List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities

The United Kingdom had a diplomatic representative to the three sovereign Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck until German unification in 1871. The envoy was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony. He was usually resident at Hamburg, which had long been an important port for British trade, and the staple port of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London.

Resident and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities
Britischer Resident und bevollmächtigter Minister bei den Hansestädten
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
ResidenceEnglish Court, Gröningerstraße, Altstadt, Hamburg
Inaugural holderRichard Clough
Formation1567 (to Hamburg)
1611 (to Hanseatic Republics)
1813 (to Hanseatic Republics)
Final holderJohn Ward
Abolished1578–1611 (Staple War)
1806–1813 (Napoleonic Wars)
1871 (German Unification)

Heads of Mission

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Residents

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Residents to the Hanse Towns and minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 79.
  3. ^ a b c d e S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
  4. ^ "No. 22400". The London Gazette. 3 July 1860. p. 2494.