page_title: List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities
hierarchical_section_title: List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom