List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Iran
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Below is a list of diplomats representing Britain in Iran. Although Britain and Iran (originally Persia) did not enter into formal diplomatic relations until 1807, British and Iranians had been in informal contact since the early 17th century when the East India Company developed trade links with the Persian kingdom.[1] Initially, diplomatic missions comprised a legation until they were promoted to embassy status in 1943.
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[edit] Heads of Mission
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[edit] Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
- 1807-1810: Sir Harford Jones-Brydges, 1st Baronet, envoy extraordinary.[2]
- 1810-1814: Sir Gore Ouseley, Bt, ambassador.[2]
- 1814: James Morier, Minister Plenipotentiary (ad interim).[2]
- 1814-1815: Henry Ellis Minister Plenipotentiary (ad interim), in James Morier's absence.[2]
- 1826: Colonel MacDonald, special mission from Government of India.[2]
- 1824-1830: John Macdonald Kinneir
- 1830-1835: ?
- 1835-1836: Henry Ellis, ambassador.[2]
- 1836-1838: John McNeill.[2]
- 1838-1841: No representation due to the Siege of Herat
- 1841-1844: John McNeill
- 1844-1854: Justin Sheil.[2]
- 1854-1855: Hon. Charles Murray
- 1855-1857: No representation due to the Anglo-Persian War
- 1857-1859: Hon. Charles Murray
- 1859-1860: Sir Henry Rawlinson
- 1860-?: Charles Alison
- 1872-1879: William Taylour Thomson
- 1879-c.1888: Ronald Ferguson Thomson
- 1888-1891: Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
- 1891-1894: Sir Frank Lascelles
- 1894-1900: Sir Mortimer Durand
- 1900-1905: Sir Arthur Hardinge
- 1906-1908: Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
- 1908-1912: Sir George Barclay
- 1912-1916: Sir Walter Townley
- 1916-1918: Sir Charles Marling
- 1918-1920: Sir Percy Cox (ad interim)
- 1920-1921: Herman Norman
- 1921-1926: Sir Percy Loraine, Bt
- 1926-1931: Sir Robert Clive
- 1931-1935: Sir Reginald Hoare (ru:Реджинальд Хоар)
- 1935-1939: Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
- 1939-1942: Sir Horace Seymour
- 1942-1943: Sir Reader Bullard
[edit] Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1943-1946: Sir Reader Bullard
- 1946-1950: Sir John Le Rougetel
- 1950-1952: Sir Francis Shepherd
- 1952-1953: No representation due to the nationalisation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
- 1952-1954: Sir Francis Shepherd
- 1954-1958: Sir Roger Stevens
- 1958-1963: Sir Geoffrey Harrison ru:Джеффри Харрисон
- 1963-1971: Sir Denis Wright ru:Денис Райт
- 1971-1974: Hon. Sir Peter Ramsbotham
- 1974-1979: Sir Anthony Parsons ru:Энтони Парсонс
- 1979-1980: Sir John Graham ru:Джон Грэм, 4-й баронет
[edit] Head of British Interests Section, Royal Swedish Embassy, Tehran
In 1980 Britain closed its embassy in Tehran after a brief occupation of the compound in the wake of the Iran hostage crisis, the Iranian Embassy siege and handed representation to Sweden as Protecting power.
- 1980–1981: Stephen Jeremy Barrett
- 1981–1983: Nicholas John Barrington C.V.O.
- In May 1986 Britain refused to accept as Iranian Chargé d'affaires in London Hussein Malouk, who took part in in the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. embassy, Iran blocked the appointment of Hugh James Arbuthnott as head of the British interests section in the swedish embassy in Tehran.
- 1988: Paul Andrew Ramsay Senior Visa Officer British Interests Section, Tehran
- 1989–1990: No representation due to the fatwā issued against Salman Rushdie
[edit] Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1990–1993: David Reddaway, Chargé d'affaires
- 1993–1997: Sir Jeffrey Russell James, K.B.E., C.M.G., Chargé d'affaires
- 1997–2002: Sir Nicholas Walker Browne, K.B.E., C.M.G.
- 2003–2006: Sir Richard Dalton[3]
- 2006-2009: Sir Geoffrey Adams
- 2009-2011: Sir Simon Gass
- 2011- : Dominick John Chilcott
[edit] References
- ^ Encyclopaedia Iranica
- ^ a b c d e f g h J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 86.
- ^ "DALTON, Sir Richard (John)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U12761. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
