The list of embassies and consulates whose holdings were somehow lost runs several pages and reads like a directory of, well, Embassy Row.

Contact information is available below and at the Department of State's list of embassies and consulates.

You can find a list of foreign embassies on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website - Opens in a new window.

Local embassy information is available at the Department of State list of embassies and consulates.

Find a list of foreign embassies on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website - Opens in a new window.

In a telephone directory just published by an Egyptian newspaper, the list of embassies skips from Indonesia to Japan.

You could also contact the embassy of the country you wish to get married in - see our list of foreign embassies in the UK.

See the list of foreign embassies in the UK.

You should always contact a lawyer in the UK and the local authorities abroad - list of foreign embassies in the UK.

For a list of embassies in the Republic of Ireland, see the list of diplomatic missions in the Republic of Ireland.