The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Russia (Russian: Британский Посол в России) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Russian Federation and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Russia. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
| UK Ambassador to the Russian Federation Британский Посол в России | |
|---|---|
Royal arms of His Majesty's Government | |
Incumbent since 2023Nigel Casey | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Appointer | Charles III |
| Inaugural holder | The Lord St Helens First Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Russia The Lord Bloomfield First Ambassador to Russia |
| Formation | 1801 Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1844 Ambassadors |
| Website | British Embassy - Moscow |
Between 1844 and 1860 the status of the head of mission in Saint Petersburg was reduced from Ambassador to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The capital of Russia, and later of the Soviet Union (from 1922 to 1991), moved to Moscow in 1918.
List of heads of mission
For the envoys to Russia from the Court of St James's before the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia (for the period until 1707) and List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia (for the years 1707 to 1800).
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary
- 1800-1801: Diplomatic relations were suspended during the Second League of Armed Neutrality.
- 1801–1802: The Lord St Helens
- 1802–1804: Sir John Borlase Warren, Bt
- 1804–1806: Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
- 1805–1806: The Lord Cathcart
- 1807: Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale Special Mission
- 1807: Lord Granville Leveson-Gower (again)
- 1807–1812: diplomatic relations suspended following Treaty of Tilsit
- 1812: Edward Thornton Plenipotentiary to negotiate at Stockholm
- 1812–1820: The Viscount Cathcart (created Earl Cathcart while in post in 1814)
- 1820–1825: Sir Charles Bagot
- 1820–1824: Hon. Frederick Cathcart Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1824–1825: Edward Michael Ward Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1825–1826: The Viscount Strangford
- 1825–1828 : Edward Cromwell Disbrowe Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1828–1832: Sir William à Court, Bt
- 1828–1832: Hon. William Temple Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1832–1833: Sir Stratford Canning (nominally ambassador, but did not go)
- 1832–1835: Hon. John Duncan Bligh Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1835–1837: The Earl of Durham
- 1837–1838: John Ralph Milbanke Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
- 1838–1841: The Marquess of Clanricarde
- 1841–1844: The Lord Stuart de Rothesay
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary
- 1844–1851 : John Bloomfield (succeeded as Baron Bloomfield while in post in 1846)
- 1851–1854 : Sir George Hamilton Seymour
- 1854–1856: No representation due to the Crimean War
- 1856–1858 : The Lord Wodehouse
- 1858–1860 : Sir John Crampton, Bt
Ambassadors
| Name | Tenure begin | Tenure end | British monarch | Russian monarch/leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir John Crampton, Bt | 1860 | 1861 | Queen Victoria | Emperor Alexander II |
| The Lord Napier | 1861 | 1864 | ||
| Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt | 1864 | 1867 | ||
| The Earl Vane | 1867 | 1871 | ||
| Lord Augustus Loftus | 1871 | 1879 | ||
| The Earl of Dufferin | 1879 | 1881 | ||
| Sir Edward Thornton | 1881 | 1884 | Emperor Alexander III | |
| Sir Robert Morier | 1884 | 1893 | ||
| Sir Frank Lascelles | 1894 | 1895 | Emperor Nicholas II→ Emperor Michael II | |
| Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor | 1895 | 1898 | ||
| Sir Charles Stewart Scott | 1898 | 1904 | ||
| Sir Charles Hardinge | 1904 | 1906 | King Edward VII | |
| Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bt | 1906 | 1910 | ||
| Sir George Buchanan | 1910 | 1918 | King George V→ King Edward VIII→ King George VI | |
| no representation from 26 December 1918 | 1918 | 1924 | Vladimir Lenin | |
| Sir Robert MacLeod Hodgson | 1924 | 1927 | Joseph Stalin | |
| no representation following a crisis in 1927 | 1927 | 1929 | ||
| Sir Esmond Ovey | 1929 | 1933 | ||
| The Viscount Chilston | 1933 | 1939 | ||
| Sir William Seeds | 1939 | 1940 | King George VI | |
| Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps | 1940 | 1942 | ||
| Sir Archibald Clark Kerr | 1942 | 1946 | ||
| Sir Maurice Peterson | 1946 | 1949 | ||
| Sir David Kelly | 1949 | 1951 | ||
| Sir Alvary Gascoigne | 1951 | 1953 | ||
| Sir William Hayter | 1953 | 1957 | Queen Elizabeth II | Georgy Malenkov→ Nikita Khrushchev |
| Sir Patrick Reilly | 1957 | 1960 | Nikita Khrushchev | |
| Sir Frank Roberts | 1960 | 1962 | ||
| Sir Humphrey Trevelyan | 1962 | 1965 | ||
| Sir Geoffrey Harrison | 1965 | 1968 | Leonid Brezhnev | |
| Sir Duncan Wilson | 1968 | 1971 | ||
| Sir John Killick | 1971 | 1973 | ||
| Sir Terence Garvey | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| Sir Howard Smith | 1976 | 1978 | ||
| Sir Curtis Keeble | 1978 | 1982 | ||
| Sir Iain Sutherland | 1982 | 1985 | Yuri Andropov→ Konstantin Chernenko→ Mikhail Gorbachev | |
| Sir Bryan Cartledge | 1985 | 1988 | Mikhail Gorbachev | |
| Sir Rodric Braithwaite | 1988 | 1992 | ||
| Sir Brian Fall | 1992 | 1995 | Boris Yeltsin | |
| Sir Andrew Wood | 1995 | 2000 | ||
| Sir Roderic Lyne | 2000 | 2004 | Vladimir Putin | |
| Sir Anthony Brenton | 2004 | 2008 | ||
| Dame Anne Pringle | 2008 | 2011 | Dmitry Medvedev | |
| Sir Tim Barrow | 2011 | 2015 | Dmitry Medvedev→ Vladimir Putin | |
| Sir Laurie Bristow | 2016 | 2020 | Vladimir Putin | |
| Dame Deborah Bronnert | January 2020 | 2023 | Queen Elizabeth II→ King Charles III | |
| Nigel Casey | November 2023 | — | King Charles III |
See also
- List of ambassadors of Russia to the United Kingdom
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