The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belgium is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Belgium, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Belgium. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Heads of Missions

Envoys Extraordinary to the Sovereign Duchess of Netherlands (1598- 1621)

Envoys Extraordinary to the General Governor of the Spanish Netherlands

Envoys Extraordinary at Brussels

  • 1701–1706: Apparently no representation at Brussels[3]
  • 1706–1707: George Stepney[3]
  • 1707–1712: John Lawes in charge 1707–1708; then HM Secretary at Brussels[3]
  • 1707–1711: Maj.-Gen. William Cadogan (also accredited at The Hague)[3]

Envoys to the Imperial Court at Brussels

The Austrian Netherlands were then conquered by France. After the Napoleonic War, they were part of the Netherlands, then briefly known as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands until the Belgian Revolution of 1830.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

See also

References

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  2. Toby Barnard, ‘Southwell, Sir Robert (1635–1702)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 10 April 2009
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 77–78.
  5. S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 76.
  7. "No. 23434". The London Gazette. 23 October 1868. p. 5555.
  8. "No. 25268". The London Gazette. 11 September 1883. p. 4449.
  9. "No. 25425". The London Gazette. 23 December 1884. p. 5919.
  10. "No. 26258". The London Gazette. 16 February 1892. p. 4.
  11. "No. 36811". The London Gazette. 24 November 1944. p. 5393.
  12. "No. 39406". The London Gazette. 11 December 1951. p. 6464.
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