959 -31. March 1961	Ambassador, accredited February 4, 1959
Salvador Augusto de Sousa Sampayo Garrido	March 31, 1961-26. August 1961	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Manuel Farrajota Rocheta	August 26, 1961-30. October 1968	Ambassador, accredited October 19, 1961
José Manuel de Villas-Boas de Vasconcelos Faria	October 30, 1968 -28. November 1968	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Auusto Braga Leite Faria	November 28, 1968 -31. October 1973	ambassador
João de Sá Coutinho Rebelo Sotto Maior	October 31, 1973 -12. November 1973	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Gonçalo Luís Maravilhas Correia Caldeira Coelho	November 12, 1973-29. June 1974	Ambassador, accredited November 30, 1973
João de Sá Coutinho Rebelo Sotto Maior	June 29, 1974-25. July 1974	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Albano Pires Fernandes Nogueira	July 25, 1974 -6. November 1976	Ambassador, accredited August 2, 1974
João Diogo Correia Saraiva Nunes Barata	November 6, 1976 -7. February 1977	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Virgílio Armando Martins	February 7, 1977-19. September 1979	Ambassador, accredited March 17, 1977
Pedro Paulo de Moraes Alves Machado	September 19, 1979-19. February 1980	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Joao Carlos Lopes Cardoso de Freitas Cruz	February 19, 1980-14. March 1984	Ambassador, accredited March 6, 1980
José Maria de Almeida Sherman de Lemos Macedo	March 14, 1984-19. March 1984	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
João Manuel Hall Themido	March 19, 1984 -5. January 1989	Ambassador, accredited March 29, 1984
Manuel Henrique de Mello e Castro de Mendonça Côrte-Real	January 5, 1989 -5. June 1989	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Augusto Marques da Costa Vaz Pereira	June 5, 1989-10. December 1994	Ambassador, accredited July 12, 1989
Antonio Leal da Costa Lobo	February 23, 1995-18. August 1997	Ambassador, accredited May 18, 1995
José Gregório Faria Quiterres	September 12, 1997 -2. September 2003	Ambassador, accredited November 5, 1997
Fernando António de Lacerda Andersen Guimarães	November 14, 2003 -13. November 206	ambassador
António Nunes de Carvalho Santana Carlos	November 17, 2006 -19. March 2010	ambassador
António Nunes de Carvalho Santana Carlos	March 20, 2010 -31. October 2010	Ambassador on a special mission
Cristina Castanheta	November 1, 2010 –17. January 2011	Transitional Chargé d'affaires
João de Vallera	January 17, 2011 –30. July 2016	ambassador
Manuel Lobo Antunes	since 2016	Ambassador, accredited on August 31, 2016