Embassy of Mexico, London
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Location | Mayfair, London |
Address | 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD |
Coordinates | 51°30′46″N 0°08′37″W / 51.5129°N 0.1436°W |
Ambassador | Josefa González-Blanco [1] |
The Embassy of Mexico in London is the diplomatic mission of Mexico in the United Kingdom.[2] Mexico also maintains a building at 8 Halkin Street in Belgravia which serves as the Ambassador’s Official Residence.[2]
In 2011 a pro-Zapatista demonstration was held at the embassy, with the Mexican tricolour being replaced with the Zapatista flag.[3]
The embassy building in St George's Street, together with its neighbour, is Grade II listed.[4]
Ambassador
[edit]The Ambassador of Mexico to the Court of St James is the highest ranking diplomatic representative of the United Mexican States to the United Kingdom.
Name | Rank | Appointment | Credentials | End of mission |
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José Mariano Michelena | Confidential agent | 26 March 1824 | 27 June 1824 | 7 July 1825 |
Vicente Rocafuerte | Chargé d'affaires | 6 July 1825 | — | 26 December 1826 |
Tomás Murphy | Chargé d'affaires | 26 December 1826 | — | 23 May 1827 |
Vicente Rocafuerte | Chargé d'affaires | 19 July 1827 | — | 18 September 1829 |
Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza | Chargé d'affaires | 4 June 1829 | — | 25 August 1830 |
Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza | Envoy | 29 August 1830 | 10 November 1830 | 14 May 1833 |
José Máximo Garro | Envoy | 12 April 1833 | 28 August 1833 | 6 May 1835 |
Miguel Santa María | Envoy | 30 January 1835 | 24 June 1835 | 23 April 1837 |
Agustín de Iturbide y Huarte | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 27 August 1835 | — | 26 May 1838 |
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 26 May 1838 | 8 June 1838 | 27 October 1838 |
José Máximo Garro | Envoy | 17 August 1838 | 29 November 1838 | 27 July 1839 |
Tomás Murphy | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 28 May 1839 | 24 July 1839 | 2 October 1842 |
Tomás Murphy | Envoy | 2 October 1842 | 1 March 1843 | 28 August 1846 |
José María Mendoza | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 28 September 1846 | 21 December 1846 | 22 March 1847 |
José María Luis Mora | Envoy | 29 December 1846 | 28 March 1847 | 14 July 1850 |
José María Mendoza | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 14 July 1850 | — | 3 April 1851 |
Francisco Facio | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 26 July 1851 | 27 October 1851 | 9 July 1853 |
Joaquín María del Castillo y Lanzas | Envoy | 29 May 1853 | 8 August 1853 | 6 December 1855 |
José María González de la Vega | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 31 October 1855 | — | 13 December 1856 |
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte | Envoy | 28 April 1856 | 15 December 1856 | 9 August 1858 |
Tomás Murphy | Envoy | 25 May 1858 | 29 October 1858 | 28 January 1861[12] |
Francisco de Arrangoiz | Envoy | 5 August 1864 | 10 November 1864 | 4 August 1865 |
José María Durán | Envoy | 9 October 1865 | s/d | 1 January 1867 |
Ángel Núñez de Ortega | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 1 January 1867 | — | 25 April 1867 |
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte | Envoy | 10 February 1867 | 25 April 1867 | 21 May 1867 |
Ignacio Mariscal | Envoy | 29 May 1883 | 22 August 1883 | 6 August 1884 |
Ignacio Mariscal | Envoy | 4 October 1884 | 10 December 1884 | 20 December 1884 |
Pablo Martínez del Campo | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 18 December 1884 | 24 December 1884 | 13 May 1887 |
Francisco Zacarías Mena | Envoy | 8 November 1886 | 13 May 1887 | 29 June 1888 |
Pablo Martínez del Campo | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 29 June 1888 | — | 3 July 1892 |
Benito Gómez Farías | Envoy | 31 May 1892 | 26 November 1892 | 18 August 1893 |
Cayetano Romero | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 18 August 1893 | — | 20 November 1894 |
Manuel de Yturbe y del Villar | Envoy | 6 October 1894 | 20 November 1894 | 18 April 1899 |
Cayetano Romero | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 18 April 1899 | — | 2 March 1900 |
Sebastián Bernardo de Mier | Envoy | 18 October 1899 | 14 March 1900 | 21 June 1901 |
Cayetano Romero | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 5 June 1901 | — | 10 November 1901 |
Alfonso Lancaster Jones | Envoy | 23 October 1901 | 11 February 1902 | 25 May 1903 |
Pedro Rincón Gallardo y Terreros | Envoy | 23 April 1903 | 9 October 1903 | 17 April 1907 |
Miguel Covarrubias | Envoy | 15 May 1907 | 26 October 1907 | 5 June 1911 |
Miguel de Béistegui y Septién | Envoy | 15 June 1911 | 8 August 1911 | 31 May 1912 |
Miguel Covarrubias | Envoy | 12 April 1912 | 11 June 1912 | 7 March 1913 |
Bartolomé Carbajal y Rosas | Envoy | 27 February 1913 | 21 July 1913 | 17 September 1914 |
Miguel Covarrubias | Confidential agent | 28 February 1914 | — | 5 September 1914 |
Miguel Covarrubias | Chargé d'affaires | 5 September 1914 | 17 September 1914 | 13 January 1915 |
Isidro Fabela Alfaro | Confidential agent | 1 May 1915 | — | 4 August 1915 |
Juan Sánchez-Azcona y Díaz Covarrubias | Confidential agent | 4 August 1915 | — | 21 October 1915 |
Félix Fulgencio Palavicini | Confidential agent | 14 June 1920 | 22 July 1920 | 23 July 1920 |
Miguel Covarrubias | Envoy | 1 August 1920 | 23 October 1920 | 17 April 1921 |
Juan Francisco Urquidi | Archivist | 26 February 1921 | — | 22 September 1922 |
Alberto Mascareñas | Archivist | 22 September 1922 | — | 29 October 1924 |
Gilberto Valenzuela Galindo | Envoy | 23 September 1925 | 7 November 1925 | 15 January 1929 |
Leopoldo Ortiz Liebich | Envoy | 16 January 1929 | 26 March 1929 | 7 August 1932 |
Alberto Mascareñas | Envoy | 27 May 1932 | 23 July 1932 | 20 January 1934 |
Javier Sánchez Mejorada | Envoy | 20 January 1934 | 13 March 1934 | 31 December 1934 |
Leónides Andrew Almazán | Envoy | 1 January 1935 | 19 February 1935 | 3 December 1935 |
Narciso Bassols García | Envoy | 1 January 1936 | 13 March 1936 | 4 January 1937 |
Primo Villa Michel | Envoy | 1 February 1937 | 11 March 1937 | 1 November 1938 |
Gustavo Luders de Negri | Archivist | 13 May 1938 | — | 11 November 1941 |
José Maximiliano Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz | Envoy | 1 November 1941 | 22 January 1942 | 16 February 1944 |
José Maximiliano Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz | Ambassador | 16 February 1944 | 20 April 1944 | 20 October 1945 |
Federico Jiménez O'Farril | Ambassador | 1 November 1945 | 15 February 1946 | 4 October 1951 |
Francisco Asís de Icaza y León | Ambassador | 21 January 1952 | 11 March 1952 | 15 April 1955 |
Gustavo Luders de Negri | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 18 May 1955 | — | 16 July 1957 |
Pablo Campos Ortiz | Ambassador | 1 June 1957 | 24 July 1957 | 16 May 1960 |
Gustavo Luders de Negri | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 16 May 1960 | — | 22 December 1960 |
Antonio Armendariz Cárdenas | Ambassador | 1 September 1960 | 18 January 1961 | 6 February 1965 |
Eduardo Suárez Aranzolo | Ambassador | 1 March 1965 | 4 May 1965 | 4 September 1970 |
Vicente Sánchez Gavito | Ambassador | 12 August 1970 | 25 November 1970 | 25 July 1973 |
Hugo B. Margáin Gleason | Ambassador | 1 July 1973 | 7 August 1973 | 7 December 1976 |
Manuel Tello Macías | Ambassador | 29 December 1976 | 16 March 1977 | 15 June 1979 |
Héctor Cárdenas Rodríguez | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 20 June 1979 | — | 13 January 1980 |
José Juan de Olloqui y Labastida | Ambassador | 8 November 1979 | 21 February 1980 | 5 November 1982 |
Francisco Cuevas Cancino | Ambassador | 18 January 1983 | 1 February 1983 | 7 January 1986 |
Jorge Eduardo Navarrete López | Ambassador | 5 November 1985 | 14 February 1986 | 21 March 1989 |
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor | Ambassador | 17 January 1989 | 9 March 1989 | 1 March 1993 |
José Juan de Olloqui y Labastida | Ambassador | 23 July 1993 | 28 October 1993 | 31 December 1994 |
Andrés Rozental Gutman | Ambassador | 25 December 1994 | 4 May 1995 | 20 April 1997 |
Santiago Oñate Laborde | Ambassador | 4 April 1997 | 4 June 1997 | 20 February 2001 |
Alma Rosa Moreno Razo | Ambassador | 30 January 2001 | s/d | February 2004 |
Juan José Bremer | Ambassador | 8 January 2004 | 18 March 2004 | 30 November 2009 |
Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza | Ambassador | 10 November 2009 | 23 February 2010 | December 2012 |
Diego Antonio Gómez Pickering | Ambassador | 4 December 2013 | 13 May 2014[6] | 2016 |
Julián Ventura Valero | Ambassador | 7 March 2017[7] | 13 March 2017[8] | 15 December 2018 |
Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena | Ambassador | 23 April 2021[9] | 9 June 2021[10] |
Gallery
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The Embassy
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The Mexican flag and Coat of arms above the entrance
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Residence of the Mexican Ambassador in London
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NEW AMBASSADOR OF MEXICO TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND". 23 April 2021.
- ^ a b "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 7 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Mexican embassy flies Zapatista flag". 4 December 2011.
- ^ Historic England, "16 and 17 St George Street (1235637)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 24 August 2017
- ^ "Embajadores de México en el Reino Unido" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II receives ambassador of Mexico". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ "New Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
- ^ "Ambassador Julián Ventura". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "New Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". embamex.sre.gob.mx. 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Her Excellency Ms. Josefa Gonzalez-Blanco, as Ambassador from the United Mexican States". twitter.com/RoyalFamily. 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.