The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Austria, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Vienna. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Austria.
For the ambassadors from the Court of St James's up to 1707, see the list of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to the Holy Roman Emperor and for the period 1707 to 1800, see the list of ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor.
Since 2006 the ambassador to Austria has also been the permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Vienna including the IAEA. Before 2006, this was a separate post.
List of heads of mission Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary at the Court of Vienna 1799–1801: Gilbert, Lord Minto 1801–1806: Sir Arthur Paget 1805: The Earl of Harrington (Extraordinary Mission) 1806–1807: Robert Adair
Plenipotentiaries at the Court of Vienna 1807: George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke 1807–1813: no ambassador due to Napoleonic Wars 1809: Benjamin Bathurst (Extraordinary Mission) 1813–1814: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria 1814–1823: Lord Stewart 1823–1831: Sir Henry Wellesley 1831–1841: Sir Frederick Lamb 1841–1846: Sir Robert Gordon 1846–1850: John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby"No. 20633". The London Gazette. 18 August 1846. p. 2992
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria 1851–1855: John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland"No. 21175". The London Gazette. 28 January 1851. p. 209 1855–1858: Sir George Hamilton Seymour"No. 21819". The London Gazette. 23 November 1855. p. 4440 1858–1860: Lord Augustus Loftus"No. 22121". The London Gazette. 2 April 1858. p. 1687
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria 1860–1867: John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield"No. 22451". The London Gazette. 22 November 1860. p. 4581
Ambassadors to Austria-Hungary 1867–1871: John Bloomfield, 2nd Baron Bloomfield 1871–1877: Sir Andrew Buchanan 1877–1884: Sir Henry Elliot 1884–1893: Sir Augustus Paget 1893–1896: Sir Edmund Monson 1896–1900: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt. 1900–1905: Sir Francis Plunkett 1905–1908: Sir Edward Goschen 1908–1913: Sir Fairfax Cartwright 1913–1914: Sir Maurice de Bunsen 1914–1919: no representation due to First World War
High commissioners to Austria 1919–1920: Sir Francis Lindley
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to Austria 1920–1921: Sir Francis Lindley 1921–1928: Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston 1928–1933: Sir Eric Phipps 1933–1937: Sir Walford Selby 1937–1938: Michael Palairet 1938–1945: no representation due to Anschluss and Second World War
Political representatives in Austria 1945–1947: Sir Henry Mack
Ambassadors to Austria 1946–1948: Sir Henry Mack 1948–1949: Sir Bertrand Jerram 1949–1954: Sir Harold Caccia 1954–1958: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger 1958–1961: Sir James Bowker 1961–1965: Sir Malcolm Henderson 1965–1967: Sir John Pilcher 1967–1970: Sir Anthony Rumbold, Bt. 1970–1972: Sir Peter Wilkinson 1972–1976: Sir Denis Laskey 1976–1979: Hugh Travers Morgan 1979–1982: Donald Gordon 1982–1986: Michael Alexander 1986–1989: Robert O'Neill 1989–1992: Brian Crowe 1992–1996: Terence Wood 1996–2000: Sir Anthony Figgis 2000–2003: Antony Ford 2003–2007: John Macgregor 2007–2012: Simon Smith 2012–2016: Susan le Jeune d'AllegeershecqueChange of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Austria – Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 2 November 2011 2016–2021: Leigh TurnerLeigh Turner CMG, Ambassador Designate to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna, gov.uk
2021–: Lindsay Skoll See also Austria–United Kingdom relations List of ambassadors of Austria to the United Kingdom References J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851),
External links UK and Austria, gov.uk