List of heads of 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 |
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Kabul | Embassy | Sir Nicholas Kay | Ambassador | List | |
Tirana | Embassy | Duncan Norman | Ambassador | List | |
Algiers | Embassy | Barry Lowen | Ambassador | List | |
Luanda | Embassy | Jessica Hand | Ambassador | List | |
Buenos Aires | Embassy | Mark Kent | Ambassador | List | |
Yerevan | Embassy | Judith Farnworth | Ambassador | List | |
Canberra | High Commission | Menna Rawlings, CMG | High Commissioner | List | |
Vienna | Embassy | Leigh Turner | Ambassador | List | |
Baku | Embassy | Carole Crofts | Ambassador | List | |
Manama | Embassy | Simon Martin | Ambassador | List | |
Dhaka | High Commission | Alison Blake | High Commissioner | List | |
Bridgetown | High Commission | Janet Douglas | High Commissioner | List | |
Minsk | Embassy | Fionna Gibb | Ambassador | List | |
Brussels | Embassy | Alison Rose | Ambassador | List | |
Belmopan | High Commission | Claire Evans | High Commissioner | List | |
La Paz | Embassy | James Thornton | Ambassador | List | |
Sarajevo | Embassy | Matthew Field | Ambassador | List | |
Gaborone | High Commission | Katy Ransome | High Commissioner | List | |
Brasilia | Embassy | Vijay Rangarajan | Ambassador | List | |
Bandar Seri Begawan | High Commission | Richard Lindsay | High Commissioner | List | |
Sofia | Embassy | Emma Hopkins | Ambassador | List | |
Yangon | Embassy | Dan Chugg | Ambassador | List | |
Phnom Penh | Embassy | Tina Redshaw | Ambassador | List | |
Yaoundé | High Commission | Rowan Laxton | High Commissioner | List | |
Ottawa | High Commission | Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque | High Commissioner | List | |
Santiago | Embassy | Jamie Bowden | Ambassador | List | |
Beijing | Embassy | Dame Barbara Woodward | Ambassador | List | |
Bogotá | Embassy | Peter Tibber | Ambassador | List | |
Kinshasa | Embassy | John Murton | Ambassador | List | |
San José | Embassy | Ross Denny | Ambassador | List | |
Abidjan | Embassy | Josephine Gauld | Ambassador | List | |
Zagreb | Embassy | Andrew Dalgleish | Ambassador | List | |
Havana | Embassy | Antony Stokes | Ambassador | List | |
Nicosia | High Commission | Stephen Lillie | High Commissioner | List | |
Prague | Embassy | Nick Archer | Ambassador | List | |
Copenhagen | Embassy | Dominic Schroeder | Ambassador | List | |
Santo Domingo | Embassy | Christopher Campbell | Ambassador | List | |
Quito | Embassy | Katherine Ward | Ambassador | List | |
Cairo | Embassy | Sir Geoffrey Adams | Ambassador | List | |
San Salvador | Embassy | Bernhard Garside | Ambassador | List | |
Asmara | Embassy | Ian Richards | Ambassador | List | |
Tallinn | Embassy | Theresa Bubbear | Ambassador | List | |
Addis Ababa | Embassy | Gregory Dorey | Ambassador | List | |
Suva | High Commission | Melanie Hopkins | High Commissioner | List | |
Helsinki | Embassy | Tom Dodd | Ambassador | List | |
Paris | Embassy | Edward Llewellyn | Ambassador | List | |
Banjul | High Commission | Sharon Wardle | High Commissioner | List | |
Tbilisi | Embassy | Justin McKenzie Smith | Ambassador | List | |
Berlin | Embassy | Sir Sebastian Wood | Ambassador | List | |
Accra | High Commission | Iain Walker | High Commissioner | List | |
Athens | Embassy | Kate Smith | Ambassador | List | |
Guatemala City | Embassy | Carolyn Davidson | Ambassador | List | |
Conakry | Embassy | Catherine Inglehearn | Ambassador | List | |
Georgetown | High Commission | Greg Quinn | High Commissioner | List | |
Vatican City | Embassy | Sally Axworthy | Ambassador | List | |
Budapest | Embassy | Iain Lindsay | Ambassador | List | |
Reykjavík | Embassy | Michael Nevin | Ambassador | List | |
New Delhi | High Commission | Sir Dominic Asquith | High Commissioner | List | |
Jakarta | Embassy | Moazzam Malik | Ambassador | List | |
Tehran | Embassy | Robert Macaire | Ambassador | List | |
Baghdad | Embassy | Jon Wilks | Ambassador | List | |
Dublin | Embassy | Robin Barnett | Ambassador | List | |
Tel Aviv | Embassy | David Quarrey | Ambassador | List | |
Rome | Embassy | Jill Morris | Ambassador | List | |
Kingston | High Commission | Asif Ahmad | High Commissioner | List | |
Tokyo | Embassy | Paul Madden | Ambassador | List | |
Amman | Embassy | Edward Oakden | Ambassador | List | |
Almaty | Embassy | Michael Gifford | Ambassador | List | |
Nairobi | High Commission | Nic Hailey | High Commissioner | List | |
Pristina | Embassy | Ruairí O’Connell | Ambassador | List | |
Kuwait City | Embassy | Michael Davenport | Ambassador | List | |
Bishkek | Embassy | Robin Ord-Smith | Ambassador | List | |
Vientiane | Embassy | Hugh Evans | Ambassador | List | |
Riga | Embassy | Keith Shannon | Ambassador | List | |
Beirut | Embassy | Chris Rampling | Ambassador | List | |
Monrovia | Embassy | David Belgrove | Ambassador | List | |
Tripoli | Embassy | Frank Baker | Ambassador | List | |
Vilnius | Embassy | Claire Lawrence | Ambassador | List | |
Luxembourg City | Embassy | John Marshall | Ambassador | List | |
Skopje | Embassy | Rachel Galloway | Ambassador | List | |
Antananarivo | Embassy | Phil Boyle | Ambassador | List | |
Lilongwe | High Commission | Holly Tett | High Commissioner | List | |
Kuala Lumpur | High Commission | Victoria Treadell | High Commissioner | List | |
Bamako | Embassy | Catherine "Cat" Evans | Ambassador | List | |
Valletta | High Commission | Stuart Gill | High Commissioner | List | |
Nouakchott | Embassy | Samuel Thomas | Ambassador | List | |
Port Louis | High Commission | Keith Allan | High Commissioner | List | |
Mexico City | Embassy | Duncan Taylor | Ambassador | List | |
Chişinău | Embassy | Lucy Joyce | Ambassador | List | |
Ulaanbaatar | Embassy | Philip Malone | Ambassador | List | |
Podgorica | Embassy | Alison Kemp | Ambassador | List | |
Rabat | Embassy | Thomas Reilly | Ambassador | List | |
Maputo | High Commission | NneNne Iwuji-Eme | High Commissioner | List | |
Windhoek | High Commission | Kate Airey | High Commissioner | List | |
Kathmandu | Embassy | Richard Morris | Ambassador | List | |
The Hague | Embassy | Peter Wilson | Ambassador | List | |
Wellington | High Commission | Laura Clarke | High Commissioner | List | |
Abuja | High Commission | Paul Arkwright | High Commissioner | List | |
Pyongyang | Embassy | Alastair Morgan | Ambassador | List | |
Oslo | Embassy | Richard Wood | Ambassador | List | |
Muscat | Embassy | Hamish Cowell | Ambassador | List | |
Islamabad | High Commission | Thomas Drew | High Commissioner | List | |
Panama City | Embassy | Damion Potter | Ambassador | List | |
Port Moresby | High Commission | Keith Scott | High Commissioner | List | |
Asunción | Embassy | Matthew Hedges | Ambassador | List | |
Lima | Embassy | Kate Harrisson | Ambassador | List | |
Manila | Embassy | Daniel Pruce | Ambassador | List | |
Warsaw | Embassy | Jonathan Knott | Ambassador | List | |
Lisbon | Embassy | Chris Sainty | Ambassador | List | |
Doha | Embassy | Ajay Sharma | Ambassador | List | |
Bucharest | Embassy | Andrew Noble | Ambassador | List | |
Moscow | Embassy | Dr Laurie Bristow | Ambassador | List | |
Kigali | High Commission | Joanne Lomas | High Commissioner | List | |
Riyadh | Embassy | Simon Collis | Ambassador | List | |
Dakar | Embassy | George Hodgson | Ambassador | List | |
Belgrade | Embassy | Denis Keefe | Ambassador | List | |
Victoria | High Commission | Caron Röhsler | High Commissioner | List | |
Freetown | High Commission | Guy Warrington | High Commissioner | List | |
Singapore | High Commission | Scott Wightman | High Commissioner | List | |
Bratislava | Embassy | Andrew Garth | Ambassador | List | |
Ljubljana | Embassy | Sophie Honey | Ambassador | List | |
Honiara | High Commission | David Ward | High Commissioner | List | |
Mogadishu | Embassy | David Concar | Ambassador | List | |
Pretoria | High Commission | Nigel Casey | High Commissioner | List | |
Seoul | Embassy | Simon Smith | Ambassador | List | |
Juba | Embassy | Alison Blackburne | Ambassador | List | |
Madrid | Embassy | Simon Manley | Ambassador | List | |
Colombo | High Commission | James Dauris | High Commissioner | List | |
Khartoum | Embassy | Irfan Siddiq | Ambassador | List | |
Stockholm | Embassy | David Cairns | Ambassador | List | |
Bern | Embassy | Jane Owen | Ambassador | List | |
Damascus | Embassy | Ambassador withdrawn – embassy closed | Ambassador | List | |
Taipei | Office[note a] | Catherine Nettleton | Representative | List | |
Dushanbe | Embassy | Hugh Philpott | Ambassador | List | |
Dar es Salaam | High Commission | Sarah Cooke | High Commissioner | List | |
Bangkok | Embassy | Brian Davidson | Ambassador | List | |
Port of Spain | High Commission | Tim Stew | High Commissioner | List | |
Tunis | Embassy | Louise De Sousa | Ambassador | List | |
Ankara | Embassy | Sir Dominick Chilcott | Ambassador | List | |
Ashgabat | Embassy | Thorhilda Abbott-Watt | Ambassador | List | |
Kampala | High Commission | Peter West | High Commissioner | List | |
Kiev | Embassy | Judith Gough | Ambassador | List | |
Abu Dhabi | Embassy | Patrick Moody | Ambassador | List | |
Washington D.C. | Embassy | Sir Kim Darroch | Ambassador | List | |
Montevideo | Embassy | Ian Duddy | Ambassador | List | |
Tashkent | Embassy | Christopher Allan | Ambassador | List | |
Caracas | Embassy | John Saville | Ambassador | List | |
Hanoi | Embassy | Gareth Ward | Ambassador | List | |
Sana'a | Embassy | Michael Aron | Ambassador | List | |
Lusaka | High Commission | Fergus Cochrane-Dyet | High Commissioner | List | |
Harare | Embassy | Catriona Laing | 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 |
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Spain | None | N/A | Simon Manley | Ambassador | ||
Barbados | St John's | Honorary Consul | Janet Douglas | High Commissioner | ||
Jamaica | None | N/A | Asif Ahmad | High Commissioner | ||
Nigeria | None | N/A | Paul Arkwright | Ambassador | ||
Ghana | Ouagadougou | Honorary Consul | Iain Walker | Ambassador | ||
Rwanda | Bujumbura | Liaison Office | Joanne Lomas | Ambassador | ||
Senegal | São Vicente | Consul | George Hodgson | Ambassador | ||
Cameroon | None | N/A | Rowan Laxton | Ambassador | ||
Cameroon | N'Djamena | Honorary Consul[note b] | Rowan Laxton | Ambassador | ||
Madagascar | Moroni | N/A | Phil Boyle | Ambassador | ||
Democratic Republic of Congo | Brazzaville | Honorary Consul | John Murton | Ambassador | ||
Ethiopia | Djibouti City | Consulate | Gregory Dorey | Ambassador | ||
Barbados | Roseau | Honorary Consul | Janet Douglas | High Commissioner | ||
Indonesia | Jakarta | Honorary Consul | Moazzam Malik | Ambassador | ||
Cameroon | Malabo | Honorary Consul | Rowan Laxton | Ambassador | ||
Cameroon | Libreville | Honorary Consul | Rowan Laxton | Ambassador | ||
Barbados | St George's | Honorary Consul | Janet Douglas | High Commissioner | ||
Senegal | Bissau | Honorary Consul | George Hodgson | Ambassador | ||
Dominican Republic | Port-au-Prince | Consul | Sharon Campbell | Ambassador | List | |
Guatemala | Tegucigalpa | Honorary Consul | Thomas Carter | Ambassador | List | |
Fiji | None | N/A | Melanie Hopkins | High Commissioner | ||
South Africa | None | N/A | Nigel Casey | High Commissioner | ||
Switzerland | None | N/A | Jane Owen | Ambassador | ||
Sri Lanka | Malé | Honorary Consul | James Dauris | High Commissioner | ||
Fiji | None | N/A | Melanie Hopkins | Ambassador | ||
Fiji | None | N/A | Melanie Hopkins | Ambassador | ||
France | Monaco | Honorary Consulate | Edward Llewellyn | Ambassador | ||
Solomon Islands | None | N/A | David Ward | High Commissioner | ||
Costa Rica | Managua | Embassy | Ross Denny | Ambassador | List | |
Mali | None | N/A | Catherine "Cat" Evans | Ambassador | ||
Philippines | None | N/A | Daniel Pruce | Ambassador | ||
Barbados | Basseterre | Honorary Consul | Janet Douglas | High Commissioner | ||
Barbados | Castries | High Commission | Janet Douglas | High Commissioner | ||
Barbados | Kingstown | Honorary Consul | Janet Douglas | High Commissioner | ||
New Zealand | None | N/A | Laura Clarke | High Commissioner | ||
Italy | Rome | Consulate-General | Jill Morris | Ambassador | ||
Angola | São Tomé | Consulate | Jessica Hand | Ambassador | ||
Guyana | Paramaribo | Consulate | Greg Quinn | Ambassador | ||
South Africa | None | N/A | Nigel Casey | High Commissioner | ||
Indonesia | None | N/A | Moazzam Malik | Ambassador | ||
Ghana | None | N/A | Iain Walker | Ambassador | ||
Fiji | None | N/A | Melanie Hopkins | High Commissioner | List | |
Fiji | None | N/A | Melanie Hopkins | High Commissioner | ||
Solomon Islands | None | N/A | David Ward | 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.[2]
Heads of mission to non-sovereign territories
Mission | Location | Type | Head of mission | Position | List | Notes |
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Hong Kong | Consulate-General | Andrew Heyn | 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 | 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
See also
References
- ↑ "Country Profile: Burma". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 5 July 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2006.
- ↑ "New UK mission opens in Chad". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 March 2018.