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| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Ambassador | Sir David Manning |
The British Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the United Kingdom's embassy to the United States. It is located on the northern end of Embassy Row in Washington, D.C.. The embassy also operates consulates general in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco as well as consulates in Dallas, Denver, Miami, and Seattle.
The embassy is contained in a compound that is home to both the ambassador's residence and the chancery. The ambassador's residence was built in 1929 and was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to resemble an English country manor. The British were the first to build an embassy in the area that would later become known as Embassy Row. This building had originally also served as the chancery until the space became too small. Next door is the more modern chancery building designed in the late 1960s by chief architect Eric Bedford. Outside the embassy stands a statue of Winston Churchill. He has one foot within the embassy and one on American territory symbolizing the special relationship.
The embassy is one of the largest in Washington employing 250 diplomats and over 600 other staffers. The current ambassador is Sir David Manning.
On July 8, 2005, the US Army band played God Save The Queen outside the embassy in remembrance of the victims of the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005. This mirrored the British remembrance service to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack when the American National Anthem was played outside Buckingham Palace.
See also: List of British ambassadors to the United States