On 4 June 1837, Heber C. Kimball was set apart to open a mission in England. Over the next few days Orson Hyde, Joseph Fielding, and Willard Richards were called to join him. The first missionaries to England arrived in Liverpool on 20 July 1837. The first branch in England was organized in Preston on 6 August 1837.
Beginning in 1854, the President of the British Mission also held the title of President of the European Mission, which meant that he supervised the presidents of the other missions in Europe. This changed in 1928 when the European Mission president no longer operated as the British Mission President.
The boundaries of the actual mission would fluctuate. When initially founded it had Ireland and Wales within its boundaries. Wales was its own mission from 1845 to 1864, and Ireland from 1854 to 1867. When both missions closed they were reabsorbed into the British Mission.
Formed in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
1837 June 4
Heber C. Kimball Departed from Home as Mission President
1837 June 13 – 1838 April 20
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Joseph Fielding Called as Mission President
1838 April – 1840 July
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Brigham Young Called as Mission President
1840 July – 1841 April 21
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Parley P. Pratt Called as Mission President
1841 April 21 – 1842 October 29
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Reuben Hedlock Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1843 September 30 – 1845 April 6
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Wilford Woodruff Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1845 January 3 – 1846 April 23
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Orson Hyde Departed from Home as Mission President
1846 July 31 – 1847 April 8
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Orson Spencer Called as Mission President
1847 February – 1848 August
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Orson Pratt Departed from Home as Mission President
1848 May 11 – 1851 October 4
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Franklin D. Richards Called as Mission President
1851 January 30 – 1852 May 8
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Samuel Whitney Richards Called as Mission President
1852 May 8 – 1854 August 26
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Franklin D. Richards Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1854 June 4 – 1856 July 26
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Orson Pratt Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1856 July 13 – 1857 October 14
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Samuel Whitney Richards Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1857 October 3 – 1858 May 8
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Asa Calkin Called as Mission President
1858 May – 1860 May
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Nathaniel Vary Jones Departed from Home as Mission President
1859 September 19 – 1860 August
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Charles C. Rich Set Apart as Mission President
1860 April 30 – 1862 September 16
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Amasa M. Lyman Departed from Home as Mission President
1860 April 30 – 1862 September 16
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George Q. Cannon Set Apart as Mission President
1860 September 23 – 1864 October 10
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Daniel Hanmer Wells Set Apart as Mission President
1864 April 24 – 1865
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Brigham Young, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1864 April 24 – 1867 June 29
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Franklin D. Richards Set Apart as Mission President
1866 August 12 – 1868 October 1
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Albert Carrington Set Apart as Mission President
1868 August 16 – 1870 June 15
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Horace Sunderlin Eldredge Set Apart as Mission President
1870 May 8 – 1871 July
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Albert Carrington Set Apart as Mission President
1871 April 10 – 1873 October 22
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George Washington Wilkins Set Apart as Mission President
1871 April 10 – 1872 September 26
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Joseph F. Smith Set Apart as Mission President
1873 November 28 – 1876 October 1
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Albert Carrington Set Apart as Mission President
1875 August 24 – 1877 May 30
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Joseph F. Smith Set Apart as Mission President
1877 April 25 – September 28
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William Budge Set Apart as Mission President
1878 June 13 – 1880 November 23
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Albert Carrington Set Apart as Mission President
1880 October 13 – 1882 November 25
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John Henry Smith Called as Mission President
1882 October 28 – 1885 January 24
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Moroni Llewellyn Pratt Set Apart as Mission President
1884 April 7 – 1886 May 22
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Daniel Hanmer Wells Called as Mission President
1884 December 23 – 1887 February
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George Teasdale Called as Mission President
1887 February – 1890 September 29
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Brigham Young, Jr. Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1890 September 4 – 1893 February 22
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Alfred Solomon Called as Mission President
1893 February 22 – June 13
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Anthon H. Lund Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1893 June 13 – 1896 July 23
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Rulon Seymour Wells Set Apart as Mission President
1896 June 24 – 1898 December 8
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Platte De Alton Lyman Set Apart as Mission President
1898 November 4 – 1901 June 24
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Francis M. Lyman Set Apart as Mission President
1901 April 18 – 1904 February 1
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Heber J. Grant Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1903 November 28 – 1906 December 5
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Charles William Penrose Set Apart as Mission President
1906 October 19 – 1910 June 21
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Josiah Henry Eardley Set Apart as Mission President
1907 December 24 – 1910 May 27
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Rudger Clawson Set Apart as Mission President
1910 May 16 – 1913 April 11
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Ezra Taft Benson Set Apart as Mission President
1911 February 21 – 1913 October 9
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Hyrum M. Smith Set Apart as Mission President
1913 September 10 – 1916 September 15
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George F. Richards Set Apart as Mission President
1916 August 5 – 1919 July 25
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George Albert Smith Set Apart as Mission President
1919 June 4 – 1921 July 8
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Orson F. Whitney Set Apart as Mission President
1921 May 19 – 1922 November 16
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David O. McKay Set Apart as Mission President
1922 November 3 – 1924 December 20
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James E. Talmage Set Apart as Mission President
1924 October 9 – 1928 January 5
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John A. Widtsoe Set Apart as Mission President
1927 November 21 – 1928 December 31
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August William Lund Set Apart as Mission President
1928 November 21 – 1932 February 21
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James Henry Douglas Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1932 January 13 – 1934 December 29
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Joseph J. Cannon Set Apart as Mission President
1934 November 26 – 1937 September 10
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Hugh B. Brown Set Apart as Mission President
1937 June 12 – 1940 January 28
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Hugh B. Brown Departed from Home as Mission President
1944 March 4 – 1946 May 7
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Clifton George Mercer Kerr Called as Mission President
1955 – 1958
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Media
British Mission Map 1837
Birmingham Conference, January 1899
British Mission headquarters, 1903
Group of missionaries of the British Mission, circa 1910.
Nottingham Conference, October 1890
European Mission Headquarters, circa 1880
Heber J. Grant and Missionaries in Britain
Smiths, Nibleys, and Grants
A Special District Meeting
Scottish Conference, December 1899
Newcastle Conference, May 1899
Convention of Mission and Conference Presidents
Conference Presidents' Convention
Manchester Conference, November 1911
Liverpool Conference, 1910
Norwich Conference, July 1891
Scottish Conference, 1898
Manchester Conference, April 1898
Presidents of British Mission Conferences
Mission Conference, 1930
Nottingham Conference, October 1899
The LDS Chapel of 1899, Lowestoft
Lowestoft, a LDS Chapel, 1899 October
British Mission Map 1845-1864