The British diplomatic mission in The Hague was established at 12 Hooge Westeinde in 1861, leased by minister
Sir Andrew Buchanan and functioned as both the offices and residence of the legation. The mission was elevated to embassy status in 1919. In 1979, the British ambassador
Sir Richard Sykes and a Dutch embassy employee, Karel Straub, were assassinated in an
Irish Republican Army attack outside the residence. Due to structural issues and maintenance costs, the embassy vacated Hooge Westeinde in 1984. A new ambassadorial residence was acquired at 1 Plein 1813, originally built in 1863 for Dutch finance minister
Agnites Vrolik, and it became the official residence later that year. == Gallery ==