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François Gérard, 1814. Painted while Wellington was serving as ambassador. :
There was no representation of Great Britain or the United Kingdom in France from 1792 to 1801, due to the French Revolutionary Wars • 1801–1802:
The Marquess Cornwallis,
Plenipotentiary • 1802–1803:
The Lord Whitworth :
No representation from 1803 to 1814, due to the Napoleonic Wars :*1806:
Francis Seymour-Conway, Earl of Yarmouth and
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale,
Plenipotentiaries • 1905–1918: Sir
Francis Bertie • 1918–1920:
The Earl of Derby • 1920–1922:
The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst • 1922–1928:
The Marquess of Crewe • 1928–1934: Sir
William Tyrrell • 1934–1937: Sir
George Clerk • 1937–1939: Sir
Eric Phipps • 1939–1940: Sir
Ronald Hugh Campbell :
No representation from 1940 to 1944, due to the German occupation of France during the Second World War • 1944–1948: Sir
Alfred Duff Cooper, (previously Representative to the Free French in Algiers from 1943) • 1948–1954: Sir
Oliver Harvey • 1954–1960: Sir
Gladwyn Jebb • 1960–1965: Sir
Pierson Dixon • 1965–1968: Sir
Patrick Reilly • 1968–1972: Sir
Christopher Soames • 1972–1975: Sir
Edward Tomkins • 1975–1979: Sir
Nicholas Henderson • 1979–1982: Sir
Reginald Hibbert • 1982–1987: Sir
John Fretwell • 1987–1993: Sir
Ewen Fergusson • 1993–1996: Sir
Christopher Mallaby • 1996–2001: Sir
Michael Jay • 2001–2007: Sir
John Holmes • 2007–2012: Sir
Peter Westmacott • 2012–2015: Sir
Peter Ricketts • 2016–2016: Sir
Julian King • 2016–2021:
Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep OBE • 2021–2025:
Dame Menna Rawlings • 2025–: Sir
Thomas Drew ==See also==