list of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Sardinia
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Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Sardinia and its predecessor Savoy, specifically Heads of Missions.
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Heads of Missions
=Ambassadors to Savoy=
- 1611–1612: Henry Wotton{{cite web|last1=Ferris|first1=John|last2=Thrush|first2=Andrew|title=WOTTON, Sir Henry (1568–1639), of King Street, Westminster and Eton College, Bucks.|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/wotton-sir-henry-1568-1639|website=The History of Parliament}}
- 1614–1615: Sir Albertus Morton{{cite ODNB|last1=Baron|first1=S. A.|title=Morton, Sir Albertus|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/19358|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19358}}
- 1615–1624: Sir Isaac Wake (Resident Agent) {{cite web|last1=Davidson|first1=Alan|last2=Cassidy|first2=Irene|title=WAKE, Sir Isaac (c.1581–1632), of London|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/wake-sir-isaac-1581-1632|website=The History of Parliament}}
- 1671–1690: Marquis of St Thomas, John Finch and Sir William Soame[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp The National Archives catalogues], class SP 92. The evidence consists of the names of those corresponding with the British Secretaries of States.
- 1691–1693: Edmund Poley D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
- 1693–1694: Dr William Aglionby
- 1693–1704: The Earl of Galway (absent from 1696)Harman Murtagh, 'Massue de Ruvigny, Henri de, Earl of Galway, and Marquess of Ruvigny in the French nobility (1648–1720)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sep 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18309], accessed 17 April 2009] (Viscount Galway until 1697)
- 1699 and 1703–1706: Richard Hill
- 1706: Paul MethuenKarl Wolfgang Schweizer, 'Methuen, Sir Paul (c.1672–1757)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, Sep 2004; online edn, Oct 2008) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18631], accessed 3 November 2008
- 1706–1713: John Chetwynd, later Viscount Chetwynd.Burke's Peerage (1939), s.v. Chetwynd[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/5169/pages/1 London Gazette, 5169, 31 October 1713]
- 1708–1713: Maj. Gen. Francis Palmes
- 1710–1713: Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterbrough Special Mission 1710–1711; Minister Plenipotentiary 1712; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1713
- 1714: George St. John (died 1716 at Venice)
- 1713–1719: J. Payne, James Cockburn
In 1720, Savoy acquired the island of Sardinia, and was subsequently known as the Kingdom of Sardinia.
=Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary=
- 1719–1725: John Molesworth
- 1726–1727: John Hedges Envoy Extraordinary
- 1728–1732: Edmund Allen in charge 1727–1728; Secretary 1728–1734
- 1731–1736: The Earl of Essex Minister Plenipotentiary 1731–1732; Ambassador 1732–1736
- 1736–1749: Arthur Villettes Resident
- 1747: Lieut-Gen. Thomas Wentworth Special Mission
- 1749–1755: William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford{{London Gazette|issue=8841|date=15 April 1749|page=1}}
- 1755–1758: The Earl of Bristol Envoy Extraordinary
- 1758–1761: James Mackenzie Envoy Extraordinary 1758–1760; then Envoy Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryHaydn, Joseph - The Book of Dignities (1851), 82.
- 1761–1768: George Pitt, 1st Baron RiversG. F. R. Barker, 'Pitt, George, first Baron Rivers (1721–1803)’, rev. R. D. E. Eagles, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004)[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22328] accessed 24 August 2008.
- 1768–1779: William Lynch Envoy Extraordinary 1768–1770; then Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1779–1783: John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart{{London Gazette|issue=12002|date=3 August 1779|page=1}}
- 1783–1797: Hon. John Hampden-Trevor Envoy Extraordinary 1783–1789; then Envoy Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryS. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
- 1798–1799: No representation due to the French occupation of Turin
- 1799–1806: Thomas Jackson{{London Gazette|issue=15123|date=9 April 1799|page=335}}
- Diplomatic relations suspended 1806–1808
- 1807–1824: Hon. William Hill
- 1824–1840: Augustus Foster{{London Gazette|issue=18061|date=11 September 1824|page=1494}}
- 1840–1851: Hon. Ralph Abercromby{{London Gazette|issue=19836|date=17 March 1840|page=663}}
- 1852–1860: James Hudson{{London Gazette|issue=21284|date=23 January 1852|page=183}}
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