# List of official overseas trips made by Edward VII

King Edward VII succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom in January, 1901. Before his accession, he made extensive tours of territories of the British Empire or under British control as the Prince of Wales. His visit to Canada was regarded as the first modern official visit to overseas territories by a member of the royal family, and his visit to India was the first to the country by a future British monarch. As King, he revived state visit to foreign countries as an important tool of diplomatic maneuver and royal influence, playing a significant role in establishing the modern form of state visit of the British monarchs. Among his many visits to European countries were the first state visit by a reigning British monarch to a republic (France) and the first to Russia as well as some less formal ones that were not counted as full state visits (e.g. his visit to Austria in August – September 1903). He did not make official tours of British territories outside Europe as King.

## Official tours of territories of the British Empire or under British control as Prince of Wales

Tour of North America from July to October 1860: :
| Date | Territory | Areas visited | Host |
| 24–26 July 1860 | Newfoundland | St John's | Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman |
| 30 July – 2 August, 8 August, 1860 | Nova Scotia | Halifax, Windsor, Truro | Lieutenant Governor Lord Mulgrave |
| 3–7 August 1860 | New Brunswick | Saint John, Fredericton | Lieutenant Governor Sir John Manners-Sutton |
| 9–11 August 1860 | Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown | Governor George Dundas |
| 18 August – 20 September 1860 | Province of Canada | Quebec City, Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sherbrooke, Ottawa, Cobourg, Port Hope, Toronto, Collingwood, Guelph, London, Sarnia, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Hamilton | Governor General Sir Edmund Head |
| Tour of Eastern Mediterranean from February to June 1862: ||||
| Date | Territory | Areas visited | Host |
| 5–7 June 1862 | Malta | Valletta | Governor Sir John Le Marchant |
| Tour of India and other overseas territories from November 1875 to April 1876: ||||
| Date | Territory | Areas visited | Host |
| 1 November 1875 | Aden Settlement | Aden | Resident John William Schneider |
| 8–29 November 1875, 10 December 1875 – 20 February 1876, 5–13 March 1876 | India | Bombay Presidency (Bombay, Poona), Madras Presidency (Tuticorin, Madura, Trichinopoly, Madras), Bengal Presidency (Calcutta, Barrackpore, Bankipur), North Western Provinces and Oudh (Faizabad, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Agra, Moradabad, Nainital, Pilibhit, Bareilly, Allahabad), Punjab Province (Delhi, Lahore, Wazirabad, Sialkot, Amritsar), Central Provinces (Jabalpur), 9 Princely states (see below) | Viceroy Lord Northbrook Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse Governor Duke of Buckingham |
| 19–23 November 1875 | Baroda | Baroda | Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III |
| 4–6 January 1876 | Benares | Benares | Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh |
| 20–22 January 1876 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu | Maharaja Ranbir Singh |
| 24–25 January 1876 | Patiala | Rajpura | Maharaja Mahendra Singh |
| 31 January, 2 February, 1876 | Dholpur | Dholpur | Maharaja Rana Nihal Singh |
| 31 January – 2 February 1876 | Gwalior | Gwalior | Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia |
| 4 February 1876 | Bharatpur | Bharatpur | Maharaja Jaswant Singh |
| 4–7 February 1876 | Jaipur | Jaipur | Maharaja Ram Singh II |
| 9–10 March 1876 | Indore | Indore | Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar II |
| 1–8 December 1875 | Ceylon | Colombo, Kandy, Ruanwalla | Governor Sir William Henry Gregory |
| 6–11 April 1876 | Malta | Valletta | Governor Sir Charles van Straubenzee |
| 16–20 April 1876 | Gibraltar | | Acting Governor Edward Arthur Somerset |

## State visits as King

| Date | Country | Areas visited | Host |
| 27–30 April 1903 | Italy | Rome | King Victor Emmanuel III |
| 1–4 May 1903 | France | Paris, Vincennes | President Émile Loubet |
| 8–10 April 1907 | Spain | Cartagena | King Alfonso XIII |
| 21–25 April 1908 | Denmark | Copenhagen | King Frederick VIII |
| 26–27 April 1908 | Sweden | Stockholm | King Gustaf V |
| 28 April – 2 May 1908 | Norway | Christiania | King Haakon VII |
| 9–11 June 1908 | Russia | Reval | Emperor Nicholas II |
| 9–12 February 1909 | Germany | Berlin | Emperor Wilhelm II |

## Official tours of territories of the British Empire as King

| Date | Territory | Areas visited | Host |
| 8–13 April 1903 | Gibraltar | | Governor Sir George White |
| 16–21 April 1903 | Malta | Valletta | Governor Sir Charles Clarke |
| 13–17 April 1907 | Malta | Valletta, Attard | Governor Sir Charles Clarke |
| 21–25 April 1909 | Malta | Valletta, Attard | Governor Sir Henry Grant |