List of ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom

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Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
Ambassadeur de France au Royaume-Uni
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since 2022
Style Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Residence 11 Kensington Palace Gardens

This is the List of ambassadors from France to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, operating from the Embassy of France, London:

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Embassy of France, London

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The Embassy of France, London

The embassy of France in London is located just off Knightsbridge at Albert Gate, one of the entrances to Hyde Park, directly opposite the Embassy of Kuwait. The building was designed by the British architect Thomas Cubitt. [1] At the time of its construction in the 1840s, it was among the tallest structures in the Knightsbridge area. [2]

France also owns various premises along the Cromwell Road, South Kensington which house its Consular, Cultural, Science & Technology and Visa sections. [3] It also has a Trade mission at 28-29 Haymarket and a Paymaster & Financial Comptroller section at 30 Queen's Gate Terrace, South Kensington, [4] while No. 11 Kensington Palace Gardens has been the French Ambassador's official residence since 1944. [5]

French Ambassadors

French Ambassadors to England (1526–1688)

French Ambassadors to Great Britain (1697–1801)

French Ambassadors to the United Kingdom (1801–present)

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Imperial French Arms
Heraldic emblem of the French Republic Armoiries republique francaise.svg
Heraldic emblem of the French Republic
ImageFromUntilAmbassadors
Le comte Otto de Mosloy et le comte Pelet.jpg 18011802 Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy (Chargé d'affaires)
Eymar - Francois-Andreossi.jpg 18031804 General Antoine Andréossy later comte de l'Empire
Napoleonic Wars (1803–1814)
Lefebvre - Claude-Louis de La Chatre.jpg 18141815 Louis, duc de La Chastre
Rene-Eustache Marquis D'Osmond (cropped).jpg 18151819 René-Eustache, marquis d'Osmond
Victor de Fay marquis de La Tour-Maubourg 1768-1850.jpg 18191819 Victor de Faÿ, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg
Elie Decazes.jpg 18201821 Élie, duc Decazes & de Glücksbierg
Antoine-VIII-duc-de-Guiche.jpg 18211821 Antoine, duc de Gramont
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson 006.jpg 18221823 François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
Jules Armande de Polignac.jpg 18231828 Jules, prince de Polignac
Anne-Adrien-Pierre de Montmorency-Laval.jpg 18281830 Anne-Adrien-Pierre de Montmorency, duc de Laval
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.jpg 18301834 Charles, prince de Talleyrand
Charles-Joseph, comte Bresson.jpg 18301832 Charles-Joseph Bresson, chevalier later comte de l'Empire
(First Secretary, on behalf of Talleyrand)
SebastianiMarshal.jpg 18351840 Horace-François-Bastien Sébastiani, comte de La Porta
Guizot, Francois - 2.jpg 18401840 Ministre François Guizot
Saint-Aulaire Litho.jpg 18411847 Louis de Beaupoil, comte de Saint-Aulaire
De Broglie (BM 1874,1114.657).jpg 18471848 Victor, duc de Broglie
Beaumont, Gustave de.jpg 18481848 Gustave-Auguste Bonnin de La Bonninière, comte de Beaumont
Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys.jpg 18481851 Ministre Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
Comte Walewski Congres de Paris 1856 BNF Gallica.jpg 18511855 Alexandre-Florian-Joseph Colonna, comte Walewski
Persigny.jpg 18551858 Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny
Portret van maarschalk Aimable Pelissier tijdens de Krimoorlog Marechal Pelissier (titel op object), RP-F-F80055.jpg 18581859 Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, duc de Malakoff
Persigny.jpg 18591860 Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny
Charles Comte de Flahaut.jpg 18601862 Charles-Joseph, comte de Flahaut
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros 1858.JPG 18621863 Jean-Baptiste-Louis, baron Gros [6]
La Tour d'Auvergne, Henri prince de.jpg 18631869 Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne [7]
La Valette, Charles Jean Marie Felix.jpg 18691870 Charles, marquis de La Valette [8]
Jarnac, comte (Monde illustre, 1875-04-03).jpg 18711872 Philippe-Ferdinand-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot, comte de Jarnac
Broglie Albert.JPG 18721873 Albert, duc de Broglie
Nadar - Louis Decazes (1819-1886).jpg 18731873 Louis-Charles-Élie-Amanieu, duc Decazes & de Glücksbierg
Leon Bonnat - Sosthene II de La Rochefoucauld.jpg 18731874 Sosthène, vicomte de La Rochefoucauld later duc de Doudeauville
18751879 Georges, marquis d'Harcourt [9]
Louis Pierre Alexis Pothuau by Reutlinger.jpg 18791880 Amiral Louis-Pierre-Alexis de Pothuau [10]
LeonSay.jpg 18801880 Ministre Léon Say
ETH-BIB-Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour (1827-1896), Professor am eidg. Polytechnikum 1856-1859-Portrait-Portr 05548.tif (cropped).jpg 18801882 Sénateur Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
William Waddington.jpg 18831893 Dr. William Henry Waddington (Prime Minister of France, 1879)
Baron de Courcel.jpg 18941898 Alphonse Chodron, baron de Courcel [11]
Paul Cambon 01.jpg 18981920 Paul Cambon [12]
1916.09.24 Le Miroir - Contele de Saint Aulaire ministrul Frantei la Bucuresti.png 19201924 Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil, comte de Saint-Aulaire
Fleuriau. Photograph. Wellcome V0028702.jpg 19241933 Aimé-Benjamin de Fleuriau, comte de Bellevue
Andre Charles Corbin in 1929 (cropped).jpg 19331940 Charles Corbin
World War II (1940–1944)
Rene Massigli 1929.jpg 19441955 René Massigli [13]
19551962 Chevalier Jean Chauvel
19621972 Geoffroy Chodron, baron de Courcel
Jacques Delarue-Caron de Beaumarchais.png 19721977 Jacques Delarüe-Caron de Beaumarchais
Jean Sauvagnargues - 1974 (cropped).jpg 19771981 Jean Sauvagnargues
Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie and Ronald Reagan.jpg 19811984 Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie
19841986 Jacques Viot [14]
19861990 Luc, vicomte de La Barre de Nanteuil [15]
19901993 Bernard Dorin
Jean Gueguinou, Ambassadeur de France.jpg 19931998 Jean Guéguinou
19982002 Daniel Bernard
Gerard ERRERA.jpg 20022007 Gérard Errera
Gedenkfeier Charles de Gaulles Besuch in Koln vor 50 Jahren-9225.jpg 20072011 Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
Bernard Emie 19 March 2013.jpg 20112014 Bernard Émié [16]
Sylvie Bermann.JPG 20142017 Sylvie Bermann
M JOUYET 08 AMF 2009.JPG 20172019 Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Catherine Colonna - 2023 (cropped).jpg 20192022 Catherine Colonna
Helene Treheux-Duchene - 2023 (cropped).jpg 2022Present Hélène Tréheux-Duchêne

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Who is Camilla? The 'other woman' who's now Queen Consort". SBS News. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court". 30 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 439.
  6. ↑ GROS, Jean-Baptiste Louis, baron (1793–1870), ambassadeur. Extract from the Dictionnaire du Second Empire (1995)
  7. ↑ 644 AP • Fonds La Tour d’Auvergne-Lauragais, Archives de France.
  8. ↑ "Charles, Jean, Marie, Félix de La Valette – Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  9. ↑ Gilles Le Béguec, Les entourages des chefs de l’Etat sous les IIIe et IVe Républiques.
  10. ↑ Amiral Pothuau in Le Mémorial diplomatique
  11. ↑ COURCEL, Alphonse CHODRON de Extract from the Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français, Jean Jolly
  12. ↑ "Foreign News: Cambon Dead". 9 June 1924 – via content.time.com.
  13. ↑ "Timeline of Ambassadors since 1941". France in the United Kingdom – La France au Royaume-Uni.
  14. ↑ "Biographie Jacques Viot Ambassadeur de France". www.whoswho.fr.
  15. ↑ "The French Mission – France ONU". onu.delegfrance.org.
  16. ↑ "Debrett's People of Today: Bernard Emié".
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