List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France
The British ambassador to France is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in France, and is the head of Britain's diplomatic mission in Paris. The official title is His Majesty's Ambassador to France.
Traditionally, the Embassy to France has been the most prestigious posting in the British foreign service, although in past centuries, diplomatic representation was lacking due to wars between the two countries and the Nazi occupation.
For the period before the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to France and List of ambassadors of Great Britain to France.
The Paris embassy also covers remotely the French overseas territories and Monaco.
Besides the embassy, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office maintains consulates in Bordeaux and Marseille in southern France.
British ambassadors and ministers to France
- 1801–1802: The Marquess Cornwallis, Plenipotentiary
- 1802–1803: The Lord Whitworth
- 1814–1815: The Duke of Wellington
- 1815–1824: Sir Charles Stuart
- 1824–1828: The Viscount Granville
- 1828–1830: The Lord Stuart de Rothesay
- 1830–1835: The Viscount Granville
- 1835: The Lord Cowley
- 1835–1841: The Earl Granville
- 1841–1846: The Lord Cowley
- 1846–1852: The Marquess of Normanby
- 1852–1867: The Earl Cowley
- 1867–1887: The Viscount Lyons
- 1887–1891: The Earl of Lytton
- 1891–1896: The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
- 1896–1905: Sir Edmund Monson
- 1905–1918: Sir Francis Bertie
- 1918–1920: The Earl of Derby
- 1920–1922: The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
- 1922–1928: The Marquess of Crewe
- 1928–1934: Sir William Tyrrell
- 1934–1937: Sir George Clerk
- 1937–1939: Sir Eric Phipps
- 1939–1940: Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell
- 1944–1948: Sir Alfred Duff Cooper,
- 1948–1954: Sir Oliver Harvey
- 1954–1960: Sir Gladwyn Jebb
- 1960–1965: Sir Pierson Dixon
- 1965–1968: Sir Patrick Reilly
- 1968–1972: Sir Christopher Soames
- 1972–1975: Sir Edward Tomkins
- 1975–1979: Sir Nicholas Henderson
- 1979–1982: Sir Reginald Hibbert
- 1982–1987: Sir John Fretwell
- 1987–1993: Sir Ewen Fergusson
- 1993–1996: Sir Christopher Mallaby
- 1996–2001: Sir Michael Jay
- 2001–2007: Sir John Holmes
- 2007–2012: Sir Peter Westmacott
- 2012–2015: Sir Peter Ricketts
- 2016–2016: Sir Julian King
- 2016–2021: Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep OBE
- 2021–2025: Dame Menna Rawlings
- 2025–:
Sir Thomas Drew