Chiefs of Mission for United Kingdom

Chiefs of Mission

• John Adams (1735–1826)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, June 1, 1785–February 20, 1788
• Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1792–July 27, 1796
• Rufus King (1755–1827)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1796–May 16, 1803
• James Monroe (1758–1831)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1803–October 7, 1807
• William Pinkney (1764–1822)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, April 27, 1808–May 7, 1811
• Jonathan Russell (1771–1832)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, November 15, 1811–June 18, 1812
• John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1815–May 14, 1817
• Richard Rush (1780–1859)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 12, 1818–April 27, 1825
• Rufus King (1755–1827)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 11, 1825–June 16, 1826
• Albert Gallatin (1761–1849)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 1, 1826–October 4, 1827
• James Barbour (1775–1842)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1828–October 1, 1829
• Louis McLane (1786–1857)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 12, 1829–June 13, 1831
• Martin Van Buren (1782–1862)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1831–March 19, 1832
• Aaron Vail (1796–1878)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, July 13, 1832–July 13, 1836
• Andrew Stevenson (1784–1857)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 13, 1836–October 21, 1841
• Edward Everett (1794–1865)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1841–August 8, 1845
• Louis McLane (1786–1857)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 8, 1845–August 18, 1849
• George Bancroft (1800–1891)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 12, 1846–August 31, 1849
• Abbott Lawrence (1792–1855)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 20, 1849–October 12, 1852
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786–1868)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1852–August 23, 1853
• James Buchanan (1791–1868)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1853–March 15, 1856
• George Mifflin Dallas (1792–1864)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 4, 1856–May 16, 1861
• Charles Francis Adams (1807–1886)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 16, 1861–May 13, 1868
• Reverdy Johnson (1796–1876)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1868–May 13, 1869
• John Lothrop Motley (1814–1877)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 18, 1869–December 6, 1870
• Robert Cumming Schenck (1809–1890)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 23, 1871–March 3, 1876
• Edwards Pierrepont (1817–1892)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 11, 1876–December 22, 1877
• John Welsh (1805–1886)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1877–August 14, 1879
• James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 11, 1880–May 19, 1885
• Edward John Phelps (1822–1900)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 19, 1885–January 31, 1889
• Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 25, 1889–May 4, 1893
• Thomas Francis Bayard (1828–1898)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1893–March 17, 1897
• John Milton Hay (1838–1905)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 3, 1897–September 12, 1898
• Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 6, 1899–May 23, 1905
• Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 5, 1905–December 15, 1912
• Walter Hines Page (1855–1918)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 30, 1913–October 3, 1918
• John William Davis (1873–1955)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1918–March 9, 1921
• George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864–1928)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 12, 1921–November 3, 1923
• Frank Billings Kellogg (1856–1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1924–February 10, 1925
• Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 1925–March 28, 1929
• Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 15, 1929–December 30, 1931
• Andrew William Mellon (1855–1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 1932–March 17, 1933
• Robert Worth Bingham (1871–1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1933–November 19, 1937
• Joseph Patrick Kennedy (1888–1969)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 8, 1938–October 22, 1940
• John Gilbert Winant (1889–1947)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 1, 1941–April 10, 1946
• William Averell Harriman (1891–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 30, 1946–October 1, 1946
• Lewis Williams Douglas (1894–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 25, 1947–November 16, 1950
• Walter Sherman Gifford (1885–1966)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 21, 1950–January 23, 1953
• Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 20, 1953–February 1, 1957
• John Hay Whitney (1904–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 28, 1957–January 14, 1961
• David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 17, 1961–March 20, 1969
• Walter H. Annenberg (1908–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1969–October 30, 1974
• Elliot Lee Richardson (1920–1999)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 21, 1975–January 16, 1976
• Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 17, 1976–March 3, 1977
• Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 3, 1977–February 23, 1981
• John J. Louis Jr. (1925–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 27, 1981–November 7, 1983
• Charles H. Price II (1931–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1983–February 28, 1989
• Henry Edward Catto Jr. (1930–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 17, 1989–March 13, 1991
• Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 25, 1991–May 10, 1994
• William J. Crowe Jr. (1925–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 2, 1994–September 20, 1997
• Philip Lader (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1997–February 28, 2001
• William S. Farish (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 1, 2001–June 11, 2004
• Robert H. Tuttle (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 2005–February 6, 2009
• Louis B. Susman (1937–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 2009–April 3, 2013
• Matthew Winthrop Barzun (1970–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2013–January 18, 2017
• Robert Wood Johnson IV (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 2017–

Other Nominees

• Andrew Stevenson (1784–1857)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nomination of May 20, 1834, rejected by the Senate.
• Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned to London; declined appointment.
• George Brinton McClellan (1826–1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823–1877)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Commissioned to London; declined appointment.
• Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• Oliver Maxwell Gardner (1882–1947)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but died in the United States before proceeding to post. A commission signed by the President during a recess of the Senate, which had not yet been dated and attested, was returned to the President by the Acting Secretary on December 6, 1946, Gardner having declined a recess appointment. Recommissioned on January 13, 1947.
• Walter Sherman Gifford (1885–1966)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Did not serve under this appointment.