List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Austria
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The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Austria, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Vienna. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria.
For the ambassadors from the Court of St James's up to 1707, see the list of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to the Holy Roman Emperor and for the period 1707 to 1800, see the list of ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor.
Since 2006 the ambassador to Austria has also been the permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Vienna including the IAEA. Before 2006, this was a separate post.
List of heads of mission
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary at the Court of Vienna
1799–1801: Gilbert, Lord Minto
1801–1806: Sir Arthur Paget
1805: The Earl of Harrington (Extraordinary Mission)
1806–1807: Robert Adair
Plenipotentiaries at the Court of Vienna
1807: George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
1807–1813: no ambassador due to Napoleonic Wars
1809: Benjamin Bathurst (Extraordinary Mission)
1813–1814: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria
1814–1823: Lord Stewart
1823–1831: Sir Henry Wellesley
1831–1841: Sir Frederick Lamb
1841–1846: Sir Robert Gordon
1846–1850: John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria
1851–1855: John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
1855–1858: Sir George Hamilton Seymour
1858–1860: Lord Augustus Loftus
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria
1860–1867: John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield
Ambassadors to Austria-Hungary
1867–1871: John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield
1871–1877: Sir Andrew Buchanan
1877–1884: Sir Henry Elliot
1884–1893: Sir Augustus Paget
1893–1896: Sir Edmund Monson
1896–1900: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt.
1900–1905: Sir Francis Plunkett
1905–1908: Sir Edward Goschen
1908–1913: Sir Fairfax Cartwright
1913–1914: Sir Maurice de Bunsen
1914–1919: no representation due to First World War
High commissioners to Austria
1919–1920: Sir Francis Lindley
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to Austria
1920–1921: Sir Francis Lindley
1921–1928: Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston
1928–1933: Sir Eric Phipps
1933–1937: Sir Walford Selby
1937–1938: Michael Palairet
1938–1945: no representation due to Anschluss and Second World War
Political representatives in Austria
1945–1947: Sir Henry Mack
Ambassadors to Austria
1946–1948: Sir Henry Mack
1948–1949: Sir Bertrand Jerram
1949–1954: Sir Harold Caccia
1954–1958: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger
1958–1961: Sir James Bowker
1961–1965: Sir Malcolm Henderson
1965–1967: Sir John Pilcher
1967–1970: Sir Anthony Rumbold, Bt.
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