List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bolivia

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bolivia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in La Paz.

Early diplomats

• 1837–1842: Belford Hinton Wilson Chargé d'Affaires. ^[1]
• 1842–1848: William Pitt Adams Chargé d'Affaires. ^[1]
• 1848–1851: Hon. Frederick Bruce Chargé d'Affaires (Consul-General from 1847). ^[2]
• 1851–1853: John Augustus Lloyd Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General. ^[3]

Diplomatic relations were suspended in October 1853. ^[4]

Bolivia was combined with Peru until 1910. ^[5]

• 1874–1884: Spenser St. John, Minister Resident and Consul-General. ^[6]
  • 1882–1884: Alfred St John, Acting Consul-General at Lima. ^[7]
• 1884–1894: Charles Edward Mansfield, Minister Resident at Lima. ^[8]
• 1894–1898: Henry Michael Jones, Minister Resident at Lima. ^[9]
• 1898–1908: William Nelthorpe Beauclerk, Minister Resident and Consul-General in Bolivia, 1903; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republics of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, 1906. ^[10]

Ministers to Bolivia, 1910–1947

The following were Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Bolivia:

• 1910–1915: Cecil Gosling ^[11]
• 1919–1924: William Edmund O'Reilly ^[12]
• 1926–1930: Robert Michell ^[13]
• 1931–1934: Richard Nosworthy ^[14]
• 1934–1937: Thomas Joseph Morris ^[15]
• 1937–1939: Evelyn Rawlins ^[16]
• 1939–1940: Gordon Vereker ^[5]
• 1940–1943: James Dodds ^[17]
• 1943–1947: T. Ifor Rees

Ambassadors

• 1947–1949: T. Ifor Rees
• 1949–1956: Sir John Lomax ^[18]
• 1956–1960: Sir James Henderson ^[19]
• 1960–1964: Gilbert Holliday ^[20]
• 1964–1967: Sir Herbert Gamble ^[21]
• 1967–1971: Ronald William Bailey ^[22]
• 1971–1973: John Tahourdin ^[23]
• 1973–1977: Ronald Hope-Jones ^[24]
• 1977–1981: Adrian Buxton ^[25]
• 1981–1985: Stanley Duncan ^[26]
• 1985–1987: Alan White ^[27]
• 1987–1989: Colum John Sharkey ^[28]
• 1989–1991: Michael Daly ^[29]
• 1991–1995: Mike Jackson ^[30]
• 1995–1998: David Ridgway ^[31]
• 1998–2001: Graham Minter ^[32]
• 2001–2005: William Sinton ^[33]
• 2005–2007: Peter Bateman ^[34]
• 2007–2011: Nigel Baker ^[35]
• 2011–2015: Ross Denny ^[36]
• 2016–2018: James Thornton ^[37]
• 2019–2023: Jeff Glekin ^[38]
• 2023–present: Richard Porter ^[39]

References

1. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
2. G. C. Boase, 'Bruce, Sir Frederick William Adolphus Wright- (1814–1867)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004) , accessed 21 December 2008.
3. "No. 21271". The London Gazette . 9 December 1851. p. 3424.
4. The Foreign office list and diplomatic and consular year book (1857)
5. Colin Mackie. "British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880–2010" (PDF). Gulabin.com. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
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10. "Beauclerk, William Nelthorpe". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
11. "Gosling, Cecil". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
12. "O'Reilly, William Edmund". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
13. "Michell, Sir Robert Carminowe". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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15. "Morris, Thomas Joseph". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
16. "Rawlins, Evelyn Charles Donaldson". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
17. "Dodds, Sir James Leishman". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
18. "Lomax, Sir John Garnett". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
19. "Henderson, Sir James Thyne". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
20. "Holliday, Gilbert Leonard Gibson". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
21. "Gamble, Sir (Frederick) Herbert". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
22. "Bailey, Ronald William". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
23. "Tahourdin, John Gabriel". Who's Who 2007. A & C Black. 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
24. "Hope-Jones, Ronald Christopher". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
25. "Buxton, Adrian Clarence". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
26. "Duncan, Stanley Frederick St Clair". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
27. "White, Alan". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
28. "Sharkey, Colum John". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
29. "Dalt, Michael Francis". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
30. "Jackson, Richard Michael, (Mike)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
31. "Ridgway, David Frederick Charles". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
32. "Minter, Graham Leslie". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
33. "Sinton, William Baldie". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
34. "Bateman, Peter". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
35. "Baker, Nigel Marcus". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
36. "HM Ambassador to Bolivia". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
37. "Ambassador James Thornton presents credentials to President Evo Morales". British Embassy La Paz. 28 January 2016.
38. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bolivia in January 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 6 November 2018.
39. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Bolivia: Richard Porter". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 26 May 2023.

External links

• UK and Bolivia, gov.uk