List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Hanover

The following is a list of Diplomats from the United Kingdom (and predecessors) to the Electorate and then Kingdom of Hanover:

Heads of Mission

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To the Duke of Brunswick-Lauenberg

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1689–1692: Sir William Dutton Colt[1] also to Hesse-Cassel and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

To the Elector of Hanover and others

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The same diplomat was commonly accredited to the Elector, to the Duke of Celle and The Electress Sophia, often also to the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the King of Hanover

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References

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  1. ^ a b J. D. Davies, 'Colt, Sir William Dutton (bap. 1646, d. 1693)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [1], accessed 26 April 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
  3. ^ a b The National Archives, class SP 81/159-164.
  4. ^ J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 79.
  5. ^ S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934), 64.
  6. ^ "No. 19608". The London Gazette. 17 April 1838. p. 912.
  7. ^ "British Missions to Germany :: German Historical Institute London (GHIL)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ^ "No. 21974". The London Gazette. 3 March 1857. p. 866.
  9. ^ "No. 22121". The London Gazette. 2 April 1858. p. 1687.
  10. ^ "No. 22326". The London Gazette. 15 November 1859. p. 4077.
  11. ^ "No. 23061". The London Gazette. 19 January 1866. p. 322.