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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Portuguese Republic, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Portugal.

For ambassadors from the Court of St James's to Portugal before 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Portugal. For Ambassadors from 1707 to 1800, see List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Portugal.

List of heads of mission

Envoys of the United Kingdom to Portugal

1800–1802: John Hookham Frere Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal^[1]
1802–1806: Lord Robert FitzGerald Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Lisbon^[2]^[3]
1806: Lord Rosslyn and Lord St Vincent, extraordinary envoys
1806: Viscount Strangford chargé d'affaires

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

1807–1808: Viscount Strangford^[4]
1808–1810: John Charles Villiers^[5]
1810–1814: Sir Charles Stuart
1814–1817: Thomas Sydenham
1817–1820: Sir Edward Thornton
1820–1823: Edward Michael Ward (chargé d'affaires)
1823–1824: Sir Edward Thornton^[6]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

1824–1827: Sir William à Court^[7]
1827–1828: Sir Frederick Lamb^[8]
1828–1833: Diplomatic relations severed after accession of King Miguel^[9]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

1833–1846: Lord Howard de Walden^[10]
1846–1851: Sir George Seymour^[11]
1851–1855: Sir Richard Pakenham
1855–1859: Henry Howard^[12]
1859–1866: Sir Arthur Magenis^[13]
1866–1867: Sir Augustus Paget
September–December 1867: Edward Thornton
1867–1874: Sir Charles Murray
1874–1876: Robert Bulwer-Lytton
1876–1881: Robert Morier
1881–1884: Sir Charles Wyke
1884–1892: George Petre
1893–1902: Sir Hugh MacDonell
1902–1905: Sir Martin Gosselin^[14]
1905–1911: Sir Francis Villiers
1911–1913: Sir Arthur Hardinge^[15]
1913–1924: Sir Lancelot Carnegie^[16]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

1924–1928: Sir Lancelot Carnegie^[17]
1928–1929: Sir Colville Barclay
1929–1931: Sir Francis Lindley
1931–1935: Sir Claud Russell
1935–1937: Sir Charles Wingfield
1937–1940: Sir Walford Selby
1940–1945: Sir Ronald Campbell
1945–1947: Sir Owen St.Clair O'Malley
1947–1955: Sir Nigel Ronald
1955–1961: Sir Charles Stirling
1961–1966: Sir Archibald Ross
1966–1970: Sir Anthony Lambert
1970–1974: Sir David Muirhead
1974–1976: Sir Nigel Trench
1976–1981: Sir John Moran (Lord Moran from 1977)
1981–1986: Sir Hugh Campbell Byatt^[18] (son of Sir Horace Archer Byatt)
1986–1989: Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar
1989–1993: Hugh James Arbuthnott
1993–1995: Sir Stephen Wall^[19]
1995–1999: Roger Westbrook^[20]
1999–2001: Sir John Holmes
2001–2004: Dame Glynne Evans
2004–2007: John Buck
2007–2011: Alexander Ellis
2011–2014: Jill Gallard
2014–2018: Kirsty Hayes^[21]
2018–2024: Chris Sainty^[22]
2024–present^[update]: Lisa Bandari^[23]

External links

UK and Portugal, gov.uk

References

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^ Muir, Rory (2015). Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852. Yale University Press. p. 351. ISBN 9780300214048.
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^ "No. 20683". The London Gazette. 15 December 1846. p. 5855.
^ "No. 21798". The London Gazette. 12 October 1855. p. 3757.
^ "No. 22326". The London Gazette. 15 November 1859. p. 4077.
^ "No. 27467". The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. p. 5462.
^ "No. 28540". The London Gazette. 10 October 1911. p. 7372.
^ "No. 28770". The London Gazette. 4 November 1913. p. 7674.
^ "No. 32956". The London Gazette. 15 July 1924. p. 5401.
^ "BYATT, Sir Hugh Campbell". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
^ "Sir Stephen Wall". Business for New Europe. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
^ WESTBROOK, Roger, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
^ "Kirsty Hayes". gov.uk.
^ "Chris Sainty is the new British Ambassador to Portugal". British Embassy Lisbon. 8 October 2018.
^ "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Portugal: Lisa Bandari". Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 18 September 2023.

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