GREAT BRITAIN.
| British Foreign Secretaries of State. |
Period of Office. |
British Ministers at Washington. |
Dates of Appointment. |
| Viscount Castlereagh |
| March 4,1812, to September 16, 1822 |
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|
Hon. C. Bagot |
July 31, 1815 |
| Sir S. Canning |
July 18, 1820 |
| Mr. Canning |
| September 16, 1822 to April 30, 1827 |
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|
Sir S. Canning |
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| C. R. Vaughn |
May 21, 1825 |
| Viscount Dudley and Ward |
April 30, 1827, to June 2, 1828 |
C. R. Vaughn |
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| Earl of Aberdeen |
June 2, 1828, to November 22, 1830 |
C. R. Vaughn |
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| Viscount Palmerston |
November 22, 1830, to November 15, 1834 |
C. R. Vaughn |
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| Duke of Wellington |
November 15, 1834, to April 18, 1835 |
C. R. Vaughn |
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| Viscount Palmerston |
April 18, 1835, to September 2, 1841 |
H. S. Fox |
Oct. 2, 1835 |
| Earl of Aberdeen |
| September 2, 1841, to July 6, 1846 |
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H. S. Fox |
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| Lord Ashburton, (special mission) |
Jan. 18, 1842 |
| R. Pakenham |
Dec. 14, 1843 |
| Viscount Palmerston |
| July 6, 1846 to December 27, 1852 |
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|
R. Pakenham |
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| Sir H. Bulwer |
Apr. 27, 1849 |
| Earl Granville |
| December 27, 1852, to February 28, 1852 |
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|
Sir H. Bulwer |
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| J. F. Crampton |
Jan. 19, 1852 |
| Earl of Malmesbury |
February 28 to December 28, 1852 |
J. F. Crampton |
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| Lord John Russell |
December 28, 1852, to February 21, 1853 |
J. F. Crampton |
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| Earl of Clarendon |
| February 21, 1803, to February 26, 1858 |
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|
J. F. Crampton |
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| Earl of Elgin, (special mission) |
May — 1854 |
| Vacant |
May 28, 1856 |
| Lord Napier |
Jan. 20, 1857 |
| Earl of Malmesbury |
February 26, 1858, to June 18, 1859 |
Lord Lyons |
Dec. 13, 1858 |
| Lord John Russell |
| June 18, 1859 to November 3, 1865 |
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|
Lord Lyons |
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| Sir F. Bruce |
Mar. 1, 1865 |
| Earl of Clarendon |
November 3, 1865, to July 6, 1866 |
Sir F. Bruce |
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| Lord Stanley |
| July 6, 1866 to December 9, 1868 |
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|
Sir F. Bruce |
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| Sir E. Thornton |
Dec. 6, 1867 |
| Earl of Clarendon |
December 9, 1868, to July 6, 1870 |
Sir E. Thornton |
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| Earl Granville |
July 6, 1870, to — |
Sir E. Thornton |
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| Presidents of the United States. |
Period of office. |
United States Secretaries of State. |
Period of office. |
United States Ministers in London. |
Period of appointment. |
| James Monroe |
March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1825 |
John Q. Adams |
| March 3, 1817, to March 8, 1825 |
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J. Q. Adams |
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December 22, 1817, to April, 1825. |
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| R. Rush |
| John Q. Adams |
March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829 |
Henry Clay |
| March 8, 1825, to March 6, 1829 |
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|
R. Rush |
August, 1825, to June, 1826.
August, 1826, to October, 1827.
December, 1827.
July, 1828, to September, 1829.
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| R. King. |
| A. Gallatin |
| W. B. Lawrence17 |
| J. Barbour |
| Andrew Jackson |
| March 4, 1829, to March 4, 1837 |
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M. Yan Buren |
| March 6, 1829, to 1831 |
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| 1831 to March 7, 1833. |
| March 7, 1833, to June 27, 1834 |
| June 27, 1834, to March 5, 1841 |
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| J. Barbour |
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| L. MacLane |
| M. Van Buren |
| A. Vail |
| A. Stevenson |
|
Sept. 21, 1829, to June 9, 1831.
September, 1831, to March, 1832.
March, 1832, to April, 1836.
April, 1836, to October, 1841.
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| E. Livingston |
| Louis MacLane |
| John Forsyth |
| Martin Van Buren |
March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1841 |
John Forsyth |
|
A. Stevenson |
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| W. H. Harrison |
March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841 |
Daniel Webster |
March 5, 1841, to May 9, 1843 |
A. Stevenson |
| J. Tyler |
| April 4, 1841 to March 4, 1845 |
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|
Daniel Webster |
| May 9 to June 24, 1843 |
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| June 24, 1843, to Feb. 29, 1844 |
| February 29 to March 6, 1844 |
| March 6, 1844, to March 5, 1845 |
|
E. Everett |
November, 1841, to August 4, 1845. |
| Hugh S. Legare |
| Abel P. Upshur |
| John Nelson, (acting). |
| John C. Calhoun |
| J. K. Polk |
March 4, 1845, to March 4, 1849 |
James Buchanan |
| March 5, 1845, to March 7, 1849 |
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L. MacLane |
August 5, 1845, to Aug. 15, 1846. |
| G. Bancroft |
November 2, 1846, to Aug. 31, 1849. |
| Z. Taylor |
March 4, 1849, to July 9, 1850 |
John M. Clayton |
| March 7, 1849, to July 20, 1850. |
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G. Bancroft |
October 10, 1849, to Sept. 25, 1852. |
| A. Lawrence |
| Millard Fillmore |
| July 9, 1850, to March 4, 1853 |
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Daniel Webster |
July 20 1850 to 1852 |
A. Lawrence |
October 4, 1852, to Aug. 20, 1853. |
| Edward Everett |
1852 to March 5, 1853 |
J. R. Ingersoll |
| F. Pierce |
March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857 |
W. L. Marcy |
| March 5, 1853, to March 4, 1857 |
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|
J. R. Ingersoll |
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| J. Buchanan |
August 22, 1853, to March 14, 1856. |
| J. Buchanan |
| March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861 |
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|
Lewis Cass |
March 4, 1857, to Dec. 18, 1860. |
G. M. Dallas |
March 17, 1856, to May 13, 1861. 28 |
| J S. Black |
Dec’ber 18, 1860, to Mar. 4, 1861 |
G. M. Dallas |
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| A. Lincoln |
March 4, 1861, to April 15, 1865 |
W. H. Seward |
March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1869 |
C. F. Adams |
May 14, 1861, to May 9, 1868. |
| Andrew Johnson |
April 15, 1865, to March 4, 1869 |
W. H. Seward |
|
C. F. Adams |
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| R. Johnson |
August 18, 1868, to May 12, 1869. |
| General Grant |
March 4, 1869, to — |
H. Fish |
|
R. Johnson |
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| J. L. Motley |
May 13, 1869, to June, 1871. |
| R. C. Schenck |
June 22, 1871. |
