High Commission of Barbados, London
| High Commission of Barbados in London | |
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| Location | Bloomsbury, London |
| Address | 1 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3ND |
| Coordinates | 51°31′02″N 0°07′51″W / 51.5171°N 0.1308°W |
| High Commissioner | Rev. Guy Hewitt |
The High Commission of Barbados in London is the diplomatic mission of Barbados in the United Kingdom.[1] Among the initial diplomatic missions to be established by Barbados after the attainment of independence from Britain, the office was initially located at 28 Cockspur Street where it shared a joint-mission with Guyana (Formerly British Guiana). In the early 1970s the mission relocated to 6 Upper Belgrave Street, London.[2][3][4] Barbados' High Commission remained at that location until the mid 1980s when it moved to its present location at the corner of 1 Great Russell Street in London's Bloomsbury neighbourhood, (within the Borough of Camden). The High Commission is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados and houses the head-office of the Barbados Maritime Ship Registry (BMSR).[5][6] The present High Commissioner is Rev. Guy Hewitt,[7] appointed on October 1, 2014, and who replaced Hugh Anthony Arthur.[8]
The U.K. division of the Barbados Tourism Authority utilises 263 Tottenham Court Road as its address, which is on the western-end of the High Commission building.[9]
In October 2012 the Parliament of Barbados voted on a measure to allocate funds to rehabilitate and refurbish the London High Commission Chancery.[10]
Accreditation
The Barbadian High Commissioner in London is also concurrently accredited as non-resident Ambassador to: Holy See (Vatican), Israel, South Africa, and Sweden.
Past High Commissioners
Since Independence, the following High Commissioners have been accredited to the Court of St. James, as follows:
- Sir Lionel Alfred Luckhoo KCMG, CBE, Q.C.. (1967–1970)
- James Cameron Tudor (1971–1975)
- Cecil Beaumont Williams
- Algernon Washington Symmonds (1982–1983)
- Dr. The Hon. Harold McDonald Forde (2 June 1984–1986)
- Vernon Olivier Smith (1986–1989)
- Sir William Randolph Douglas (1991–1993)
- Peter Patrick Kenneth Simmons (22 July 1997–2000)
- Lawrence Edwin Pollard (18 October 2003–31 August 2008)
- Hugh Anthony Arthur (September 2008–December 2013)
- Guy Arlington Kenneth Hewitt (January 2014–October 2018)
Gallery
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Plaque outside the embassy -
Former Barbadian High Commission at 6 Upper Belgrave Street, Belgravia
See also
- Diplomatic missions of Barbados
- List of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom
- List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom
- Barbados – United Kingdom relations
References
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 13 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
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- ^ BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON
- ^ 6, 7 & 8 Upper Belgrave Street
- ^ Ships' Registration and Shipping Incentives, InvestBarbados.org
- ^ Barbados Maritime Ship Registry (BMSR)
- ^ About His Excellency Mr Hugh Anthony Arthur, DiplomaticAndConsular.com
- ^ Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2011). "Find a foreign embassy in the UK > Barbados". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
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- ^ MPs call for links with Africa
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