Embassy of Mexico, London facts for kids
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| Location: | Mayfair, London |
| Address: | 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD |
| Ambassador: | Pending |
The Embassy of Mexico in London is the diplomatic mission of Mexico in the United Kingdom. Mexico also maintains a building at 8 Halkin Street in Belgravia which deals with Military, Naval and Commercial Affairs.
In 2011 a pro-Zapatista demonstration was held at the embassy, with the Mexican tricolour being replaced with the Zapatista flag.
Ambassador
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 | N/A | 26 December 1826 |
| Tomás Murphy | Chargé d'affaires | 26 December 1826 | N/A | 23 May 1827 |
| Vicente Rocafuerte | Chargé d'affaires | 19 July 1827 | N/A | 18 September 1829 |
| Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza | Chargé d'affaires | 4 June 1829 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 4 August 1915 |
| Juan Sánchez-Azcona y Díaz Covarrubias | Confidential agent | 4 August 1915 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 22 September 1922 |
| Alberto Mascareñas | Archivist | 22 September 1922 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | N/A | 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 | Present |
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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The building on Halkin Street
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