United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom

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The office of United States Ambassador (or Minister) to the United Kingdom (also known as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's) has traditionally been the highest position in the United States foreign service and has been held by various notable politicians, including five future presidents: John Adams, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and James Buchanan. The Ambassador works at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square and lives at Winfield House in Regent's Park.

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Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's, 1785-1811

from 1811 to the outbreak of the War of 1812, chargé d'affaires Jonathan Russell was the chief United States officer in London

John Quincy Adams (MA) 1815-1817
Richard Rush (PA) 1818-1825
Rufus King (NY) 1825-1826
Albert Gallatin (PA) 1826-1827
James Barbour (VA) 1828-1829
Louis McLane (DE) 1829-1831
Martin Van Buren (NY) 1831-1832
from 1832 to 1836, Aaron Vail, the American chargé d'affaires, acted as the chief American officer in London.
Andrew Stevenson (VA) 1836-1841
Edward Everett (MA) 1841-1845
Louis McLane (MD) 1845-1849
George Bancroft (NY) 1846-1849
Abbott Lawrence (MA) 1849-1852
Joseph R. Ingersoll (PA) 1852-1853
James Buchanan (PA) 1853-1856
George M. Dallas (PA) 1856-1861
Charles Francis Adams (MA) 1861-1868
Reverdy Johnson (MD) 1868-1869
John Lothrop Motley (MA) 1869-1870
Robert C. Schenck (OH) 1871-1876
Edwards Pierrepont (NY) 1876-1877
John Welsh (PA) 1877-1879
James Russell Lowell (MA) 1880-1885
Edward J. Phelps (VT) 1885-1889
Robert T. Lincoln (IL) 1889-1893

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