List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Bulgaria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Sofia.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians

• 1903–1908: Sir George Buchanan
• 1909–1911: Mansfeldt Findlay
• 1911–1915: Sir Henry Bax-Ironside
• 1915–1920: No ambassador due to First World War
• 1920–1921: Sir Arthur Peel
• 1921–1928: Sir William Erskine
• 1928–1929: Rowland Sperling
• 1929–1933: Sydney Waterlow
• 1933–1936: Charles Bentinck
• 1936–1938: Maurice Peterson
• 1938–1941: George Rendel
• 1941–1946: No ambassador due to Second World War

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Sofia

• 1947–1949: John Sterndale Bennett
• 1949–1951: Paul Mason
• 1951–1954: John Carvell
• 1954–1956: Geoffrey Furlonge
• 1956–1958: Richard Speaight
• 1958–1960: Anthony Lambert
• 1960–1963: Anthony Lincoln

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Sofia

• 1964–1966: William Harpham ^[1]
• 1966–1970: Desmond Crawley ^[2]
• 1970–1973: Donald Logan ^[3]
• 1973–1976: Edwin Bolland ^[4]
• 1976–1980: John Cloake ^[5]
• 1980–1983: Giles Bullard ^[6]
• 1983–1986: John Snodgrass ^[7]
• 1986–1989: John Fawcett ^[8]
• 1989–1994: Richard Thomas ^[9]
• 1994–1998: Roger Short
• 1998–2001: Richard Stagg ^[10]
• 2001–2003: Ian Soutar ^[11]
• 2004–2007: Jeremy Hill ^[12]
• 2007–2011: Steve Williams
• 2011–2015: Jonathan Allen ^[13]
• 2015–August 2020: Emma Hopkins ^{[14] [15]}
• August 2020–August 2024: Rob Dixon ^[15]
• From August 2024 ^[update] : Nathaniel Copsey ^[16]

References

1. "HARPHAM, Sir William". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
2. "CRAWLEY, Desmond John Chetwode". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
3. "LOGAN, Sir Donald (Arthur)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
4. "BOLLAND, Sir Edwin". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
5. "CLOAKE, John Cecil". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
6. "BULLARD, Sir Giles (Lionel)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
7. "SNODGRASS, John Michael Owen". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
8. "FAWCETT, John Harold". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
9. "THOMAS, Richard". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
10. "STAGG, (Charles) Richard (Vernon)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
11. "SOUTAR, (Samuel) Ian". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
12. "HILL, (Peter) Jeremy (Oldham)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
13. "British Ambassador to Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
14. New British Ambassador to Bulgaria presents her credentials to President Plevneliev, British Embassy Sofia, 19 May 2015
15. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria - August 2020". gov.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
16. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria: Nathaniel Copsey". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• UK in Bulgaria, gov.uk