List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies
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This is a List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Two Sicilies, usually based at Naples
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List of heads of mission
Until 1753, Great Britain appears only to have had consuls at Naples and Messina, and no permanent diplomatic mission.[1]
Envoys Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily
- 1753-1764: Sir James Gray, Bt[2]
- 1764-1800: Sir William Hamilton[2]
- 1800-1801: Sir Arthur Paget, also minister plenipotentiary[2]
- 1801-1803: William Drummond[2]
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Naples and/or the Kingdom of Sicily
- 1803-1806: Hugh Elliot[2]
- 1806: General Henry Edward Fox[2]
- 1806-1809: William Drummond[2]
- 1809-1811: William Pitt Amherst, Lord Amherst[2]
- 1811-1814: William Cavendish Bentinck[2][3] (Simultaneously held supreme military command in the Mediterranean)
- 1812-1814: Frederick James Lamb[2] Accredited but never in fact in charge[3]
- 1814–1816: Sir William à Court[2]
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- 1816–1822: Sir William à Court[2]
- 1822-1825: William Richard Hamilton[2][3]
- 1824-1832: William Noel Hill[2]
- 1825: John, Lord Burgersh special mission[2]
- 1832-1833: Lord Ponsonby[2][3]
- 1832-1856: Hon. William Temple (ambassador)[2][3]
- 1842-1845: Sir Woodbine Parish Plenipotentiary (jointly with Temple)[3]
- 1847: Gilbert, Earl of Minto, special mission[2]
- 1847-1848: Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier Chargé d'Affaires[3]
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References
- ↑ The National Archives Catalogue, class SP 93.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 J. Haydn, Book of Dignities(1851), 82-83.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
