The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Luxembourg. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
From 1815 to 1890 the King of the Netherlands was also Grand Duke of Luxembourg in personal union, so the British envoy at The Hague was also envoy to Luxembourg. After the personal union was broken in 1890 the British envoy at The Hague continued to be concurrently accredited to Luxembourg until 1922. The Ambassador to Belgium was responsible for Luxembourg from 1922 until 1940, when Luxembourg was overrun by Nazi Germany. Upon liberation of Luxembourg in 1944 a chargé d'affaires was briefly resident in Luxembourg, followed by a resident military mission with diplomatic responsibility reverting to Brussels; but a resident head of mission was soon restored, in 1949. Geoffrey Alchin held the title of Minister until he was upgraded to Ambassador in 1955; since then the heads of mission have been Ambassadors.
List of heads of mission
edit| Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | British Monarch | Luxembourgish Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel Watson (chargé d'affaires) | 1944 | 1945 | King George VI | Grand Duchess Charlotte |
| Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen[1] | 1944 | 1947 | ||
| Geoffrey Alchin | 1949 | 1955 | ||
| Malcolm Henderson[2] | 1955 | 1957 | Queen Elizabeth II | |
| Harold Freese-Pennefather | 1957 | 1961 | ||
| Geoffrey Aldington | 1961 | 1966 | ||
| Dugald Malcolm | 1966 | 1970 | Grand Duke Jean | |
| John Roper | 1970 | 1975 | ||
| Sir Antony Acland | 1975 | 1977 | ||
| Lord Wright of Richmond | 1977 | 1979 | ||
| Jeremy Thomas | 1979 | 1982 | ||
| Sir Humphrey Maud | 1982 | 1985 | ||
| Oliver Miles | 1985 | 1988 | ||
| Juliet Campbell | 1988 | 1991 | ||
| Sir Michael Pakenham | 1991 | 1994 | ||
| Nick Elam | 1994 | 1998 | ||
| Sir William Ehrman | 1998 | 2000 | ||
| Gordon Wetherell | 2000 | 2004 | Grand Duke Henri | |
| James Clark | 2004 | 2007 | ||
| Peter Bateman | 2007 | 2011 | ||
| Alice Walpole | 2011 | 2016 | ||
| John Marshall | 2016 | 2021 | ||
| Fleur Thomas[3] | 2021 |
References
edit- ^ "No. 36811". The London Gazette. 24 November 1944. p. 5393.
- ^ "No. 40660". The London Gazette. 20 December 1955. p. 7154.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Luxembourg: Fleur Thomas". gov.uk.
External links
edit- UK and Luxembourg, gov.uk
- Previous Ambassadors to Luxembourg (1955–2007) at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 September 2008)