Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Prussia, specifically Heads of Missions sent to the Elector of Brandenburg and to the Kingdom of Prussia from its formation of in 1701. From 1868, the ambassadors were attributed to the North German Confederation.
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Elector of Brandenburg
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia
1751–1756: Apparently no representation[1]
- 1756–1771: Andrew Mitchell Minister 1756–1760; Minister Plenipotentiary 1760–1764; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1766–1771[1]
- 1758: Joseph Yorke Minister Plenipotentiary[1]
- 1771–1772: Robert Gunning[1][14]
- 1772–1776: James Harris[15]
- 1777–1782: Hugh Elliot[16]
- 1782: George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley[17]
- 1782–1784: Sir John Stepney, Bt[18]
- 1785–1787: John Dalrymple, Viscount Dalrymple[16]
- 1788–1791: Joseph Ewart Envoy Extraordinary[1][19]
- 1791–1793: Sir Morton Eden[20]
- 1793–1794: James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury
- 1794–1795: Arthur Paget envoy extraordinary – special mission.[21]
- 1795: Lord Henry Spencer
- 1795–1799: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin[22]
- 1800–1802: John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort[24]
- 1802–1806: Francis Jackson[25]
- 1806–1807: No representation due to the occupation of Hanover
- 1807: Benjamin Garlike Minister ad interim[23]
- 1807–1808: John Frere[26]
- 1808–1813: No representation due to the Treaties of Tilsit
- 1813–1814: Hon. Sir Charles Stewart[23]
- 1815–1823: George Rose[16][27][23]
- 1823–1827: Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam[28]
- 1827–1830: Sir Brook Taylor[29]
- 1830–1832: George Chad[30]
- 1832–1834: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto[31]
- 1834–1835: Sir George Shee, Bt[32]
- 1835–1841: Lord George Russell[33]
- 1841–1851: John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland[34]
- 1851–1860: John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield[35]
- 1860–1862: Lord Augustus Loftus[36]
D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
P. J. Kulisheck, 'Legge, Henry Bilson (1708–1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 3 April 2009.
Haydn, Joseph, The Book of Dignities, 1851
Haydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851
J. M. Rigg, 'Paget, Sir Arthur (1771–1840)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008) , accessed 30 November 2008.
S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
Haydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851
Haydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851
T.G. Otte, The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British Foreign Office Policy, 1865-1914, pg. 25: "Britain's ambassadorial representation had been cut back, with only Constantinople and Paris retaining their ambassadorial status. It was not until 1860 that St. Petersburg and Vienna, and in 1862 Berlin were again raised to such senior rank." See also title given in Buchanan's reference below.