Ambassadors from England The first ambassador from England to the Ottoman Empire or Porte was appointed in 1583 under the reign of Elizabeth I. 1583-1588: William Harborne, merchant 1588-1598: Sir Edward Barton 1598-1606: Henry Lello 1606-1611: Sir Thomas Glover 1611-1620: Sir Paul Pindar 1621-1628: Sir Thomas Roe 1627-1641: Sir Peter Wyche 1641-1646: Sir Sackville Crowe 1647-1661: Sir Thomas Bendish 1660-1667: Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1668-1672: Sir Daniel Harvey 1672-1681: Sir John Finch 1681-1687: James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos 1687-1691: Sir William Trumbull 1691: Sir William Hussey 1691: Sir William Harbord appointed but died en route to Constantinople 1692-1701: William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 1698 James Rushout appointed but died before he could travel to Constantinople Ambassadors from Great Britain 1700-1717: Sir Robert Sutton 1716-1718: Edward Wortley Montagu husband of writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1718-1730 Abraham Stanyan 1729-1737: George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull 1737-1746: Everard Fawkener (departed 1742) 1742-1747: Stanhope Aspinwall In charge of affairs 1747-1762: Sir James Porter 1761-1764: Henry Grenville July–November 1765: Robert Colebrooke 1765-1775: John Murray 1775-1793: Sir Robert Ainslie 1793-1796: Sir Robert Liston 1796 - Francis James Jackson 1796-1799: John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary Ambassadors from the United Kingdom 1799-1803: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin 1803 (Jan-May): Alexander Straton (minister plenipotentiary) 1803-1804: William Drummond 1804-1807: Charles Arbuthnot 1807-1809 Sir Arthur Paget 1808 and 1809: Sir Robert Adair special mission in 1808, Ambassador in 1809 1809-1812: Stratford Canning (chargé d'affaires in the absence of an ambassador during the Napoleonic Wars) 1812-1820: Sir Robert Liston (his second term) March–August 1820 Bartholomew Frere - minister plenipotentiary 1820-1824: Percy Clinton, Viscount Strangford 1824-1825: William Turner - minister plenipotentiary 1825-1827: Stratford Canning (again) 1827-1832: (British Embassy was withdrawn following the Battle of Navarino), during this period Sir Robert Gordon was envoy extraordinary and John Hobart Caradoc led a special mission to Greece and Egypt. Canning returned for a period in 1831-32 for the conferences to determine the borders of Greece, with John Henry Mandeville as minister-plenipotentiary. 1832-1841: John, Lord Ponsonby Mar-Oct 1841: Charles Bankhead minister-plenipotentiary 1841-1858: Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe (again) with Henry Richard Charles Wellesley as minister-plenipotentiary in 1845 1858-1865: Sir Henry Bulwer 1865-1867: Richard Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons 1867-1877: Sir Henry Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 1877-1880: Sir Henry Layard May 1880: George Joachim Goschen (special ambassador) 1881-1884: Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin 1884-1886: Sir Edward Thornton 1886-1891: Sir William White 1891-1893: Sir Clare Ford