Thomasine Toby of Harwich Trinity Trinity Bear Triumph Unicorn White Hind William and John William and Ralph William and Thomas William Fortune Governors 1581–1592 Sir Edward Osborne (nominated in first & second charters) 1592–1592 Richard Staper 1600–1600 Sir Thomas Smith (nominated in third charter) 1605–1623 Sir Thomas Lowe (nominated in fourth charter) 1623–1634 Sir Hugh Hammersley 1634–1643 Sir Henry Garraway 1643–1653 Isaac Penington 1654–1672 Sir Andrew Riccard 1672–1673 John Jolliffe 1673–1695 The Earl of Berkeley 1696–1709 Sir William Trumbull 1710–1718 The Lord Onslow 1718–1735 The Earl of Carnavon 1736–1766 The Earl De La Warr 1766–1772 The Earl of Shaftsbury 1772–1776 The Earl of Radnor 1776–1792 The Earl of Guilford 1792–1799 The Duke of Leeds 1799–1821 The Lord Grenville The British government took over the Company in 1821 until its dissolution in 1825. The ambassadors at Constantinople 1582–1588 William Harborne 1588–1597 Edward Barton 1597–1607 Henry Lello 1606–1611 Sir Thomas Glover 1611–1620 Paul Pindar 1619–1621 Sir John Eyre (or Ayres) 1621–1622 John Chapman (agent) 1621–1628 Sir Thomas Roe 1627–1638 Sir Peter Wyche 1633–1647 Sir Sackville Crowe 1647–1661 Sir Thomas Bendysh Richard Salway (never sent out) Richard Lawrence (agent only) 1668–1672 Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchilsea 1668–1672 Sir Daniel Harvey 1672–1681 Sir John Finch 1680–1687 James, Lord Chandos 1684–1686 Sir William Soames 1686–1691 Sir William Trumbull 1690–1691 Sir William Hussey Thomas Coke (chargé d'affaires only) 1691–1692 William Harbord 1692–1702 William, Lord Paget Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet (nominated only) George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley (nominated only) 1700–1717 Sir Robert Sutton 1716–1718 Edward Wortley-Montagu 1717–1730 Abraham Stanyan 1729–1736 George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull 1735–1746 Sir Everard Fawkener Stanhope Aspinwall (chargé d'affaires only) 1746–1762 James Porter 1761–1765 Henry Grenville William Kinloch (chargé d'affaires only) 1765–1775 John Murray Anthony Hayes (Chargé d'affaires only) 1775–1794 Sir Robert Ainslie 1794–1795 Robert Liston Spencer Smith (Chargé d'affaires) Francis James Jackson (never took up appointment) 1799–1803 Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin Alexander Straton (Chargé d'affaires) 1803–1804 William Drummond 1804–1807 Charles Arbuthnot 1809–1810 Robert Adair 1810–1812 Stratford Canning Minister Plenipotentiary 1812–1820 Robert Liston 1820–1824 Percy Clinton, 6th Viscount Strangford. Consuls At Smyrna 1611–1624 William Markham 1624–1630 William Salter 1630–1633 Lawrence Green 1633–1634 James Higgins 1634–1635 John Freeman 1635–1638 Edward Bernard 1638–1643 Edward Stringer 1644–1649 John Wilde 1649–1657 Spencer Bretton 1659–1660 William Prideaux 1660–1661 Richard Baker 1661–1667 William Cave 1667–1677 Paul Rycaut 1677–1703 William Raye 1703–1716 William Sherrard 1716–1722 John Cooke 1722–1723 George Boddington 1733–1741 Francis Williams 1741–1742 Thomas