Sir Laurence Stanley Charles Bristow is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between June and November 2021,notably during the fall of Kabul. He served as British Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2004 to 2007 and British Ambassador to Russia from 2016 to 2020. He is now President of Hughes Hall,Cambridge.
Sir Geoffrey Doyne Adams served as the British Ambassador to Egypt from 2018 to 2021,as a member of the British Diplomatic Service. He was Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2013 to 2017.
Sir Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith is a British career diplomat and former Ambassador to Iraq,Egypt,and Libya. He was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington DC. He was most recently the British High Commissioner to the Republic of India.
His Majesty's Diplomatic Service (HMDS) is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,dealing with foreign affairs and representing British interests overseas,as opposed to the Home Civil Service,which deals with domestic affairs. It employs around 14,000 people,roughly one-third of whom are crown servants working directly for the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,either in London or abroad. The remaining two-thirds are employed locally by one of nearly 270 British diplomatic missions abroad. The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is also the Head of the Diplomatic Service.
Duncan John Rushworth Taylor is a British retired diplomat whose most recent post was ambassador to Mexico.
Nigel Marcus Baker is a British diplomat,who was formerly Ambassador to Bolivia and Ambassador to the Holy See. He was Head of the Latin America department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2016 to 2019,and in August 2020 took up his appointment as British Ambassador to Slovakia.
Sir James Sebastian Lamin Wood,,usually known by his middle name Sebastian,is a British diplomat who was the Ambassador to China from 2010 to 2015,and Ambassador to Germany from 2015 to 2020.
Robert Nigel Paul Macaire CMG is a British diplomat who served as UK's Ambassador to Iran from 2018 to 2021.
Michael Douglas Aron is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Kuwait,Iraq,Libya and Sudan,and Yemen.
Sarah Gillett is a British former diplomat who was British Ambassador to Norway from July 2014 to 2018. She previously served as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2009 to 2013.
Christine Isobel "Kirsty" Hayes is a British diplomat and civil servant. She was British Ambassador to Portugal from 2014 to 2018.
Francis Raymond Baker is a British diplomat and civil servant who was Ambassador to Libya from February 2018 to April 2019. He was Ambassador to Kuwait from 2010 to 2014,and Ambassador to Iraq from 2014 to 2017.
Graeme Jonathan Knott is a British diplomat and was the British Ambassador to Poland between 2016 and 2020. He also served as the British Ambassador to Hungary between 2012 and 2015.
Julie Louise Jo "Jules" Chappell is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Guatemala,El Salvador,and Honduras from 2009 to 2012. At age 31,she was Britain's youngest-ever ambassador.
Jill Gallard is a British diplomat who took up the post of British Ambassador to Germany in November 2020. Previously she was the British Ambassador to Portugal,director of human resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and deputy political director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Dame Caroline Elizabeth Wilson is a British diplomat and lawyer who assumed office as the British Ambassador to China in September 2020.
Alison Mary Blake,is a British diplomat who is currently serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. She previously served as High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Michael Nevin is a British diplomat,who served as British Ambassador to Iceland from 2016 to 2021.
Richard Wood is a British diplomat,who served as the British Ambassador to Norway from 2018 to 2023.
Martin Fergus Harris is a British diplomat who has served as British Ambassador to Ukraine since 2023. He previously served as British Ambassador to Romania from 2010 to 2014.
