The ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France (French: l'ambassadeur anglais en France) was the foremost diplomatic representative of the historic Kingdom of England in France, before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
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The position was not a continuous one, and there was sometimes no diplomatic representation, due to wars between the two countries.
- Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester 1505
- 1514–1515: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
- 1518–1521: Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
- 1529-?: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
- Periods in 1540s and 1550s: Nicholas Wotton
- 1559–1564: Nicholas Throckmorton
- 1564–1566: Thomas Smith
- 1566: Thomas Hoby
- 1566–1570: Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys
- 1570–1573: Francis Walsingham
- 1573–1576: Valentine Dale
- 1576–1579: Amias Paulet
- 1579–1583: Henry Cobham (Henry Brooke)
- 1583–1590: Edward Stafford
- 1591–1592: Henry Unton[1]
- 1596–1597: Anthony Mildmay[2]
- 1599–1600: Henry Neville[1]
- 1602–1606: Thomas Parry[4]
- 1605–1609: George Carew Resident ambassador[1][4]
- 1609–1610: William Beecher Chargé d'Affaires[4]
- 1610–1617: Thomas Edmondes Resident Ambassador [1][3][4]
- 1617–1619: William Beecher Agent (Chargé d'Affaires)[4]
- 1619–1624: Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Resident Ambassador (but not Sept 1621 to June 1622)[4]
- 1621–1622: James Hay, Viscount Doncaster[4]
- 1624–1625: George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich Agent[4]
- 1625–1627: Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh appointed Resident Ambassador, but did not go[4]
- 1626–1627: William Lewis Agent[4]
- 1626–1627: John Hawkins[4]
- 1627–1628: Walter Montagu[4]
- 1629–1640: Réné Augier Agent (with de Vic)
- 1630–1636: Henry de Vic Agent or Chargé d'affaires when there was no ambassador[4]
- 1635–1639: John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore Ambassador Ordinary[4]
- 1636–1641: Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1639–1640: Thomas Windebank[4]
- 1641–1650: Richard Browne Agent (for Charles I, then representing the exiled Charles II)[4]
- 1643–1644: George Goring, Lord Goring (for Charles I)[4]
- 1644–1651: Réné Augier Agent; then Resident Ambassador (for Parliament)[4]
- 1651–1655: Réné Petit Agent[4]
- 1655–1656: Réné Augier Agent[4]
- 1656–1659: William Lockhart of Lee Ambassador[4]
- 1660: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1660–1661: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1661-?: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts and Laurence Hyde Special Ambassadors[4]
- 1662: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1662–1663: Ralph Montagu Agent?[4]
- 1662–1666: Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1666–1668: Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans[4]
- 1668: John Trevor[4]
- 1669–1672: Ralph Montagu[4]
- 1672–1677: William Perwich Agent (and Chargé d'affaires when no ambassador)[4]
- 1672: Henry Savile, Ambassador[4]
- 1672: Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory[4]
- 1672–1673: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland[4]
- 1673: Edward Spragge[4]
- 1673–1675: William Lockhart of Lee[4]
- 1675–1676: John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1676–1678: Ralph Montagu Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1676–1679: John Brisbane Agent; and then Chargé d'affaires[4]
- 1678–1679: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1679–1682: Henry Savile, Envoy Extraordinary[4]
- 1682–1685: Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, Envoy Extraordinary[4]
- 1685: John Churchill, Baron Churchill Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1685–1686: William Trumbull Ambassador Extraordinary[4]
- 1686–1688: Bevil Skelton Envoy Extraordinary[4]
- 1688–1689: Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave Envoy Extraordinary[4]
M. Greengrass, ‘Edmondes, Sir Thomas (d. 1639)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 , accessed 12 Jan 2009. J. Palmer, A Biographical History of England (1824), 86.
Gary M. Bell, A handlist of British diplomatic representatives 1509–1688 (Royal Historical Society, Guides and handbooks, 16, 1990).
D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
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