the lease of the building in Grosvenor Square, blaming the administration of his predecessor, Barack Obama, for making what he referred to as a "bad deal". However, the decision to move the embassy was made before the Obama administration. On 7 June 2020, thousands of protesters marched on the embassy as part of a worldwide anti-racism demonstration following the murder of George Floyd. Mission leaders Ambassador Jane Hartley was sworn in as the current United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom on 27 May 2022. Winfield House in Regent's Park has been the official residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom since 1955. Other diplomatic staff Deputy Chief of Mission, Yael Lempert Belfast Consul General, Elizabeth Trudeau Edinburgh Principal Officer, Ellen Wong Embassy sections Consular Section American Citizen Services Visa Services United States Commercial Service Liaison Office to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Defense Attaché Foreign Agricultural Service U.S. Customs and Border Protection Public Affairs Office of Defense Cooperation Department of Homeland Security (Immigration) There are also American consulates general in Belfast and Edinburgh, a Welsh Affairs Office in Cardiff, and a contact centre in Glasgow. Previous embassy chancery locations Great Cumberland Place Piccadilly 98 Portland Place (1863–1866) 123 Victoria Street in Westminster (1883–1893) (1893–1912) 4 Grosvenor Gardens (1912–1938) 1 Grosvenor Square (1938–1960) London Chancery Building in Grosvenor Square (1960–2018) See also United Kingdom–United States relations United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Winfield House – the official residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom References External links Embassy of the United States – London Building the new Embassy of the United States in Nine Elms US Commercial Service at the US Embassy, London BBC News – "1968: Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent" Former Embassy of the United States building at 30 Grosvenor Square London United States Government buildings completed in 1960 Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster United Kingdom–United States relations Eero Saarinen structures Modernist architecture in London United States Government buildings completed in 2017 Nine Elms