James Cope (UK politician)
| Resident and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities Britischer Resident und bevollmächtigter Minister bei den Hansestädten |
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| Residence | English Court, Gröningerstraße, Altstadt, Hamburg |
| Inaugural holder | Richard Clough |
| Formation | 1567 (to Hamburg) 1611 (to Hanseatic Republics) 1813 (to Hanseatic Republics) |
| Final holder | John Ward |
| Abolished | 1578–1611 (Staple War) 1806–1813 (Napoleonic Wars) 1871 (German Unification) |
The United Kingdom had a diplomatic representative to the three sovereign Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck until German unification in 1871. The envoy was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony. He was usually resident at Hamburg, which had long been an important port for British trade, and the staple port of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London.
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