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The British Embassy, Washington D.C. (alternatively in the US, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.) is the British sovereign's diplomatic mission to the United States of America, representing the interests of the United Kingdom and British Government. It is located at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
In 1893, the British diplomatic mission in Washington was raised from a Legation to an Embassy, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, Minister since 1889, was appointed as the United Kingdom's first ambassador to the United States, with the title Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States.
The British ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. is located at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Embassy Row neighborhood. It was commissioned in 1925, and designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1928. An example of Queen Anne architecture, the residence is the only building Lutyens designed in North America.
Adults 16 years and older will have to pay an application fee of $130 for a passport book plus an acceptance fee of $35. Passport cards , specific for traveling the northern and southern U.S ...
Embassy Row [18] Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2109 E Street NW Foggy Bottom [19] Botswana: 1531-3 New Hampshire Avenue NW Dupont Circle [20] Brazil: 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW Embassy Row [21] Brunei: 3520 International Court NW North Cleveland Park [22] Bulgaria: 1621 22nd Street NW Embassy Row [23] Burkina Faso: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW ...
The following 175 countries maintain embassies in Washington, D.C. as their primary diplomatic missions to the United States. Entries marked with an asterisk (*) have chanceries (embassy buildings) located on or near a portion of Massachusetts Avenue known as Embassy Row.
A tale of two countries. Meghan Markle missed out on receiving U.K. citizenship after relocating to the United States in the wake of her royal exit. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Drama ...
In the early days of Washington, D.C., most diplomats and ambassadors lived on or around Lafayette Square. The first purpose-designed embassy building in Washington was the embassy of the United Kingdom on 1300 Connecticut Avenue, immediately south of Embassy Row, built in 1872 by Sir Edward Thornton on John Fraser's