List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire

This is a list of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire.

Ambassadors from England

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The first ambassador from England to the Ottoman Empire or Porte was appointed in 1583 under the reign of Elizabeth I.

  • 1583-1588: William Harborne, merchant
  • 1588-1598: Sir Edward Barton
  • 1598-1606: Sir Henry Lello
  • 1606-1611: Sir Thomas Glover
  • 1611-1620: Sir Paul Pindar
  • 1621-1628: Sir Thomas Roe
  • 1627-1641: Sir Peter Wyche
  • 1641-1646: Sir Sackville Crowe
  • 1647-1661: Sir Thomas Bendish
  • 1660-1667: Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea
  • 1668-1672: Sir Daniel Harvey
  • 1672-1681: Sir John Finch
  • 1681-1687: James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos
  • 1687-1691: Sir William Trumbull[1]
  • 1691: Sir William Hussey[1]
  • 1691: Sir William Harbord appointed but died en route to Constantinople[1]
  • 1692-1701: William Paget, 6th Baron Paget[1]
  • 1698 James Rushout appointed but died before he could travel to Constantinople[1]

Ambassadors from Great Britain

Ambassadors from the United Kingdom

From 1925 onwards, following the formation of the Republic of Turkey, see: List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Turkey

List of other prominent British residents

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
  2. ^ thepeerage.com
  3. ^ Alfred C. Wood, A History of the Levant Company, Oxford: Oxford UP, 1935, pp. 183-184.
  4. ^ J. M. Rigg, Paget, Sir Arthur (1771–1840), H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008), accessed 30 Nov 2008.
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