List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Netherlands, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in the Netherlands. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Since the formation in 1997 of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which is located in The Hague, the British Ambassador to the Netherlands has also been the UK's Permanent Representative to the OPCW, assisted by a Chemical Weapons team at the Embassy.
Besides the embassy in The Hague, the UK also maintains a consulate general in Amsterdam.List of heads of mission
No representation due to the Third Anglo-Dutch War 1672–1674
Chargé d'Affaires'' 1679–1681: Henry SidneyEnvoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces
1681–1682: Thomas Plott Agent 1681–1685: Thomas Chudleigh 1685–1686: Bevil Skelton Ambassador 1686–1688: Ignatius WhiteAmbassadors to the United Provinces
1689: Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke 1689–1695: Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley Envoy Extraordinary* 1690: William Harbord 1695–1697: Edward Villiers, 1st Viscount Villiers 1697–1699: Sir Joseph Williamson 1700–1706: Alexander Stanhope Envoy Extraordinary* 1701 and 1702–1712: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough* 1706–1712: James Dayrolle Resident 1706–1707: George Stepney Envoy Extraordinary 1707–1709: William Cadogan Envoy Extraordinary 1709–1711: Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 1711: Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery Envoy Extraordinary 1711–1714: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1714–1720 William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan Envoy Extraordinary until 1716 then Ambassador* Jan – Apr 1715 and Oct 1715–Oct 1716: Horatio Walpole* 1717: William Leathes seconded as Resident from his post in Brussels* 1717–1721: Charles Whitworth Envoy Extraordinary 1717; then Minister Plenipotentiary * 1717–1739: James Dayrolle ResidentEnvoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces
May-Jul 1722: Horatio Walpole Minister Plenipotentiary 1724–1728: William Finch Envoy Extraordinary 1728–1732: Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Ambassador 1733–1734: William Finch Minister Plenipotentiary 1734–1739: Horatio Walpole Minister 1734; then Envoy Extraordinary 1736–1746: Robert Trevor * 1742–1743: John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair Ambassador* 1745: Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield 1746–1749: John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich Minister Plenipotentiary* 1747–1752: Solomon Dayrolle Resident 1749–1751: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness Minister Plenipotentiary 1751–1780: Joseph Yorke Minister Plenipotentiary until 1761 then AmbassadorNo representation due to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War 1780–1784
Minister Plenipotentiary until 1788; then Ambassador 1789–1790: Alleyne Fitzherbert Envoy Extraordinary 1790–1793: William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland * 1790–1793: Lord Henry John Spencer Secretary, but Minister ad interim 1791–1792 and 1793 1793–1794: Hon. William Eliot Minister ad interim 1794–1795: Alleyne FitzHerbertDiplomatic Relations suspended 1795–1802''Diplomatic Relations suspended 1803–1813Under the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, the northern and southern Netherlands were united into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The United Kingdom of the Netherlands was dissolved by the secession of the Southern Netherlands in the Belgian RevolutionEnvoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands
