Heads of Diplomatic Missions of the United Kingdom

Heads of British diplomatic missions are usually ambassadors, except in member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations where the head of mission is a high commissioner. The head of mission to an international organisation is usually a permanent representative.

Resident heads of mission

Mission	Location	Type	Head of mission	Position	List
Afghanistan	Kabul	Embassy	Hugo Shorter	Ambassador	List
Albania	Tirana	Embassy	Nick Abbott	Ambassador	List
Algeria	Algiers	Embassy	Sharon Wardle	Ambassador	List
Angola	Luanda	Embassy	Roger Stringer	Ambassador	List
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	Kirsty Hayes	Ambassador	List
Armenia	Yerevan	Embassy	John Gallagher	Ambassador	List
Australia	Canberra	High Commission	Victoria Treadell	High Commissioner	List
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	Lindsay Skoll	Ambassador	List
Azerbaijan	Baku	Embassy	Fergus Auld	Ambassador	List
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy	Alastair Long	Ambassador	List
Bangladesh	Dhaka	High Commission	Sarah Cooke	High Commissioner	List
Barbados	Bridgetown	High Commission	Scott Furssedonn-Wood	High Commissioner	List
Belarus	Minsk	Embassy	David Ward	Ambassador	List
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	Anne Sherriff	Ambassador	List
Belize	Belmopan	High Commission	Nicole Davison	High Commissioner	List
Bolivia	La Paz	Embassy	Richard Porter	Ambassador	List
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Embassy	Julian Reilly	Ambassador	List
Botswana	Gaborone	High Commission	Giles Enticknap MBE	High Commissioner	List
Brazil	Brasilia	Embassy	Stephanie Al-Qaq	Ambassador	List
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	High Commission	Alexandra McKenzie	High Commissioner	List
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	Nathaniel Copsey	Ambassador	List
Burma	Yangon	Embassy	Pete Vowles	Ambassador	List
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Embassy	Dominic Williams	Ambassador	List
Cameroon	Yaoundé	High Commission	Barry Lowen	High Commissioner	List
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission	Susannah Goshko	High Commissioner	List
Chile	Santiago	Embassy	Louise De Sousa	Ambassador	List
People's Republic of China	Beijing	Embassy	Dame Caroline Wilson	Ambassador	List
Colombia	Bogotá	Embassy	Colin Martin-Reynolds	Ambassador	List
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Embassy	Emily Maltman	Ambassador	List
Costa Rica	San José	Embassy	Ben Lyster-Binns	Ambassador	List
Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan	Embassy	Catherine Brooker	Ambassador	List
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy	Simon Thomas	Ambassador	List
Cuba	Havana	Embassy	Sir George Hollingbery	Ambassador	List
Cyprus	Nicosia	High Commission	Irfan Siddiq	High Commissioner	List
Czech Republic	Prague	Embassy	Matt Field	Ambassador	List
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy	Joëlle Jenny	Ambassador	List
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Embassy	The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Dominican Republic is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Dominican Republic. From 1999 to 2015 the holder was also ambassador to the Republic of Haiti. In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti. In 2015 Sharon Isabel Campbell was appointed as dedicated ambassador to Haiti, but still to be non-resident, since she is married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Christopher John Campbell. In 2019, Mockbul Ali was appointed as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti and is the first British ethnic minority to hold the role. List of heads of mission Chargé d’Affaires 1871–1874: Spenser St. John 1874–1883: Major Robert Stuart There was no diplomatic agent there from 1883 until 1913 Minister Plenipotentiary 1913–1916: Stephen Leech Military Government proclaimed by US Officers, 1916 1919–1921: William Erskine Chargé d’Affaires 1921–1923: Claude Kirwood Ledger 1923–1925: Ralph Darrell Wilson 1925–1929: John Bowering 1929–1930: Wilfred Hansford Gallienne 1930–1932: Robert George Goldie 1932–1935: Harold Ernest Slaymaker Minister Resident And Consul 1935–1943: Alexander Swinton (later Sir S.) Paterson Minister Resident And Consul (later Envoy extraordinary And Minister Plenipotentiary) 1943–1945: Cyril Frank Wilton Andrews Envoy extraordinary And Minister Plenipotentiary 1945–1948: Russell Duncan Macrae 1948–1951: Stanley Herbert Gudgeon Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary 1951–1953: Stanley Herbert Gudgeon 1953–1955: Herbert Gybbon-Monypenny 1955–1958: Thomas Corney Ravensdale 1958–1962: Wilfrid Wolters McVittie 1962–1965: Stephen Alexander Lockhart 1965–1969: Ian Wright Bell 1969–1972: Leslie Boas 1972–1976: Paul Victor St. John Killick 1976–1979: Clement Spearman 1979–1983: Michael Cafferty 1983–1985: Roy George Marlow 1985–1988: Michael Newington (non-resident, combined with Venezuela) 1988–1993: Giles FitzHerbert (non-resident, combined with Venezuela) 1993–1995: John Gerrard Flynn (non-resident, combined with Venezuela) 1995–1998: Dick Thomson 1998–2002: David Gordon Ward 2002–2006: Andrew Richard Ashcroft 2006–2009: Ian Alan Worthington 2009–2015: Steven Fisher 2015-2020: Chris Campbell 2020-present: Mockbul Ali References External links UK and the Dominican Republic, gov.uk || Ambassador || List
Ecuador	Quito	Embassy	Chris Campbell	Ambassador	List
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy	Gareth Bayley	Ambassador	List
El Salvador	San Salvador	Embassy	Bernhard Garside	Ambassador	List
Eritrea	Asmara	Embassy	Alisdair Walker	Ambassador	List
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy	Ross Allen	Ambassador	List
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Darren Welch	Ambassador	List
Fiji	Suva	High Commission	Brian Jones	High Commissioner	List
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy	Theresa Bubbear	Ambassador	List
France	Paris	Embassy	Dame Menna Rawlings	Ambassador	List
The Gambia	Banjul	High Commission	David Belgrove	High Commissioner	List
Georgia	Tbilisi	Embassy	Mark Clayton	Ambassador	List
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	Andrew Mitchell	Ambassador	List
Ghana	Accra	High Commission	Harriet Thompson	High Commissioner	List
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Matthew Lodge	Ambassador	List
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Embassy	Nick Whittingham	Ambassador	List
Guinea	Conakry	Embassy	John Marshall	Ambassador	List
Guyana	Georgetown	High Commission	Jane Miller	High Commissioner	List
Holy See	Vatican City	Embassy	Christopher Trott	Ambassador	List
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	Paul Fox	Ambassador	List
Iceland	Reykjavík	Embassy	Bryony Mathew	Ambassador	List
India	New Delhi	High Commission	Lindy Cameron	High Commissioner	List
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	Dominic Jermey	Ambassador	List
Iran	Tehran	Embassy	Simon Shercliff	Ambassador	List
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy	Stephen Hitchen	Ambassador	List
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy	Paul Johnston	Ambassador	List
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy	Simon Walters	Ambassador	List
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep	Ambassador	List
Jamaica	Kingston	High Commission	Judith Slater	High Commissioner	List
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy	Julia Longbottom	Ambassador	List
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	Philip Hall	Ambassador	List
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Embassy	Kathy Leach	Ambassador	List
Kenya	Nairobi	High Commission	The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Kenya is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Kenya, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Kenya. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and Kenya conduct their diplomatic relations at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Therefore, the countries exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors. 1963–1964: Sir Geoffrey de Freitas 1964–1965: Malcolm MacDonald 1966–1968: Sir Edward Peck 1968–1972: Sir Eric Norris 1972–1975: Sir Antony Duff 1975–1979: Sir Stanley Fingland 1979–1982: Sir John Williams 1982–1986: Sir Leonard Allinson 1986–1990: Sir John Johnson 1990–1992: Sir Roger Tomkys 1992–1995: Sir Kieran Prendergast 1995–1997: Simon Hemans 1997–2001: Sir Jeffrey James 2001–2005: Sir Edward Clay 2005–2008: Adam Wood 2008–2011: Robert Macaire 2011–2012: Peter Tibber 2012–2015: Christian Turner 2015–2019: Nic Hailey 2019–2023: Jane Marriott</onlyinclude> 2023–Present: Neil Wigan External links UK and Kenya, gov.uk References || High Commissioner || List
Kosovo	Pristina	Embassy	Jonathan Hargreaves	Ambassador	List
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	Belinda Lewis	Ambassador	List
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Embassy	Charles Garrett	Ambassador	List
Laos	Vientiane	Embassy	John Pearson	Ambassador	List
Latvia	Riga	Embassy	Paul Brummell	Ambassador	List
Lebanon	Beirut	Embassy	Ian Collard	Ambassador	List
Liberia	Monrovia	Embassy	Neil Bradley	Ambassador	List
Libya	Tripoli	Embassy	Martin Longden	Ambassador	List
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy	Brian Olley	Ambassador	List
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Embassy	Fleur Thomas	Ambassador	List
Macedonia	Skopje	Embassy	Rachel Galloway	Ambassador	List
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Embassy	David Ashley	Ambassador	List
Malawi	Lilongwe	High Commission	Fiona Ritchie (diplomat)	High Commissioner	List
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission	Ailsa Terry	High Commissioner	List
Mali	Bamako	Embassy	Katy Ransome	Ambassador	List
Malta	Valletta	High Commission	Cathy Ward	High Commissioner	List
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Embassy	Colin Wells	Ambassador	List
Mauritius	Port Louis	High Commission	Charlotte Pierre	High Commissioner	List
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	Jon Benjamin	Ambassador	List
Moldova	Chişinău	Embassy	Steven Fisher Fern Horine	Ambassador	List
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Embassy	The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Mongolia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Mongolia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Mongolia. Britain was the first Western country to recognise an independent Mongolia when diplomatic relations were established in January 1963 with appointment of the British Chargé d'Affaires in Peking, Mr Terence Garvey, to Ulaanbaatar as non-resident Ambassador. In 1964 Mr (later Sir) Reginald Hibbert became resident Chargé d'Affaires in Ulaanbaatar. He was succeeded by Mr Heath Mason, who was appointed as the first resident British Ambassador in 1966. In 1968 the Embassy moved to a new building on Peace Avenue where it is still located today. List of heads of mission Ambassadors 1963–1964: Terence Garvey (non-resident) 1964–1966: Reginald Hibbert (chargé d'affaires) 1966–1967: Heath Mason 1967–1968: Oliver Kemp 1969–1971: Roland Carter 1971–1974: John Colvin 1974–1977: Myles Ponsonby 1977–1979: Julian Hartland-Swann 1979–1982: Thomas Haining 1982–1984: James Paterson 1984–1987: Allan Butler (diplomat) 1987–1989: Guy Hart 1989–1991: David Sprague 1991–1993: Anthony Morey 1994–1997: Ian Sloane 1997–1999: John Durham 1999–2001: Kay Coombs 2001–2004: Philip Rouse 2004–2006: Richard Austen 2006–2008: Christopher Osborne 2008–2009: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt 2009–2011: William Dickson 2011–2012: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt 2012–2015: Christopher Stuart 2015–2018: Catherine Arnold 2018-2023: Philip Malone 2023–present: Fiona Blyth References External links UK and Mongolia, gov.uk Previous ambassadors to Mongolia || Ambassador || List
Montenegro	Podgorica	Embassy	Dawn McKen	Ambassador	List
Morocco	Rabat	Embassy	Simon Martin	Ambassador	List
Mozambique	Maputo	High Commission	Helen Lewis	High Commissioner	List
Namibia	Windhoek	High Commission	Charles Moore	High Commissioner	List
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy	Robert Fenn	Ambassador	List
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	Joanna Roper	Ambassador	List
New Zealand	Wellington	High Commission	Iona Thomas	High Commissioner	List
Nigeria	Abuja	High Commission	Catriona Laing	High Commissioner	List
North Korea	Pyongyang	Embassy	David Ellis	Ambassador	List
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Jan Thompson	Ambassador	List
Oman	Muscat	Embassy	Dr. Liane Saunders OBE	Ambassador	List
Pakistan	Islamabad	High Commission	Jane Marriott	High Commissioner	List
Panama	Panama City	Embassy	James Dauris	Ambassador	List
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	High Commission	Keith Scott	High Commissioner	List
Paraguay	Asunción	Embassy	Ramin Navai	Ambassador	List
Peru	Lima	Embassy	Gavin Cook	Ambassador	List
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government British diplomatic flag Incumbent Laure Beaufils since August 2021 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila Style Her Excellency Reports to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Seat 120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634 Appointer The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Term length At His Majesty's pleasure Inaugural holder John William Perry Farren Linton Foulds Frank Gibbs Formation July 7, 1844 October 30, 1946 Salary £90,000-£95,000 Website British Embassy Manila The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines. The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as a non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau. The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954. List of heads of mission Consuls and consuls-general during the Spanish and American colonial periods Head of mission  Tenure  begins  Tenure  ends  British monarch   British prime minister   Accredited during the Government of   Note(s)  John William Perry Farren  1844  1864 Victoria Robert Peel John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley George Hamilton-Gordon Henry John Temple Edward Smith-Stanley Henry John Temple Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre Narciso Clavería Antonio María Blanco Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo Ramón Montero Manuel Pavía Ramón Montero Manuel Crespo Ramón Montero Fernándo Norzagaray Ramón María Solano Juan Herrera Dávila José Lemery Salvador Valdés Rafaél de Echagüe George Thome Ricketts  1866  1875 John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli Joaquín del Solar Juan de Lara José Laureano de Sanz Juan Antonio Osorio Joaquín del Solar José de la Gándara Manuel Maldonado Carlos María de la Torre Rafael Izquierdo Manuel MacCrohon Juan Alaminos Manuel Blanco Valderrama José Malcampo y Monje William Gifford Palgrave  1876  1877 Roderick Donald MacKenzie  1877  1895 Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Manuel Blanco Valderrama Domingo Moriones y Murillo Rafael Rodríguez Arias Fernando Primo de Rivera Emilio Molíns Joaquín Jovellar Emilio Molíns Emilio Terrero Antonio Moltó Federico Lobatón Valeriano Weyler Eulogio Despujol Federico Ochando Ramón Blanco Edward Henry Rawson-Walker  1895  1898 Ramón Blanco Camilo García de Polavieja José de Lachambre Fernando Primo de Rivera Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes Francisco Rizzo Diego de los Ríos Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain. William Joseph Kenny  1903  1908 Edward VII Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith William Howard Taft Luke Edward Wright Henry Clay Ide James Francis Smith Alfred Ernest Wileman  1909  1914 James Francis Smith William Cameron Forbes Newton W. Gilbert Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith  1915  1919 George V H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Francis Burton Harrison Charles Yeater Leonard Wood Eugene Allen Gilmore Henry L. Stimson Eugene Allen Gilmore Dwight F. Davis George C. Butte Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Frank Murphy Thomas Joseph Harrington  1920  1935 Arthur Powlett Blunt  1935  1937 Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Frank Murphy (as Governor-General of the Philippines; later High Commissioner to the Philippines) Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) William Turner  1937  1941 George VI Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945 Francis McDermot  1945  1946 George VI Winston Churchill Clement Attlee Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) Ministers Head of mission  Tenure  begins  Tenure  ends  British monarch  British prime minister  Philippine president  Linton Foulds  1946  1951 George VI Clement Attlee Manuel Roxas Sir Frank Gibbs  1951  1954 Elizabeth II Clement Attlee Winston Churchill Elpidio Quirino Ambassadors Head of mission  Tenure  begins  Tenure  ends  British monarch   British prime minister   Philippine president   Note(s)  Sir Frank Gibbs  1954  1955 Elizabeth II Winston Churchill Ramon Magsaysay Sir George Clutton  1955  1959 Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan Sir John Arthur Pilcher  1959  1963 Harold Macmillan Carlos P. Garcia Sir John Addis  1963  1970 Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos Sir John Curle  1970  1972 Harold Wilson Edward Heath Ferdinand Marcos James Turpin  1972  1976 Sir William Bentley  1976  1981 Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher Michael Morgan  1981  1985 Margaret Thatcher John Major Robin McLaren  1985  1987 Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino Keith MacInnes  1987  1992 Corazon Aquino Alan Montgomery  1992  1995 John Major Fidel V. Ramos Adrian Thorpe  1995  1998 Alan Collins  1998  2002 Tony Blair Joseph Estrada Paul Dimond  2002  2004 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Peter Beckingham  2004  2009 Tony Blair Gordon Brown Stephen Lillie  2009  2013 Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May Asif Ahmad  2013  2017 Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte Daniel Pruce  2017  2021 Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos Laure Beaufils  2021 present Elizabeth II Charles III References Notes External links British Embassy Manila || Ambassador || List
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy	Anna Clunes	Ambassador	List
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	Lisa Bandari	Ambassador	List
Qatar	Doha	Embassy	Neerav Patel	Ambassador	List
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	Giles Portman	Ambassador	List
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	Nigel Casey	Ambassador	List
Rwanda	Kigali	High Commission	Omar Daair	High Commissioner	List
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	Neil Crompton	Ambassador	List
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	Juliette John	Ambassador	List
Serbia	Belgrade	Embassy	Edward Ferguson	Ambassador	List
Seychelles	Victoria	High Commission	Patrick Lynch	High Commissioner	List
Sierra Leone	Freetown	High Commission	Simon Mustard	High Commissioner	List
Singapore	Singapore	High Commission	Kara Owen	High Commissioner	List
Slovakia	Bratislava	Embassy	Nigel Baker	Ambassador	List
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Embassy	Tiffany Sadler	Ambassador	List
Solomon Islands	Honiara	High Commission	Thomas Coward	High Commissioner	List
Somalia	Mogadishu	Embassy	Holly Tett	Ambassador	List
South Africa	Pretoria	High Commission	Antony Phillipson	High Commissioner	List
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Colin Crooks	Ambassador	List
South Sudan	Juba	Embassy	Guy Warrington	Ambassador	List
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Sir Alex Ellis	Ambassador	List
Sri Lanka	Colombo	High Commission	Sarah Hulton	High Commissioner	List
Sudan	Khartoum	Embassy	Irfan Siddiq	Ambassador	List
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	Samantha Job	Ambassador	List
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	James Squire	Ambassador	List
Syria	Damascus	Embassy	Ambassador withdrawn – embassy closed	Ambassador	List
Taiwan	Taipei	Office[note a]	John Dennis	Representative	List
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Embassy	Tim Jones	Ambassador	List
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	High Commission	David Concar	High Commissioner	List
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	Brian Davidson	Ambassador	List
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	High Commission	Harriet Cross	High Commissioner	List
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy	Helen Winterton	Ambassador	List
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	Jill Morris	Ambassador	List
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Embassy	Lucia Wilde	Ambassador	List
Uganda	Kampala	High Commission	Kate Airey	High Commissioner	List
Ukraine	Kiev	Embassy	Martin Harris	Ambassador	List
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Edward Hobart	Ambassador	List
United States of America	Washington D.C.	Embassy	Dame Karen Pierce	Ambassador	List
Uruguay	Montevideo	Embassy	Faye O'Connor	Ambassador	List
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Embassy	Timothy Smart	Ambassador	List
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Venezuela is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to Venezuela, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Venezuela. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. List of heads of mission 1825–1835: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Consul at Caracas 1835–1841: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General 1841–1843: Sir Daniel Florence O'Leary, Acting Consul General February 1858: Sir Philip Edmund Wodehouse, Special Mission to Caracas Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Venezuela 1842–1858: Belford Hinton Wilson 1858–1864: Frederic Doveton Orme 1864–1865: Hon. Richard Edwardes Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela 1865–1869: George Fagan 1869–1873: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton Minister Resident and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela 1873–1878: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela 1878–1881: Robert Bunch 1881–1884: Charles Edward Mansfield Minister Resident to the Republic of Venezuela 1884–1887: Frederick Robert St John 1887–1897: Diplomatic relations severed over Essequibo territorial dispute Minister Resident at Carácas 1897–1902: William Henry Doveton Haggard 1902–1907: Henry Bax-Ironside 1908–1911: Sir Vincent Edwin Henry Corbett Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela 1911–1913: Frederic Dundas Harford Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Venezuela 1913–1916: Frederic Dundas Harford 1916–1923: Henry Beaumont 1923–1925: Andrew Percy Bennett 1925–1926: William Seeds 1926–1932: William Edmund O'Reilly 1932–1936: Edward Allis Keeling 1936–1939: Sir Ernest Frederick Gye 1939–1944: Donald St Clair Gainer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Venezuela 1944–1948: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes 1948–1951: Sir John Magowan 1951–1955: Sir Robert Urquhart 1955–1961: John Walker 1961–1964: Sir Douglas Busk 1964–1969: Anthony Lincoln 1969–1973: Sir Donald Hopson 1973–1975: Sir Lees Mayall 1975–1979: Sir Jock Taylor 1979–1982: Reginald Secondé 1982–1985: Hugh Carless CMG 1985–1988: Michael Newington CMG 1988–1994: Giles FitzHerbert CMG 1994–1997: John Flynn CMG 1997–2000: Richard Wilkinson CVO 2000–2003: Dr John Hughes 2003–2006: Donald Lamont 2006–2007: Susan Jane Breeze, chargé d'affaires from Dec 2006 until Jan 2007 2007–2010: Catherine Royle 2010–2014: Catherine Nettleton OBE 2014–2017: John Saville 2021–2023: Becks Buckingham OBE, chargé d'affaires 2023–Present: Colin Dick MBE, chargé d’affaires ad interim References External links UK and Venezuela. gov.uk || Ambassador || List
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	Iain Frew	Ambassador	List
Yemen	Sana'a	Embassy	Richard Oppenheim	Ambassador	List
Zambia	Lusaka	High Commission	Nicholas Wooley	High Commissioner	List
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy	Peter Vowles	Ambassador	List

^[note a] No diplomatic relations with Taiwan; office functions as an unofficial mission.

Non-resident heads of mission

The United Kingdom does not maintain a full embassy or High Commission in a number of countries. In each of these cases the head of mission to another country, usually a neighbouring one, is also accredited to the other country (except, at present, for the ambassadors to Haiti and Honduras, who are dedicated but non-resident). In most cases a smaller, local mission provides for emergencies, and is headed by a lesser diplomat or a member of the local British community.

Mission	Resident Country	Local Location	Local Mission	Non-Resident Head of mission	Local Position	List
Andorra	Spain	None	N/A	Sir Alex Ellis	Ambassador
Antigua and Barbuda	Barbados	St John's	Honorary Consul	Scott Furssedonn-Wood	High Commissioner
Bahamas	Jamaica	None	N/A	Judith Slater	High Commissioner
Benin	Nigeria	None	N/A	Catriona Laing	Ambassador
Burkina Faso	Ghana	Ouagadougou	Honorary Consul	Harriet Thompson	Ambassador
Burundi	Rwanda	Bujumbura	Liaison Office	Omar Daair	Ambassador
Cape Verde	Senegal	São Vicente	Consul	Juliette John	Ambassador
Central African Republic	Cameroon	None	N/A	Barry Lowen	Ambassador
Chad	Cameroon	N'Djamena	Honorary Consul[note b]	Barry Lowen	Ambassador
Comoros	Madagascar	Moroni	N/A	David Ashley	Ambassador
Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Brazzaville	Honorary Consul	Emily Maltman	Ambassador
Djibouti	Ethiopia	Djibouti City	Consulate	Darren Welch	Ambassador
Dominica	Barbados	Roseau	Honorary Consul	Scott Furssedonn-Wood	High Commissioner
East Timor	Indonesia	Jakarta	Honorary Consul	Dominic Jermey	Ambassador
Equatorial Guinea	Cameroon	Malabo	Honorary Consul	Barry Lowen	Ambassador
Gabon	Cameroon	Libreville	Honorary Consul	Barry Lowen	Ambassador
Grenada	Barbados	St George's	Honorary Consul	Scott Furssedonn-Wood	High Commissioner
Guinea-Bissau	Senegal	Bissau	Honorary Consul	Juliette John	Ambassador
Haiti	Dominican Republic	Port-au-Prince	Consul	Sharon Campbell	Ambassador	List
Honduras	Guatemala	Tegucigalpa	Honorary Consul	Thomas Carter	Ambassador	List
Kiribati	Fiji	None	N/A	Brian Jones	High Commissioner
Lesotho	South Africa	None	N/A	Antony Phillipson	High Commissioner
Liechtenstein	Switzerland	None	N/A	James Squire	Ambassador
Maldives	Sri Lanka	Malé	Honorary Consul	Sarah Hulton	High Commissioner
Marshall Islands	Fiji	None	N/A	Brian Jones	Ambassador
Federated States of Micronesia	Fiji	None	N/A	Brian Jones	Ambassador
Monaco	France	Monaco	Honorary Consulate	Dame Menna Rawlings	Ambassador
Nauru	Solomon Islands	None	N/A	Thomas Coward	High Commissioner
Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Managua	Embassy	Ross Denny	Ambassador	List
Niger	Mali	None	N/A	Katy Ransome	Ambassador
Palau	Philippines	None	N/A	Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government British diplomatic flag Incumbent Laure Beaufils since August 2021 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila Style Her Excellency Reports to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Seat 120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634 Appointer The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Term length At His Majesty's pleasure Inaugural holder John William Perry Farren Linton Foulds Frank Gibbs Formation July 7, 1844 October 30, 1946 Salary £90,000-£95,000 Website British Embassy Manila The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines. The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as a non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau. The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954. List of heads of mission Consuls and consuls-general during the Spanish and American colonial periods Head of mission  Tenure  begins  Tenure  ends  British monarch   British prime minister   Accredited during the Government of   Note(s)  John William Perry Farren  1844  1864 Victoria Robert Peel John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley George Hamilton-Gordon Henry John Temple Edward Smith-Stanley Henry John Temple Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre Narciso Clavería Antonio María Blanco Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo Ramón Montero Manuel Pavía Ramón Montero Manuel Crespo Ramón Montero Fernándo Norzagaray Ramón María Solano Juan Herrera Dávila José Lemery Salvador Valdés Rafaél de Echagüe George Thome Ricketts  1866  1875 John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli Joaquín del Solar Juan de Lara José Laureano de Sanz Juan Antonio Osorio Joaquín del Solar José de la Gándara Manuel Maldonado Carlos María de la Torre Rafael Izquierdo Manuel MacCrohon Juan Alaminos Manuel Blanco Valderrama José Malcampo y Monje William Gifford Palgrave  1876  1877 Roderick Donald MacKenzie  1877  1895 Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Manuel Blanco Valderrama Domingo Moriones y Murillo Rafael Rodríguez Arias Fernando Primo de Rivera Emilio Molíns Joaquín Jovellar Emilio Molíns Emilio Terrero Antonio Moltó Federico Lobatón Valeriano Weyler Eulogio Despujol Federico Ochando Ramón Blanco Edward Henry Rawson-Walker  1895  1898 Ramón Blanco Camilo García de Polavieja José de Lachambre Fernando Primo de Rivera Basilio Augustín Fermín Jáudenes Francisco Rizzo Diego de los Ríos Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain. William Joseph Kenny  1903  1908 Edward VII Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith William Howard Taft Luke Edward Wright Henry Clay Ide James Francis Smith Alfred Ernest Wileman  1909  1914 James Francis Smith William Cameron Forbes Newton W. Gilbert Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith  1915  1919 George V H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Francis Burton Harrison Charles Yeater Leonard Wood Eugene Allen Gilmore Henry L. Stimson Eugene Allen Gilmore Dwight F. Davis George C. Butte Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Frank Murphy Thomas Joseph Harrington  1920  1935 Arthur Powlett Blunt  1935  1937 Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Frank Murphy (as Governor-General of the Philippines; later High Commissioner to the Philippines) Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) William Turner  1937  1941 George VI Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945 Francis McDermot  1945  1946 George VI Winston Churchill Clement Attlee Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) Ministers Head of mission  Tenure  begins  Tenure  ends  British monarch  British prime minister  Philippine president  Linton Foulds  1946  1951 George VI Clement Attlee Manuel Roxas Sir Frank Gibbs  1951  1954 Elizabeth II Clement Attlee Winston Churchill Elpidio Quirino Ambassadors Head of mission  Tenure  begins  Tenure  ends  British monarch   British prime minister   Philippine president   Note(s)  Sir Frank Gibbs  1954  1955 Elizabeth II Winston Churchill Ramon Magsaysay Sir George Clutton  1955  1959 Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan Sir John Arthur Pilcher  1959  1963 Harold Macmillan Carlos P. Garcia Sir John Addis  1963  1970 Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos Sir John Curle  1970  1972 Harold Wilson Edward Heath Ferdinand Marcos James Turpin  1972  1976 Sir William Bentley  1976  1981 Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher Michael Morgan  1981  1985 Margaret Thatcher John Major Robin McLaren  1985  1987 Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino Keith MacInnes  1987  1992 Corazon Aquino Alan Montgomery  1992  1995 John Major Fidel V. Ramos Adrian Thorpe  1995  1998 Alan Collins  1998  2002 Tony Blair Joseph Estrada Paul Dimond  2002  2004 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Peter Beckingham  2004  2009 Tony Blair Gordon Brown Stephen Lillie  2009  2013 Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May Asif Ahmad  2013  2017 Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte Daniel Pruce  2017  2021 Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos Laure Beaufils  2021 present Elizabeth II Charles III References Notes External links British Embassy Manila || Ambassador
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Barbados	Basseterre	Honorary Consul	Scott Furssedonn-Wood	High Commissioner
Saint Lucia	Barbados	Castries	High Commission	Scott Furssedonn-Wood	High Commissioner
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Barbados	Kingstown	Honorary Consul	Scott Furssedonn-Wood	High Commissioner
Samoa	New Zealand	None	N/A	Iona Thomas	High Commissioner
San Marino	Italy	Rome	Consulate-General	Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep	Ambassador
São Tomé and Príncipe	Angola	São Tomé	Consulate	Roger Stringer	Ambassador
Suriname	Guyana	Paramaribo	Consulate	Jane Miller	Ambassador
Swaziland	South Africa	None	N/A	Antony Phillipson	High Commissioner
Timor Leste	Indonesia	None	N/A	Dominic Jermey	Ambassador
Togo	Ghana	None	N/A	Harriet Thompson	Ambassador
Tonga	Fiji	None	N/A	Brian Jones	High Commissioner	List
Tuvalu	Fiji	None	N/A	Brian Jones	High Commissioner
Vanuatu	Solomon Islands	None	N/A	Thomas Coward	High Commissioner

^[note b] In 2018 the UK government opened a new office in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, "to support diplomatic, development and defence efforts" but the ambassador is still non-resident (in Cameroon) and the new office does not provide consular assistance.

Heads of mission to non-sovereign territories

Mission	Location	Type	Head of mission	Position	List	Notes
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Consulate-General		Consul-General	List	functions held by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (before 1968 Colonial Office), British Council and British Trade Commission prior to 1997
Jerusalem	East Jerusalem	Consulate-General	Philip Hall	Consul-General	List	Mission to the occupied Palestinian territories
Macau	Macau	Honorary Consulate	Glenn McCartney	Honorary Consul		Full consular services for Macau are provided via the Consulate in Hong Kong and the Consul-General to Hong Kong is the official diplomat for Macau

Heads of mission to international organisations

Mission	Location	Head of mission	Position	List
African Union	Addis Ababa	Darren Welch	Ambassador to Ethiopia also accredited as Permanent Representative	List
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	Jakarta	Dominic Jermey	Ambassador to Indonesia also accredited as Ambassador to ASEAN	List
Conference on Disarmament	Geneva	Aidan Liddle	Permanent Representative	List
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	Sandy Moss	Permanent Representative	List
European Union	Brussels	Sir Tim Barrow	Permanent Representative	List
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	Brussels	David Quarrey	Permanent Representative	List
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Paris	Christopher Sharrock	Permanent Representative	List
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	The Hague	Joanna Roper	Ambassador to the Netherlands also accredited as Permanent Representative	List
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe	Vienna	Neil Bush	Head of Delegation	List
United Nations in Geneva	Geneva	Julian Braithwaite	Permanent Representative	List
United Nations in New York	New York City	Dame Barbara Woodward	Permanent Representative	List
United Nations in Vienna	Vienna	Lindsay Skoll	Ambassador to Austria also accredited as Permanent Representative	List

See also

• List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom