The Duke of Wellington	1814-1815
Sir Charles Stuart	1815-1824
Viscount Granville	1824-1828
Lord Stuart de Rothesay	1828-1830
The Earl Granville, later Viscount Granville	1830-1835
Lord Cowley of Wellesley	1835-1835
The Earl Granville	1835-1841
Lord Cowley of Wellesley	1841-1846
The Marquess of Normanby	1846-1852
The Earl Cowley	1852-1867
Lord (Later Viscount) Lyons of Christchurch	1867-1887
The Earl of Lytton	1887-1891
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava	1891-1896
Sir Edmund Monson	1896-1905
Sir Francis (later Lord) Bertie of Thane  GCB,	1905-1918
The  Earl of Derby KG GCVO GCB	1918-1920
Lord Hardinge of Penshurst	1920-1922
The Marquess of Crewe  KG	1922-1928
Sir William (later Lord) Tyrrell  of Avon GCB GCMG KCVO	1928-1934
Sir George Clerk  GCMG CB	1934-1937
Sir Eric Phipps , GCMG, GCVO	1937-1939
Sir Ronald Campbell GCMG	1939-1940
Sir Alfred Duff Cooper  GCMG, DSO	1944-1947
Sir Oliver Harvey	1948-1954
Sir Gladwyn Jebb GCVO KCMG CB	1954-1960
Sir Pierson Dixon GCMG CB	1960-1965
Sir Patrick Reilly , GCMG	1965-1968
Mr (later Lord) Christopher Soames	1968-1972
Sir Edward Tomkins  GCMG, CVO	1972-1975
Sir Nicholas Henderson  GCMG, KCVO	1975-1979
Sir Reginald Hibbert  GCMG	1979-1982
Sir John Fretwell , GCMG	1982-1987
Sir Ewen Fergusson GCMG GCVO	1987-1992
Sir Christopher Mallaby  GCMG, GCVO	1993-1996
Mr (later Sir) Michael Jay, KCMG	1996-2001
Sir John Holmes, GCVO, KBE, CMG	2001-2007
Sir Peter Westmacott, KCMG, LVO	2007-

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