Talk:List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia

William Augustus Fawkener
I have tagged William Fawkener's entry in the list as dubious, because the ODNB biography of Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth clearly indicates that he was ambassador until 1800. Fawkener does not have a biography in it, but googling indicates that he did exist and may have been in Russia at the embassy at the time in question. This suggests that he may have been secretary to the legation (or such like) and charge d'affaires when Whitworth left. This matter needs to be resolved. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I have removed this tag. It looks to me as if Fawkener was sent on a short term (perhaps secret) mission, making him a special envoy, not an ambaasador.  He appears to have been a clerk to the Privy Council until at least 1797, but occasionally employed on diplomatic missions.  Peterkingiron (talk) 23:48, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Recent changes: WARNING
An editor who has not had the courtesy to log in so that the rest of can identify him/her has gone through this article changing the style of ambassadors etc to the final title that they held, which will frequently have been awarded AFTER they were ambassador, etc. This is TOTALLY inappropriate. The article should use the title by which the person was known while ambassador. This is the consistent practice with articles such as this. Though it will be a retrograde step, I will revert the recent changes wholesale unless the article is changed back so that the appropriate titles are used, not later ones. However, I would appreciate commetns before I do so. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:49, 10 September 2010 (UTC)