List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Georgia

British Ambassador to Georgia ბრიტანეთის ელჩი საქართველოში
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Mark Clayton since August 2020
Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Embassy, Tbilisi
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Investors Council (Non-Permanent)
Reports to	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Seat	Tbilisi, Georgia
Appointer	The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Stephen Nash First Ambassador to Georgia
Formation	1995
Website	www.gov.uk/world/georgia

The British Ambassador to Georgia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Georgia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tbilisi. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Georgia.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom renewed diplomatic relations with Georgia and the then British ambassador to Russia, Sir Brian Fall, was also accredited to Georgia until the new embassy in Tbilisi was opened in 1995. ^[1]

Heads of Mission

Chief British Commissioner of Transcaucasus

• 1919–1920: Sir Oliver Wardrop
• 1920–1921: Claude Stokes

Ambassadors

• 1995–1998: Stephen Nash ^[1]
• 1998–2001: Richard Jenkins ^[1]
• 2001–2004: Deborah Barnes-Jones ^[1]
• 2004–2007: Donald MacLaren ^[1]
• 2007–2010: Denis Keefe ^[1]
• 2010–2013: Judith Gough ^[1]
• 2013: David Moran Chargé d'affaires with personal rank of ambassador ^[2]
• 2013–2016: Alexandra Hall Hall ^[3]
• 2016–2020: Justin McKenzie Smith ^[4]
• 2020–present ^[update] : Mark Clayton ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "UK in Georgia, Our Embassy". British Embassy Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
2. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 2 May 2013.
3. "Alexandra Hall Hall". gov.uk.
4. "Justin McKenzie Smith has presented copies of his credentials to the Georgian Foreign Minister". finchannel.com. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
5. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Georgia: August 2020". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 17 June 2020.
6. "Georgia raids opposition party HQ, detains leader". Deutsche Welle . 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

External links

• UK and Georgia, gov.uk