List of diplomats of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice

Below is an incomplete list of diplomats from Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, specifically Heads of Missions until the abolition of the republic in 1797. It includes envoys from the Kingdom of England before the Union with Scotland of 1707.

Heads of Missions English Ministers Resident 1604-1610: Henry Wotton 1612-1615: Viscount Dorchester 1616-1619: Henry Wotton 1620 : Vacant 1621-1623: Henry Wotton 1634-1639: Earl of Denbigh 1639-1645: Sir Gilbert Talbot 1669-1672: Thomas Belasyse 1682–1685: Thomas Hobson 1689–1712: G. Broughton a resident diplomatThe National Archives , class SP99 : status unclear. 1697–1698: Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester AmbassadorJ. M. Rigg, 'Montagu, Charles, first duke of Manchester (c.1662–1722)’, rev. Matthew Kilburn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 , accessed 20 April 2009D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) 1702: Sir Lambert Blackwell Envoy Extraordinary

Ministers Resident of Great Britain 1707–1708: Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester Ambassador 1708–1714: Christian Cole Secretary 1713: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough Ambassador 1715: Christian Cole Resident 1715–1719: Alexander Cunningham Resident 1719–1722 and 1727–1736: Colonel Elizeus Burges Resident 1736–1744: No diplomatic relations due to "extraordinary distinctions and honours to the Pretender's son" 1744–1746: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of HoldernessL. H. Cust, 'Gray, Sir James, second baronet (c.1708–1773)’, rev. S. J. Skedd, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008), accessed 26 August 2008 1746–1753: Sir James Gray Resident 1752–1754: Unknown: possibly Consul Smith as resident 1754–1765: John MurrayHaydn, Joseph – The Book of Dignities, 1851 1762–1763: Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton Ambassador 1765–1773: Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet, of Venice Resident 1769–1771: Robert Richie in charge in Wright's absence (also in 1775) 1773–1789: John Strange Resident (absent from 1786) 1786–1790: Robert Richie in charge 1789–1791: Sir Francis Vincent, Bt 1791–1793: William Lindsay 1793: Francis Drake 1793–1797: Sir Richard Worsley, Bt

In 1797, the Republic of Venice was abolished and divided by the Treaty of Campo Formio

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