British Ambassador
to the Federal Republic of Germany
Britische Botschafterin in Deutschland
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Jill Gallard
CMG CVO
since November 2020
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Embassy, Berlin
StyleHer Excellency
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
SeatBerlin, Germany
AppointerThe Crown
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderHon. Frederick Lamb
Formation1824
WebsiteBritish Embassy - Berlin

The British ambassador to Germany is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Germany. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.

History

On German unification in 1871 the British ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia/North German Confederation in Berlin became the ambassador to the new German Empire. During the partition of Germany following World War II the Ambassador to the new Federal Republic (or West Germany) resided in Bonn, the capital, from 1952. Berlin once more became the capital at reunification in 1990 and the ambassador returned to Berlin in a new Embassy building, on the exact site of its predecessor in the Wilhelmstrasse, in 2000.

This article also includes the following predecessors:

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German Confederation

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German Confederation dissolved 1866

North German Confederation

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North German Confederation becomes German Empire 1870-71

German Empire

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No representation 1914–1919 due to World War I—US diplomats mainly took care of duties during this time

Weimar Republic

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Third Reich

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World War II and after

West Germany

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East Germany

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Germany

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

References

  1. ^ "No. 17993". The London Gazette. 17 January 1824. p. 848.
  2. ^ a b c d S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
  3. ^ "No. 18443". The London Gazette. 15 February 1828. p. 314.
  4. ^ "No. 18598". The London Gazette. 31 July 1829. p. 1438.
  5. ^ "No. 18741". The London Gazette. 5 November 1830. p. 2312.
  6. ^ "No. 19608". The London Gazette. 17 April 1838. p. 913.
  7. ^ "No. 19683". The London Gazette. 7 December 1838. p. 2842.
  8. ^ "No. 19836". The London Gazette. 17 March 1840. p. 663.
  9. ^ "No. 21219". The London Gazette. 17 June 1851. p. 1577.
  10. ^ "No. 21291". The London Gazette. 17 February 1852. p. 449.
  11. ^ "No. 23366". The London Gazette. 31 March 1868. p. 1976.
  12. ^ "No. 25403". The London Gazette. 10 October 1884. p. 4411.
  13. ^ "No. 26679". The London Gazette. 12 November 1895. p. 6099.
  14. ^ "No. 28196". The London Gazette. 13 November 1908. p. 8275.
  15. ^ Sir Sebastian Wood KCMG, British Ambassador to Germany, gov.uk
  16. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Germany: November 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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