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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Switzerland is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Swiss Confederation, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Switzerland. The formal title of the post is His Majesty's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation but it is usually called, even officially, simply His Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland.

The British Ambassador to Switzerland is also non-resident Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

List of heads of mission

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Envoy Extraordinary

• 1689–1692: Thomas Coxe
• 1689–1702: Philibert de Hervart, baron van Hüningen (to the Republic of Geneva only 1689–1692)
• 1702–1705: William Aglionby extraordinary envoy
• 1705–1714: Abraham Stanyan (also to the Grisons 1707–1714)
• 1710 and 1715–1717: James Dayrolle Resident at Geneva
• 1716–1722: Francis Manning (also Secretary to the Grisons at Coire 1709–1713)

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons

• 1717–1762: Armand Louis de St. George, Comte de Marsay Minster at Geneva 1717-34; Minister Resident to the Helvetic Republic and the Grisons Leagues 1734–1739; Minster at Geneva 1739–1762
• 1738–1743: Sir Luke Schaub (a diplomat)
• 1743–1749: John Burnaby Minister
• 1743–1750: Jerome de Salis Envoy Extraordinary to the Grisons Leagues
• 1750–1762: Arthur Villettes Minister
• 1762–1765: Robert Colebrooke Minister
• 1763–1765: James, Count of Pictet Minister to the Republic of Geneva
• 1765–1783: William Norton (but absent 1769–1776)
  • 1769–1776: Jean Gabriel Catt Chargé d'Affaires
  • 1772–1774: Isaac Pictet Chargé d'Affaires at Geneva
  • 1777–1792: Louis Braun Chargé d'Affaires
• 1792–1795: Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald
• 1795–1797: William Wickham also Special Mission 1794–1795
• 1797: James Talbot Chargé d'Affaires
• 1797–1814: No diplomatic relations

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated Swiss Cantons

• 1814–1820: Stratford Canning
• 1820–1822: William Cromwell Disbrowe Chargé d'Affaires
• 1822–1823: Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons

• 1823–1825: Charles Richard Vaughan
• 1825–1832: Hon. Algernon Percy
• 1832–1847: David Richard Morier
  • 1847: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto Special Mission
  • 1847–1848: Sir Stratford CanningSpecial Mission
• 1848–1849: Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation

• 1849–1851: Sir Edmund Lyons, 1st Bt
• 1851–1852: Arthur Charles Magenis
• 1852–1853: Andrew Buchanan
• 1853–1854: Hon. Charles Murray
• 1854–1858: George John Robert Gordon
• 1858–1867: Hon. Edward Harris

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation

• 1867–1868: John Lumley-Savile
• 1868–1874: Alfred Guthrie Graham Bonar

Resident Minister to the Swiss Confederation

• 1874–1878: Edwin Corbett
• 1878–1879: Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Bt
• 1879–1881: Hon. Hussey Crespigny Vivian

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation

• Mar – Jul 1881: Hon. Hussey Vivian
• 1881–1888: Francis Adams
• 1888–1893: Charles Scott
• 1893–1901: Frederick St John
• 1901–1905: Sir Conyngham Greene
• 1905–1909: Sir George Bonham, 2nd Baronet
• 1909–1911: Henry Bax-Ironside
• 1911–1913: Esme Howard
• 1913–1916: Evelyn Grant Duff
• 1916–1919: Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet
• 1919–1922: Hon. Odo Russell
• 1922–1924: Sir Milne Cheetham
• 1924–1928: Rowland Sperling
• 1928–1931: Sir Claud Russell
• 1931–1935: Sir Howard Kennard
• 1935–1940: Sir George Warner
• 1940–1942: David Kelly
• 1942–1946: Sir Clifford Norton
• 1946–1950: Thomas Snow
• 1950–1953: Sir Patrick Scrivener

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation

• May–Dec 1953: Sir Patrick Scrivener
• 1953–1958: Sir Lionel Lamb
• 1958–1960: Sir William Montagu-Pollock
• 1960–1964: Sir Paul Grey
• 1964–1968: Sir Robert Isaacson
• 1968–1970: Henry Hohler
• 1970–1973: Eric Midgley
• 1973–1976: Sir John Wraight
• 1976–1980: Sir Alan Rothnie
• 1980–1982: Sir Sydney Giffard
• 1982–1984: John Powell-Jones
• 1984–1988: John Rich
• 1988–1992: Christopher Long
• 1992–1997: David Beattie
• 1997–2001: Christopher Hulse
• 2001–2004: Basil Eastwood
• 2004–2008: Simon Featherstone
• 2008-2008: John Nichols
• 2009–2013: Sarah Gillett
• 2014–2017: David Moran
• 2017–2023: Jane Owen
• 2023–present: James Squire

External links

• "UK and Switzerland". gov.uk.

References

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15. "No. 20943". The London Gazette. 9 February 1849. p. 391.
16. "No. 21175". The London Gazette. 28 January 1851. p. 209.
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23. "No. 24106". The London Gazette. 19 June 1874. p. 3095.
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26. "No. 24953". The London Gazette. 22 March 1881. p. 1306.
27. "No. 24999". The London Gazette. 26 July 1881. p. 3670.
28. "No. 25827". The London Gazette. 15 June 1888. p. 3310.
29. "No. 26362". The London Gazette. 10 January 1893. p. 137.
30. "No. 27314". The London Gazette. 17 May 1901. p. 3379.
31. "No. 27874". The London Gazette. 12 January 1906. p. 285.
32. "No. 28225". The London Gazette. 19 February 1909. p. 1306.
33. "No. 28462". The London Gazette. 3 February 1911. p. 852.
34. "No. 28742". The London Gazette. 1 August 1913. p. 5487.
35. "No. 29759". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 1916. p. 9208.
36. "No. 31663". The London Gazette. 28 November 1919. p. 14674.
37. "No. 32781". The London Gazette. 29 December 1922. p. 9161.
38. "No. 32914". The London Gazette. 29 February 1924. p. 1822.
39. "No. 33353". The London Gazette. 3 February 1928. p. 757.
40. "No. 33735". The London Gazette. 14 July 1931. p. 4626.
41. "No. 34129". The London Gazette. 1 February 1935. p. 766.
42. "No. 34799". The London Gazette. 23 February 1940. p. 1100.
43. "No. 35598". The London Gazette. 16 June 1942. p. 2652.
44. "No. 37588". The London Gazette. 31 May 1946. p. 2627.
45. "No. 38952". The London Gazette. 23 June 1950. p. 3257.
46. "No. 39926". The London Gazette. 28 July 1953. p. 4133.
47. "No. 40066". The London Gazette. 5 January 1954. p. 162.
48. "No. 41485". The London Gazette. 29 August 1958. p. 5336.
49. "No. 42346". The London Gazette. 5 May 1961. p. 3340.
50. "No. 43432". The London Gazette. 11 September 1964. p. 7669.
51. "No. 44554". The London Gazette. 26 March 1968. p. 3557.
52. "No. 45142". The London Gazette. 3 July 1970. p. 7378.
53. "No. 46026". The London Gazette. 12 July 1973. p. 8058.
54. "No. 46993". The London Gazette. 17 August 1976. p. 11269.
55. "No. 48325". The London Gazette. 1 October 1980. p. 13693.
56. ^ "Previous Ambassadors". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
57. "Current Ambassador". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
58. "David Moran". gov.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
59. "Jane Owen, British Ambassador to Switzerland and to Liechtenstein". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
60. "James Squire". gov.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

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