List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Spain
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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Spain is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Spain. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain.
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The following is a partial list of British ambassadors to Spain.
- John Digby Esq. (1610 - 1618)
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1671 - 1672)
- John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1711 - 1712)
- Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (1712 - 1713)
- Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley (1713 - 1714)
- William Stanhope (1721 - 1727)
- George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1758 - 1761)
No representation (1761 - 1763, due to Anglo-Spanish War)
- William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford (1763 - 1766)
- Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham (1771 - 1779)
No representation (1779 - 1783, due to Anglo-Spanish War)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 1st Baron Cardiff (1783 - 1784)
- Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1784 - 1786)
- William Eden Esq. (1787 - 1789)
- Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens (Minister Plenipotentiary) (1790 - 1794)
- Sir Morton Eden (1794 - 1795)
- John Crichton-Stuart, 1st Baron Cardiff (1795 - 1796)
- George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1833 - 1839)
- Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (1878 - 1881)
- Sir Athur Nicolson (1904 - 1905)
- Sir Arthur Hardinge (1913 - 1919)
- Sir Esme Howard (1919 - 1924)
- Sir Horace Rumbold, 9th Baronet (1924 - 1928)
- Sir Samuel Hoare (1940 - 1944)
- Sir Victor Mallet (1945 - 1946)
- Sir John Russell (1969)
- Sir Anthony Arthur Acland (1977 - 1979)
- Lord Nicholas Gordon-Lennox (1984 - 1989)
- Sir Robin Fearn (1989 - 1994)
- David Brighty (1994 - 1998)
- Sir Peter Torry (1998 - 2003)
- Sir Stephen Wright (2003 - )
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