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The office of United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
 (or Minister) to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 (known formally as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's
Court of St. James's

The Court of St. James's is the name of the royal court of the United Kingdom....
) was traditionally the most prestigious position in the United States Foreign Service
United States Foreign Service

The United States Foreign Service is the diplomatic service of the United States government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State....
, and has been held by various notable politicians, including five future presidents: John Adams
John Adams

John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....
, James Monroe
James Monroe

James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S....
, John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
, Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
 and James Buchanan
James Buchanan

James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....
. Other prominent politicians to have held the ambassadorship include Rufus King
Rufus King

Rufus King was an United States lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention....
, Richard Rush
Richard Rush

Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia Rush....
, Edward Everett
Edward Everett

Edward Everett was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Everett was elected to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, and also served as President of Harvard University, United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to United Kingdom, and Governor of Massachusetts before being appointed...
, Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Charles Francis Adams, Sr. , was an United States lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams and the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams....
, Robert T. Lincoln, John W. Davis
John W. Davis

John William Davis was an Politics of the United States, diplomat and lawyer. He served as an United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Woodrow Wilson....
, Joseph P. Kennedy, Averell Harriman, and Elliot Richardson
Elliot Richardson

Elliot Lee Richardson was an United States lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. As United States Attorney General, he was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal, and was controversially Saturday Night Massacre after refusing the President's order to fire special prosecutor Ar...
.

The Ambassador works at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square
Grosvenor Square

Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from their surname, "Grosvenor"....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and lives at Winfield House
Winfield House

Winfield House is a mansion set in 12 acres of grounds in Regent's Park, London, the largest private garden in or close to central London after that of Buckingham Palace....
 in Regent's Park.


Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Court of St.






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The office of United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
 (or Minister) to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 (known formally as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's
Court of St. James's

The Court of St. James's is the name of the royal court of the United Kingdom....
) was traditionally the most prestigious position in the United States Foreign Service
United States Foreign Service

The United States Foreign Service is the diplomatic service of the United States government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State....
, and has been held by various notable politicians, including five future presidents: John Adams
John Adams

John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....
, James Monroe
James Monroe

James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S....
, John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
, Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
 and James Buchanan
James Buchanan

James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....
. Other prominent politicians to have held the ambassadorship include Rufus King
Rufus King

Rufus King was an United States lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention....
, Richard Rush
Richard Rush

Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia Rush....
, Edward Everett
Edward Everett

Edward Everett was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Everett was elected to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, and also served as President of Harvard University, United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to United Kingdom, and Governor of Massachusetts before being appointed...
, Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Charles Francis Adams, Sr. , was an United States lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams and the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams....
, Robert T. Lincoln, John W. Davis
John W. Davis

John William Davis was an Politics of the United States, diplomat and lawyer. He served as an United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Woodrow Wilson....
, Joseph P. Kennedy, Averell Harriman, and Elliot Richardson
Elliot Richardson

Elliot Lee Richardson was an United States lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. As United States Attorney General, he was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal, and was controversially Saturday Night Massacre after refusing the President's order to fire special prosecutor Ar...
.

The Ambassador works at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square
Grosvenor Square

Grosvenor Square is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from their surname, "Grosvenor"....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and lives at Winfield House
Winfield House

Winfield House is a mansion set in 12 acres of grounds in Regent's Park, London, the largest private garden in or close to central London after that of Buckingham Palace....
 in Regent's Park.


Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's, 1785-1811

  • John Adams
    John Adams

    John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....
     (MA) 1785-1788
  • Thomas Pinckney
    Thomas Pinckney

    Thomas Pinckney was an early American statesman, diplomat and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812....
     (SC) 1792-1796
  • Rufus King
    Rufus King

    Rufus King was an United States lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention....
     (NY) 1796-1803
  • James Monroe
    James Monroe

    James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S....
     (VA) 1803-1807
  • William Pinkney
    William Pinkney

    William Pinkney was an United States statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General.Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786....
     (MD) 1808-1811
  • From 1811 to the outbreak of the War of 1812
    War of 1812

    The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
    ,     chargé d'affaires
    Chargé d'affaires

    In diplomacy, charg? d?affaires , often shortened to simply charg?, is the title of two classes of diplomacy agents who head a diplomatic mission on a temporary basis....
     Jonathan Russell
    Jonathan Russell

    Jonathan Russell was a United States Representative from Massachusetts and diplomat.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Russell graduated from Brown University in 1791....
     was the chief United States officer in London.


Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's, 1815-1893

  • John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
     (MA) 1815-1817
  • Richard Rush
    Richard Rush

    Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia Rush....
     (PA) 1818-1825
  • Rufus King
    Rufus King

    Rufus King was an United States lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention....
     (NY) 1825-1826
  • Albert Gallatin
    Albert Gallatin

    Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguistics, Politics of the United States, diplomat, United States Representative, and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury....
     (PA) 1826-1827
  • James Barbour
    James Barbour

    James Barbour was an United States of America lawyer, amember and speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, the 19th Governor of Virginia, the first Governor to reside in the current Virginia Governor's Mansion, a U.S....
     (VA) 1828-1829
  • Louis McLane
    Louis McLane

    Louis McLane was an United States lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland....
     (DE) 1829-1831
  • Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
     (NY) 1831-1832
  • From 1832 to 1836, Aaron Vail, the American chargé d'affaires, acted as the chief American officer in London.
  • Andrew Stevenson
    Andrew Stevenson

    Andrew Stevenson was a Democratic Party political figure in the United States. Educated at the College of William and Mary, he married three times....
     (VA) 1836-1841
  • Edward Everett
    Edward Everett

    Edward Everett was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Everett was elected to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, and also served as President of Harvard University, United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to United Kingdom, and Governor of Massachusetts before being appointed...
     (MA) 1841-1845
  • Louis McLane
    Louis McLane

    Louis McLane was an United States lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland....
     (DE) 1845-1846
  • George Bancroft
    George Bancroft

    George Bancroft was an United States historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level....
     (NY) 1846-1849
  • Abbott Lawrence
    Abbott Lawrence

    Abbott Lawrence was a prominent United States businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He founded Lawrence, Massachusetts.Born in Groton, Massachusetts, the son of Revolutionay War officer Samuel Lawrence , Abbott Lawrence attended Groton Academy, Upon his graduation in 1808, Lawrence became an apprentice to his brother, Amos Lawrence...
     (MA) 1849-1852
  • Joseph R. Ingersoll (PA) 1852-1853
  • James Buchanan
    James Buchanan

    James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....
     (PA) 1853-1856
  • George M. Dallas
    George M. Dallas

    George Mifflin Dallas was a United States Senate from Pennsylvania and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under James K....
     (PA) 1856-1861
  • Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
    Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

    Charles Francis Adams, Sr. , was an United States lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams and the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams....
     (MA) 1861-1868
  • Reverdy Johnson
    Reverdy Johnson

    Reverdy Johnson was a statesman and jurist from Maryland....
     (MD) 1868-1869
  • John Lothrop Motley
    John Lothrop Motley

    John Lothrop Motley was an United States historian....
     (MA) 1869-1870
  • Robert C. Schenck
    Robert C. Schenck

    Robert Cumming Schenck was a Union Army General officer in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom....
     (OH) 1871-1876
  • Edwards Pierrepont
    Edwards Pierrepont

    Edwards Pierrepont was an United States statesman, jurist and lawyer.Born in North Haven, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale University and Yale_Law_School#History, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced law in Columbus, Ohio, from 1840 to 1845....
     (NY) 1876-1877
  • John Welsh
    John Welsh

    John Welsh may refer to:*John Welsh of Ayr, religious leader*John Welsh of Irongray, religious leader*John Welsh *John Welsh *John Welsh , American diplomat...
     (PA) 1877-1879
  • James Russell Lowell
    James Russell Lowell

    James Russell Lowell was an United States Romanticism poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets....
     (MA) 1880-1885
  • Edward J. Phelps
    Edward John Phelps

    Edward John Phelps was a lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. Born in Middlebury, Vermont, he graduated from Middlebury College in 1840, studied law at Yale University, and began practicing in 1843....
     (VT) 1885-1889
  • Robert T. Lincoln (IL) 1889-1893


Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's, 1893-present

  • Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.
    Thomas F. Bayard

    Thomas Francis Bayard was an United States lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party , who served three terms as United States Senator, and as United States Secretary of State, and U.S....
     (DE) 1893-1897
  • John Hay
    John Hay

    John Milton Hay was an United States statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln....
     (DC) 1897-1898
  • Joseph Choate (NY) 1899-1905
  • Whitelaw Reid
    Whitelaw Reid

    Whitelaw Reid was a United States politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War.Born on a farm near Xenia, Ohio, Reid attended Xenia Academy and went on to graduate from Miami University with honors in 1856....
     (NY) 1905-1912
  • Walter Hines Page
    Walter Hines Page

    Walter Hines Page was an United States journalist, publisher, and diplomat. He was the United States List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom during World War I....
     (NY) 1913-1918
  • John W. Davis
    John W. Davis

    John William Davis was an Politics of the United States, diplomat and lawyer. He served as an United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Woodrow Wilson....
     (WV) 1918-1921
  • George Brinton McClellan Harvey
    George Brinton McClellan Harvey

    George Brinton McClellan Harvey was an United States diplomat, journalist, author, administrator for electric rail construction and owner and editor of several newspapers, all positions that brought him great wealth....
     (NJ) 1921-1923
  • Frank B. Kellogg
    Frank B. Kellogg

    Frank Billings Kellogg was an United States lawyer, politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929....
     (MN) 1924-1925
  • Alanson B. Houghton
    Alanson B. Houghton

    Alanson Bigelow Houghton was an American businessman, politician, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressional Delegations from New York and Ambassador....
     (NY) 1925-1929
  • Charles G. Dawes
    Charles G. Dawes

    Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
     (IL) 1929-1931
  • Andrew W. Mellon
    Andrew W. Mellon

    Andrew William Mellon was an United States banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 4 1921 until February 12 1932....
     (PA) 1932-1933
  • Robert Worth Bingham
    Robert Worth Bingham

    Robert Worth Bingham was a politician, judge, newspaper publisher and American Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Virginia but did not graduate....
     (KY) 1933-1937
  • Joseph P. Kennedy (NY) 1938-1940
  • John G. Winant (NH) 1941-1946
  • W. Averell Harriman
    W. Averell Harriman

    William Averell Harriman was an United States United States Democratic Party politician, businessman and diplomat. He was the son of railroad baron E....
     (NY) 1946
  • Lewis W. Douglas (AZ) 1947-1950
  • Walter S. Gifford (NY) 1950-1953
  • Winthrop W. Aldrich
    Winthrop W. Aldrich

    Winthrop Williams Aldrich was an United States banker and financier, member of a prominent political family, and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom....
     (NY) 1953-1957
  • John Hay Whitney
    John Hay Whitney

    John Hay Whitney , colloquially known as "Jock" Whitney, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and a member of the Whitney family....
     (NY) 1957-1961
  • David K. E. Bruce
    David K. E. Bruce

    David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce was the United States Ambassador to France from 1949 to 1952, United States Ambassador to Germany from 1957 to 1959, and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1961 to 1969....
     (MD) 1961-1969
  • Walter H. Annenberg (PA) 1969-1974
  • Elliot L. Richardson (MA) 1975-1976
  • Anne Legendre Armstrong (TX) 1976-1977
  • Kingman Brewster, Jr.
    Kingman Brewster, Jr.

    Kingman Brewster, Jr., was an educator, president of Yale University, and United States diplomat.Brewster was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, the son of Florence Foster and Kingman Brewster Sr., a lawyer....
     (CT) 1977-1981
  • John J. Louis, Jr.
    John J. Louis, Jr.

    John Jeffry Louis, Jr. was an American businessman and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.Born in Evanston, Illinois to Chicago advertiser John Jeffry Louis and Johnson Wax heiress Henriette Johnson Louis, John J....
     (IL) 1981-1983
  • Charles H. Price II
    Charles H. Price II

    Charles H. Price II is a prominent American businessman and former Ambassadors from the United States....
     (MO) 1983-1989
  • Henry E. Catto, Jr.
    Henry E. Catto, Jr.

    Henry E. Catto, Jr. is an United States businessman and public servant.A native of San Antonio,Texas, he was educated at T.M.I.?The Episcopal School of Texas, graduating in 1948, and at Williams College, graduating in 1952....
     (TX) 1989-1991
  • Raymond G. H. Seitz
    Raymond G. H. Seitz

    The Honorable Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz is a former career diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii on December 8, 1940....
     (TX) 1991-1994
  • William J. Crowe, Jr. (VA) 1994-1997
  • Philip Lader
    Philip Lader

    Philip Lader, the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's , is chairman of WPP Group plc, the global media and communications services firm and largest worldwide media buyer ....
     (SC) 1997-2001
  • William S. Farish III (TX) 2001-2004
  • Robert H. Tuttle
    Robert H. Tuttle

    Robert Holmes Tuttle is the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom, a post he has held since July 2005.A California native, he was appointed Ambassador by President of the United States George W....
     (CA) 2005-2009
  • TBA 2009-


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