Ambassador of Great Britain to France L'Ambassadeur britannique en France | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Paris |
Appointer | The monarch |
Inaugural holder | Charles Townshend, Viscount Townshend First Ambassador of Great Britain to France (Plenipotentiary) |
Final holder | James Harris, Baron Malmesbury Last Ambassador of Great Britain to France (Plenipotentiary) |
The ambassador of Great Britain to France (French: L'Ambassadeur britannique en France) was the foremost diplomatic representative in France of the Kingdom of Great Britain, created by the Treaty of Union in 1707, in charge of the British diplomatic mission in France.
Traditionally, the embassy to France was the most prestigious posting in the English and later British foreign services, although in the eighteenth century there was sometimes no diplomatic representation between the two countries, due to the wars between them.
For ambassadors to France before 1707, see the list of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to France.
For ambassadors to France after 1800, see the list of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to France.