List of diplomats from the Kingdom of England and Great Britain to the Republic of Genoa

Envoys Extraordinary of England (to 1707) 1697–1698 and 1702–1705: Sir Lambert BlackwellD. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) 1705: Col. Mitford Crowe Resident 1706–1707: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent)

Envoys Extraordinary of Great Britain (from 1707) 1707–1711: Dr Henry Newton (usually absent) 1708–1713: William Richard Chetwynd Resident 1708–1711; then Envoy ExtraordinaryH. M. Stephens, ‘Chetwynd, William Richard, third Viscount Chetwynd (1685?–1770)’, rev. Philip Carter, (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography), Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 15 Nov 2008. 1710: John Molesworth Envoy Extraordinary 1714–1722: Henry Davenant No formal representation 1722–1763, other than Consuls c.1723–1738: John Bagshaw Consulhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp The National Archives catalogue, class SP 79 c.1738–c.1756: John Birtles Consul c.1758–1775: James Hollford Consul Ministers 1763: Capt Augustus Harvey Minister 1763–1766: Commodore Thomas Harrison Minister 1767–1769: Commodore Richard Spey Minister No formal diplomatic representation 1769–1793, other than Consuls 1786 to 1786: John Collet, Consul Minister Plenipoteniary 1793–1795: Francis DrakeLondon Gazette 13545 Minister PlenipotentiaryS. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934). 1786–1797: Joseph Brame, Consul, 1795–1797 in charge 1797–1803: James Bird, Vice-consul, Acting Consul

British Representatives to Genoa since 1797

Great Britain became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801; the city and republic of Genoa also transferred through several changes of national status during the 19th century.

France 1797 to 1814 In 1797, the Republic passed into French control as the Ligurian Republic, and was formally annexed to France in 1805 as the département of Gênes.

Kingdom of Sardinia 1814 to 1861 At the 1814 Congress of Vienna, Genoa became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Britain continued to appoint Consuls to the city. 1840–1857: Timothy Yeats Brown Consul-General 1856: Edward Algernoon Le Mesurier, Consul-general; Montague Yeats-Brown Vice-Consul 1858–1893: Montague Yeats-Brown Consul

Kingdom of Italy, 1861 The Kingdom of Sardinia became the core of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

1893: Charles Alfred Payton, Consul 1908: William Keene MVO, Consul 1918: Edward C Blech CMG, Consul-General 1920: William H.M. Sinclair, Consul; James R Murray Vice-Consul 1922: Harry Churchill CMG, Consul-General 1925: Robert Erskine Consul-General, C. F. W. Andrews Vice-Consul 1930: Edward William Paget Thurstan, CMG Consul-General; I. L. Henderson Vice-Consul 1935: A. G. Major Consul-General; W. J. Sullivan Vice-Consul 1940: W. S. Edmonds CMG, OBE Consul-General; Donald CameronVice-Consul

Italian Republic, 1946 Consuls were appointed to Genoa from 1950 until 1995; since when all consuls have been honorary.

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