List of ambassadors of France to the Kingdom of Great Britain

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A list of French ambassadors to the Kingdom of Great Britain:

Wars of Spanish Succession (1701–12)

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Arms of Royal House of Bourbon

Wars of Austrian Succession (1741–48)

Seven Years' War (1756–62)

American War of Independence (1778–82)

French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801)

French Revolutionary Government Foreign Ministers

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