[1] Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United Kingdom, in 1825, Sir Reginald Tower's predecessors had tried unsuccessfully to find a suitable rented premises for the "House of the Legation", as it was then called.

[1] After a series of negotiations, in May 1910 the land in Rio Lerma to build the embassy was acquired from John Benjamin Body (representative in Mexico of Messrs S. Pearson and Son).

After surviving the earthquake of June 7, 1911, the building was visited by the guests of then Minister Thomas Hohler, who were attending a reception for the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary.

Hohler reported to London: "His Excellency, President Porfirio Díaz, expressed his great satisfaction at entering the first Legation owned and built by a foreign government in Mexico.

The building remained the home of the minister and offices of the legation until 1938 when diplomatic relations were broken again as a result of the expropriation of British interests in the oil industry by President Lázaro Cárdenas.