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The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia (Russian: Британский Посол в России) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Russian Federation and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Russia. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
 UK Ambassador to the Russian Federation Британский Посол в России | |
|---|---|
 Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government | |
 Incumbent since 2023Nigel Casey | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Appointer | Charles III |
| Inaugural holder | The Lord St Helens First Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Russia The Lord Bloomfield First Ambassador to Russia |
| Formation | 1801 Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1844 Ambassadors |
| Website | British Embassy - Moscow |
Between 1844 and 1860 the status of the head of mission in Saint Petersburg was reduced from Ambassador to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The capital of Russia, and later of the Soviet Union (from 1922 to 1991), moved to Moscow in 1918.
List of heads of mission
For the envoys to Russia from the Court of St James's before the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia (for the period until 1707) and List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia (for the years 1707 to 1800).
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1800-1801: Diplomatic Relations were suspended during the Second League of Armed Neutrality.
- 1801–1802: The Lord St Helens
- 1802–1804: Sir John Borlase Warren, Bt
- 1804–1806: Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
- 1805–1806: The Lord Cathcart
- 1807: Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale Special Mission
- 1807: Lord Granville Leveson-Gower (again)
- 1807–1812: diplomatic relations suspended following Treaty of Tilsit
- 1812: Edward Thornton Plenipotentiary to negotiate at Stockholm
- 1812–1820: The Viscount Cathcart (created Earl Cathcart while in post in 1814)
- 1820–1825: Sir Charles Bagot
- 1820–1824: Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1824–1825: Edward Michael Ward Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1825–1826: The Viscount Strangford
- 1825–1828 : Edward Cromwell Disbrowe Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1828–1832: Sir William à Court, Bt
- 1828–1832: Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1832–1833: Sir Stratford Canning (nominally ambassador, but did not go)
- 1832–1835: Hon. John Duncan Bligh Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1835–1837: The Earl of Durham
- 1837–1838: Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1838–1841: The Marquess of Clanricarde
- 1841–1844: The Lord Stuart de Rothesay
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
- 1844–1851 : John Bloomfield (succeeded as Baron Bloomfield while in post in 1846)
- 1851–1854 : Sir George Hamilton Seymour
- 1854–1856: No representation due to the Crimean War
- 1856–1858 : The Lord Wodehouse
- 1858–1860 : Sir John Crampton, Bt
Ambassadors
| Name | Tenure begin | Tenure end | British monarch | Russian monarch/leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir John Crampton, Bt | 1860 | 1861 | Queen Victoria | Emperor Alexander II |
| The Lord Napier | 1861 | 1864 | ||
| Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt | 1864 | 1867 | ||
| The Earl Vane | 1867 | 1871 | ||
| Lord Augustus Loftus | 1871 | 1879 | ||
| The Earl of Dufferin | 1879 | 1881 | ||
| Sir Edward Thornton | 1881 | 1884 | Emperor Alexander III | |
| Sir Robert Morier | 1884 | 1893 | ||
| Sir Frank Lascelles | 1894 | 1895 | Emperor Nicholas II→ Emperor Michael II | |
| Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor | 1895 | 1898 | ||
| Sir Charles Stewart Scott | 1898 | 1904 | ||
| Sir Charles Hardinge | 1904 | 1906 | King Edward VII | |
| Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bt | 1906 | 1910 | ||
| Sir George Buchanan | 1910 | 1918 | King George V→ King Edward VIII→ King George VI | |
| no representation from 26 December 1918 | 1918 | 1924 | Vladimir Lenin | |
| Sir Robert MacLeod Hodgson | 1924 | 1927 | Joseph Stalin | |
| no representation following a crisis in 1927 | 1927 | 1929 | ||
| Sir Esmond Ovey | 1929 | 1933 | ||
| The Viscount Chilston | 1933 | 1939 | ||
| Sir William Seeds | 1939 | 1940 | King George VI | |
| Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps | 1940 | 1942 | ||
| Sir Archibald Clark Kerr | 1942 | 1946 | ||
| Sir Maurice Peterson | 1946 | 1949 | ||
| Sir David Kelly | 1949 | 1951 | ||
| Sir Alvary Gascoigne | 1951 | 1953 | ||
| Sir William Hayter | 1953 | 1957 | Queen Elizabeth II | Georgy Malenkov→ Nikita Khrushchev |
| Sir Patrick Reilly | 1957 | 1960 | Nikita Khrushchev | |
| Sir Frank Roberts | 1960 | 1962 | ||
| Sir Humphrey Trevelyan | 1962 | 1965 | ||
| Sir Geoffrey Harrison | 1965 | 1968 | Leonid Brezhnev | |
| Sir Duncan Wilson | 1968 | 1971 | ||
| Sir John Killick | 1971 | 1973 | ||
| Sir Terence Garvey | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| Sir Howard Smith | 1976 | 1978 | ||
| Sir Curtis Keeble | 1978 | 1982 | ||
| Sir Iain Sutherland | 1982 | 1985 | Yuri Andropov→ Konstantin Chernenko→ Mikhail Gorbachev | |
| Sir Bryan Cartledge | 1985 | 1988 | Mikhail Gorbachev | |
| Sir Rodric Braithwaite | 1988 | 1992 | ||
| Sir Brian Fall | 1992 | 1995 | Boris Yeltsin | |
| Sir Andrew Wood | 1995 | 2000 | ||
| Sir Roderic Lyne | 2000 | 2004 | Vladimir Putin | |
| Sir Anthony Brenton | 2004 | 2008 | ||
| Dame Anne Pringle | 2008 | 2011 | Dmitry Medvedev | |
| Sir Tim Barrow | 2011 | 2015 | Dmitry Medvedev→ Vladimir Putin | |
| Sir Laurie Bristow | 2016 | 2020 | Vladimir Putin | |
| Dame Deborah Bronnert | January 2020 | 2023 | Queen Elizabeth II→ King Charles III | |
| Nigel Casey | November 2023 | — | King Charles III |
See also
References
- S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
- Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 81–82.
- "Sir Nicholas O'Conor Dead," New York Times. March 20, 1908.
- Harriette Flory: The Arcos Raid and the Rupture of Anglo-Soviet Relations, 1927, in: Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct., 1977), pp. 707–723. Available here.
- "UK in Russia - Our Ambassador". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Dr Laurie Bristow CMG". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Russia - January 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Russia: Nigel Casey". GOV.UK. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
External links
- UK and Russia, gov.uk
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The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia Russian Britanskij Posol v Rossii is the United Kingdom s foremost diplomatic representative in the Russian Federation and head of the UK s diplomatic mission in Russia The official title is His Britannic Majesty s Ambassador to the Russian Federation UK Ambassador to the Russian Federation Britanskij Posol v RossiiRoyal Arms of His Majesty s GovernmentIncumbent Nigel Caseysince 2023StyleHis ExcellencyReports toSecretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development AffairsResidenceMoscowAppointerCharles IIIInaugural holderThe Lord St Helens First Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Russia The Lord Bloomfield First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia Sir John Crampton Bt First Ambassador to RussiaFormation1801 Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1844 Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary 1860 AmbassadorsWebsiteBritish Embassy Moscow Between 1844 and 1860 the status of the head of mission in Saint Petersburg was reduced from Ambassador to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary The capital of Russia and later of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991 moved to Moscow in 1918 List of heads of missionFor the envoys to Russia from the Court of St James s before the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia for the period until 1707 and List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia for the years 1707 to 1800 Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1800 1801 Diplomatic Relations were suspended during the Second League of Armed Neutrality 1801 1802 The Lord St Helens 1802 1804 Sir John Borlase Warren Bt 1804 1806 Lord Granville Leveson Gower 1805 1806 The Lord Cathcart 1807 Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale Special Mission 1807 Lord Granville Leveson Gower again 1807 1812 diplomatic relations suspended following Treaty of Tilsit 1812 Edward Thornton Plenipotentiary to negotiate at Stockholm 1812 1820 The Viscount Cathcart created Earl Cathcart while in post in 1814 1820 1825 Sir Charles Bagot 1820 1824 Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim 1824 1825 Edward Michael Ward Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim 1825 1826 The Viscount Strangford 1825 1828 Edward Cromwell Disbrowe Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim 1828 1832 Sir William a Court Bt 1828 1832 Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim 1832 1833 Sir Stratford Canning nominally ambassador but did not go 1832 1835 Hon John Duncan Bligh Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim 1835 1837 The Earl of Durham 1837 1838 Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim 1838 1841 The Marquess of Clanricarde 1841 1844 The Lord Stuart de Rothesay Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary 1844 1851 John Bloomfield succeeded as Baron Bloomfield while in post in 1846 1851 1854 Sir George Hamilton Seymour 1854 1856 No representation due to the Crimean War 1856 1858 The Lord Wodehouse 1858 1860 Sir John Crampton Bt Ambassadors Name Tenure begin Tenure end British monarch Russian monarch leader Sir John Crampton Bt 1860 1861 Queen Victoria Emperor Alexander II The Lord Napier 1861 1864 Sir Andrew Buchanan Bt 1864 1867 The Earl Vane 1867 1871 Lord Augustus Loftus 1871 1879 The Earl of Dufferin 1879 1881 Sir Edward Thornton 1881 1884 Emperor Alexander III Sir Robert Morier 1884 1893 Sir Frank Lascelles 1894 1895 Emperor Nicholas II Emperor Michael II Sir Nicholas Roderick O Conor 1895 1898 Sir Charles Stewart Scott 1898 1904 Sir Charles Hardinge 1904 1906 King Edward VII Sir Arthur Nicolson Bt 1906 1910 Sir George Buchanan 1910 1918 King George V King Edward VIII King George VI no representation from 26 December 1918 1918 1924 Vladimir Lenin Sir Robert MacLeod Hodgson 1924 1927 Joseph Stalin no representation following a crisis in 1927 1927 1929 Sir Esmond Ovey 1929 1933 The Viscount Chilston 1933 1939 Sir William Seeds 1939 1940 King George VI Hon Sir Stafford Cripps 1940 1942 Sir Archibald Clark Kerr 1942 1946 Sir Maurice Peterson 1946 1949 Sir David Kelly 1949 1951 Sir Alvary Gascoigne 1951 1953 Sir William Hayter 1953 1957 Queen Elizabeth II Georgy Malenkov Nikita Khrushchev Sir Patrick Reilly 1957 1960 Nikita Khrushchev Sir Frank Roberts 1960 1962 Sir Humphrey Trevelyan 1962 1965 Sir Geoffrey Harrison 1965 1968 Leonid Brezhnev Sir Duncan Wilson 1968 1971 Sir John Killick 1971 1973 Sir Terence Garvey 1973 1976 Sir Howard Smith 1976 1978 Sir Curtis Keeble 1978 1982 Sir Iain Sutherland 1982 1985 Yuri Andropov Konstantin Chernenko Mikhail Gorbachev Sir Bryan Cartledge 1985 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev Sir Rodric Braithwaite 1988 1992 Sir Brian Fall 1992 1995 Boris Yeltsin Sir Andrew Wood 1995 2000 Sir Roderic Lyne 2000 2004 Vladimir Putin Sir Anthony Brenton 2004 2008 Dame Anne Pringle 2008 2011 Dmitry Medvedev Sir Tim Barrow 2011 2015 Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin Sir Laurie Bristow 2016 2020 Vladimir Putin Dame Deborah Bronnert January 2020 2023 Queen Elizabeth II King Charles III Nigel Casey November 2023 King Charles IIISee alsoList of ambassadors of Russia to the United KingdomReferencesS T Bindoff E F Malcolm Smith and C K Webster British Diplomatic Representatives 1789 1852 Camden 3rd Series 50 1934 Haydn Joseph 1851 The Book of Dignities Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire London Longman Brown Green and Longman s pp 81 82 Sir Nicholas O Conor Dead New York Times March 20 1908 Harriette Flory The Arcos Raid and the Rupture of Anglo Soviet Relations 1927 in Journal of Contemporary History Vol 12 No 4 Oct 1977 pp 707 723 Available here UK in Russia Our Ambassador Archived from the original on 23 February 2013 Retrieved 8 February 2013 a href wiki Template Cite web title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Dr Laurie Bristow CMG gov uk Retrieved 26 January 2016 Change of Her Majesty s Ambassador to Russia January 2020 GOV UK Retrieved 7 June 2019 Change of His Majesty s Ambassador to Russia Nigel Casey GOV UK Retrieved 11 March 2024 External linksUK and Russia gov uk