British ambassador to Spain

His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain
His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; Alexander Ellis; since 2024
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Foreign Secretary
Residence	Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid
Appointer	King Charles III
Term length	No term fixed
Inaugural holder	John Stile ; First Resident Ambassador to Spain
Formation	1505 ; Resident Ambassador
Website	UK and Spain

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

The British ambassador to Spain is also non-resident ambassador to the Principality of Andorra.

In 1822, Foreign Secretary George Canning downgraded the Embassy to a Mission, and the Head of Mission from an Ambassador to an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, to reflect Spain's decreased importance on the world stage. The Mission in Madrid was upgraded to a full Embassy once more on 9 December 1887.^[1]

List of heads of mission

The following is a partial list of British ambassadors to Spain.

Titles of the heads of mission:

From 1509 to 1683: Ambassador
From 1683 to 1710: Envoy Extraordinary
From 1711 to 1821: Ambassador
From 1822 to 1887: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Since 1887: Ambassador

Appointed/accreditation	Incumbent	Monarch	Envoy to	Left office
1505	John Stile^[2]	Henry VIII of England	Ferdinand II of Aragon	16 June 1518
3 June 1512	William Knight^[3]	Henry VIII of England	Ferdinand II of Aragon	1 September 1513
15 July 1517	Sir Thomas Spinelly^[4]	Henry VIII of England	Charles I of Spain	1522
28 February 1518	John Kite^[5] John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners^[6]	Henry VIII of England	Charles I of Spain	1 March 1519
1533	Richard Pate	Henry VIII of England	Charles I of Spain	1537
1537	Sir Thomas Wyatt^[7]	Henry VIII of England	Charles I of Spain	1539
12 March 1554	John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex	Mary I of England	Philip II of Spain	20 July 1554
12 January 1560	Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	24 June 1560
24 June 1560	Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu Sir Thomas Chamberlain^[8]	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	24 June 1562
30 September 1561	Thomas Chaloner	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	15 May 1565
5 March 1565	William Phayre	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	4 April 1566
12 January 1566	John Man^[9]	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	5 October 1568
18 November 1576	Sir John Smith^[10]^[11]	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	28 July 1577
December 1577	Thomas Wilkes^[12]	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	February 1578
May 1579	Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain
January 1583	William Wade	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain	August 1584
1584	Thomas Wilson	Elizabeth I of England	Philip II of Spain
2 March 1605	Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain	4 July 1577
1605	Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain
1605	Charles Cornwallis^[13]	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain	1609
1608	John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain
1609	Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington^[14]	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain	1611
1609	Peter Wyche	James VI and I	Philip IV of Spain	1611
1616	William Cecil, 17th Baron de Ros	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain
1617	John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol^[15]	James VI and I	Philip IV of Spain	1618
1617	John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain
1618	Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar	James VI and I	Philip III of Spain
1622	Mr. Hole	James VI and I	Philip IV of Spain
1622	Simon Digby (fl. 1620–1640s)	James VI and I	Philip IV of Spain	1640
1622	John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol	James VI and I	Philip IV of Spain
1623	Endymion Porter	James VI and I	Philip IV of Spain
1624	Stephen Gardiner	James VI and I	Philip IV of Spain
1 March 1625	Peter Wyche	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	30 April 1626
11 August 1628	Endymion Porter	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	5 January 1629
1 July 1629	Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	20 April 1631
18 December 1630	Arthur Hopton	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	23 April 1636
13 July 1634	John Taylor	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	24 May 1635
26 December 1634	Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	31 July 1638
April 1638	Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	10 June 1638
21 March 1638	Arthur Hopton	Charles I of England	Philip IV of Spain	December 1645
25 January 1650	Anthony Ascham	English Council of State	Philip IV of Spain	27 May 1650
27 May 1650	George Fisher	English Council of State	Philip IV of Spain	26 September 1651
1654	Anglo-Spanish War (1654-1660)	English Council of State	Philip IV of Spain	1660
20 February 1666	Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	11 October 1668
26 February 1666	Robert Southwell	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	22 June 1666
10 July 1668	Sir John Werden, 1st Baronet	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	10 June 1668
10 July 1668	William Godolphin	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	10 June 1668
21 November 1671	Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	20 May 1672
29 June 1677	Ignatius White	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	October 1677
12 June 1679	Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet^[16]	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	27 March 1683
10 December 1682	Peter Lefett	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	16 November 1685
13 May 1685	Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath	Charles II of England	Charles II of Spain	December 1688
13 May 1685	John Stafford	James II of England	Charles II of Spain	December 1688
May 1689	Viscount Dursley	Mary II of England	Charles II of Spain	August 1689
1689	Alexander Stanhope^[17]	Mary II of England	Charles II of Spain	1699
1699	Francis Schonenberg^[18]	William III of England	Charles II of Spain	1702
1702	War of the Spanish Succession	William III of England	Philip V of Spain	1702
1705	Mitford Crowe^[19]	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1706
1705	Paul Methuen	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1706
1706	Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (joint envoys)^[20]^[21]	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	Charles III of Hungary	{1707 {1710
1711	John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll^[22]	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	Charles III of Hungary	1712
1712	Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton^[23]	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1713
1713	Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley^[24]	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1714
1714	Paul Methuen	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1715
1715	George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe	George I of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1717
1717	John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd	George I of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1718
1718	War of the Quadruple Alliance	George I of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1720
1720	Luke Schaub	George I of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1720
1720	William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington	George I of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1727
1727	Anglo-Spanish War (1727–29)	George I of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain
1729	Benjamin Keene	George II of Great Britain	Philip V of Spain	1739 Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=British_ambassador_to_Spain Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk \| www.biologia.sk \| www.botanika.sk \| www.dejiny.sk \| www.economy.sk \| www.elektrotechnika.sk \| www.estetika.sk \| www.farmakologia.sk \| www.filozofia.sk \| Fyzika \| www.futurologia.sk \| www.genetika.sk \| www.chemia.sk \| www.lingvistika.sk \| www.politologia.sk \| www.psychologia.sk \| www.sexuologia.sk \| www.sociologia.sk \| www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

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His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Alexander Ellis since 2024
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Foreign Secretary
Residence	Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid
Appointer	King Charles III
Term length	No term fixed
Inaugural holder	John Stile First Resident Ambassador to Spain
Formation	1505 Resident Ambassador
Website	UK and Spain