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
Afghanistan	Kabul	Embassy	Alison Blake	Ambassador	List
Albania	Tirana	Embassy	Duncan Norman	Ambassador	List
Algeria	Algiers	Embassy	Barry Lowen	Ambassador	List
Angola	Luanda	Embassy	Jessica Hand	Ambassador	List
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	Mark Kent	Ambassador	List
Armenia	Yerevan	Embassy	Judith Farnworth	Ambassador	List
Australia	Canberra	High Commission	Victoria Treadell	High Commissioner	List
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	Leigh Turner	Ambassador	List
Azerbaijan	Baku	Embassy	Carole Crofts	Ambassador	List
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy	Simon Martin	Ambassador	List
Bangladesh	Dhaka	High Commission	Robert Chatterton Dickson	High Commissioner	List
Barbados	Bridgetown	High Commission	Janet Douglas	High Commissioner	List
Belarus	Minsk	Embassy	Jacqueline Perkins	Ambassador	List
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	Martin Shearman	Ambassador	List
Belize	Belmopan	High Commission	Claire Evans	High Commissioner	List
Bolivia	La Paz	Embassy	Jeff Glekin	Ambassador	List
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Embassy	Matthew Field	Ambassador	List
Botswana	Gaborone	High Commission	Katy Ransome	High Commissioner	List
Brazil	Brasilia	Embassy	Vijay Rangarajan	Ambassador	List
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	High Commission	Richard Lindsay	High Commissioner	List
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	Emma Hopkins	Ambassador	List
Burma [1]	Yangon	Embassy	Dan Chugg	Ambassador	List
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Embassy	Tina Redshaw	Ambassador	List
Cameroon	Yaoundé	High Commission	Rowan Laxton	High Commissioner	List
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission	Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque	High Commissioner	List
Chile	Santiago	Embassy	Jamie Bowden	Ambassador	List
China	Beijing	Embassy	Dame Barbara Woodward	Ambassador	List
Colombia	Bogotá	Embassy	Peter Tibber	Ambassador	List
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Embassy	John Murton	Ambassador	List
Costa Rica	San José	Embassy	Ross Denny	Ambassador	List
Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan	Embassy	Josephine Gauld	Ambassador	List
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy	Andrew Dalgleish	Ambassador	List
Cuba	Havana	Embassy	The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Cuba is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Cuba, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Cuba. His or her official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba. List of heads of mission Consul-General in the Island of Cuba 1892–1898: Sir Alexander Gollan [2] 1898–1902: Lionel Carden [3] Minister Resident to the Republic of Cuba 1902–1906: Lionel Carden 1906–1909: Arthur Grant Duff [4] 1909–1912: Stephen Leech [5] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba 1912–1919: Stephen Leech (also to Haiti and Dominican Republic from 1913 [6] ) 1919–1921: William Erskine [7] Chargé d'Affaires in Cuba 1921–1924: Godfrey Haggard 1924–1925: Thomas Morris Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba 1925–1931: Thomas Morris [8] 1931–1933: Sir John Broderick 1933–1935: Herbert Grant Watson 1935–1937: Thomas Maitland Snow 1937–1940: Herbert Grant Watson 1940–1944: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes 1944–1949: James Leishman Dodds 1949–1950: Adrian Holman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba 1950–1954: Adrian Holman [9] 1954–1956: Wilfred Hansford Gallienne 1956–1960: Stanley Fordham 1960–1963: Herbert Stanley Marchant 1963–1966: Adam Watson 1966–1970: Richard Slater 1970–1972: Richard Sykes 1972–1975: Stanley Fingland 1975–1979: Edward Jackson 1979–1981: John Ure 1981–1984: David Churchill Thomas 1984–1986: Robin Fearn 1986–1989: Andrew Palmer 1989–1991: David Brighty 1991–1994: Leycester Coltman 1994–1998: Philip Alexander McLean 1998–2001: David Ridgway 2001–2004: Paul Webster Hare 2004–2008: John Dew 2008–2012: Dianna Melrose [10] 2012–2016: Tim Cole 2016–present [update] : Antony Stokes [11] References "Country Profile: Burma". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 5 July 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2006. "No. 26288". The London Gazette . 17 May 1892. p. 2903. "No. 27040". The London Gazette . 6 January 1899. p. 83. "No. 27951". The London Gazette . 21 September 1906. p. 6403. "No. 28253". The London Gazette . 21 May 1909. p. 3870. "No. 28695". The London Gazette . 28 February 1913. p. 1557. "No. 31663". The London Gazette . 28 November 1919. p. 14674. "No. 33045". The London Gazette . 8 May 1925. p. 3118. "No. 39513". The London Gazette . 11 April 1952. p. 2013. "Our Ambassador". British Embassy Havana. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. "Antony Stokes, British Ambassador to Cuba". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2016. External links "UK and Cuba". gov.uk. "Previous Ambassadors to Cuba". British Embassy Havana. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010.	Ambassador	List
Cyprus	Nicosia	High Commission	Stephen Lillie	High Commissioner	List
Czech Republic	Prague	Embassy	Nick Archer	Ambassador	List
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy	Dominic Schroeder	Ambassador	List
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Embassy	Chris Campbell	Ambassador	List
Ecuador	Quito	Embassy	2016–2020: Kathar ine Ward	Ambassador	List
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy	Sir Geoffrey Adams	Ambassador	List
El Salvador	San Salvador	Embassy	Bernhard Garside	Ambassador	List
Eritrea	Asmara	Embassy	Alisdair Walker	Ambassador	List
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy	Theresa Bubbear	Ambassador	List
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Alastair McPhail	Ambassador	List
European Union	Brussels	Embassy	Sir Tim Barrow	Ambassador	List
Fiji	Suva	High Commission	Melanie Hopkins	High Commissioner	List
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy	Tom Dodd	Ambassador	List
France	Paris	Embassy	Edward Llewellyn	Ambassador	List
The Gambia	Banjul	High Commission	Sharon Wardle	High Commissioner	List
Georgia	Tbilisi	Embassy	Justin McKenzie Smith	Ambassador	List
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	Sir Sebastian Wood	Ambassador	List
Ghana	Accra	High Commission	Iain Walker	High Commissioner	List
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Kate Smith	Ambassador	List
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Embassy	Carolyn Davidson	Ambassador	List
Guinea	Conakry	Embassy	Catherine Inglehearn	Ambassador	List
Guyana	Georgetown	High Commission	Greg Quinn	High Commissioner	List
Holy See	Vatican City	Embassy	Sally Axworthy	Ambassador	List
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	Iain Lindsay	Ambassador	List
Iceland	Reykjavík	Embassy	Michael Nevin	Ambassador	List
India	New Delhi	High Commission	Sir Dominic Asquith	High Commissioner	List
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	Moazzam Mal	Ambassador	List
Iran	Tehran	Embassy	Robert Macaire	Ambassador	List
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy	Stephen Hickey	Ambassador	List
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy	Robin Barnett	Ambassador	List
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy	Neil Wigan	Ambassador	List
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Jill Morris	Ambassador	List
Jamaica	Kingston	High Commission	Asif Ahmad	High Commissioner	List
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy	Paul Madden	Ambassador	List
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	Edward Oakden	Ambassador	List
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Embassy	Michael Gifford	Ambassador	List
Kenya	Nairobi	High Commission	Nic Hailey	High Commissioner	List
Kosovo	Pristina	Embassy	Ruairí O’Connell	Ambassador	List
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	Michael Davenport	Ambassador	List
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Embassy	Charles Garrett	Ambassador	List
Laos	Vientiane	Embassy	John Pearson	Ambassador	List
Latvia	Riga	Embassy	Keith Shannon	Ambassador	List
Lebanon	Beirut	Embassy	Chris Rampling	Ambassador	List
Lesotho	Maseru	High Commission	Anne Macro	High Commissioner	List
Liberia	Monrovia	Embassy	David Belgrove	Ambassador	List
Libya	Tripoli	Embassy	Martin Reynol ds	Ambassador	List
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy	Claire Lawrence	Ambassador	List
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Embassy	John Marshall	Ambassador	List
Macedonia	see North Macedonia
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Embassy	Phil Boyle	Ambassador	List
Malawi	Lilongwe	High Commission	Holly Tett	High Commissioner	List
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission	Charles Hay	High Commissioner	List
Mali	Bamako	Embassy	Catherine "Cat" Evans	Ambassador	List
Malta	Valletta	High Commission	Stuart Gill	High Commissioner	List
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Embassy	Simon Boyden	Ambassador	List
Mauritius	Port Louis	High Commission	Keith Allan	High Commissioner	List
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	Corin Robertson	Ambassador	List
Moldova	Chişinău	Embassy	Lucy Joyce	Ambassador	List
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Embassy	Philip Malone	Ambassador	List
Montenegro	Podgorica	Embassy	Alison Kemp	Ambassador	List
Morocco	Rabat	Embassy	Thomas Reilly	Ambassador	List
Mozambique	Maputo	High Commission	NneNne Iwuji-Eme	High Commissioner	List
Namibia	Windhoek	High Commission	Kate Airey	High Commissioner	List
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy	Richard Morr	Ambassador	List
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	Peter Wilson	Ambassador	List
New Zealand	Wellington	High Commission	Laura Clarke	High Commissioner	List
Nigeria	Abuja	High Commission	Catriona Laing	High Commissioner	List
North Korea	Pyongyang	Embassy	Colin Crooks  [ ja ]	Ambassador	List
North Macedonia	Skopje	Embassy	Rachel Galloway	Ambassador	List
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Richard Wood	Ambassador	List
Oman	Muscat	Embassy	Hamish Cowell	Ambassador	List
Pakistan	Islamabad	High Commission	Christian Turner	High Commissioner	List
Panama	Panama City	Embassy	Damion Potter	Ambassador	List
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	High Commission	Keith Scott	High Commissioner	List
Paraguay	Asunción	Embassy	Matthew Hedges	Ambassador	List
Peru	Lima	Embassy	Kate Harrisson	Ambassador	List
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Daniel Pruce	Ambassador	List
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy	Jonathan Knott	Ambassador	List
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	Chris Sainty	Ambassador	List
Qatar	Doha	Embassy	Ajay Sharma	Ambassador	List
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	Andrew Noble	Ambassador	List
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	Sir Laurie Bristow	Ambassador	List
Rwanda	Kigali	High Commission	Joanne Lomas	High Commissioner	List
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	Simon Collis	Ambassador	List
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	George Hodgson	Ambassador	List
Serbia	Belgrade	Embassy	Sian MacLeod	Ambassador	List
Seychelles	Victoria	High Commission	Caron Röhsler	High Commissioner	List
Sierra Leone	Freetown	High Commission	Guy Warrington	High Commissioner	List
Singapore	Singapore	High Commission	Kara Owen	High Commissioner	List
Slovakia	Bratislava	Embassy	Andrew Garth	Ambassador	List
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Embassy	Sophie Honey	Ambassador	List
Solomon Islands	Honiara	High Commission	David Ward	High Commissioner	List
Somalia	Mogadishu	Embassy	Ben Fender	Ambassador	List
South Africa	Pretoria	High Commission	Nigel Casey	High Commissioner	List
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Simon Smith	Ambassador	List
South Sudan	Juba	Embassy	Christopher Trott	Ambassador	List
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Simon Manley Hugh Elliott	Ambassador	List
Sri Lanka	Colombo	High Commission	Sarah Hulton , OBE	High Commissioner	List
Sudan	Khartoum	Embassy	Irfan Siddiq	Ambassador	List
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	Judith Gough	Ambassador	List
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	Jane Owen	Ambassador	List
Syria	Damascus	Embassy	Ambassador withdrawn – embassy closed	Ambassador	List
Taiwan	Taipei	Office [note a]	Catherine Nettleton	Representative	List
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Embassy	Hugh Philpott	Ambassador	List
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	High Commission	Sarah Cooke	High Commissioner	List
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	Brian Davidson	Ambassador	List
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	High Commission	Tim Stew	High Commissioner	List
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy	Louise De Sousa	Ambassador	List
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	Sir Dominick Chilcott	Ambassador	List
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Embassy	Thorhilda Abbott-Watt	Ambassador	List
Uganda	Kampala	High Commission	Peter West	High Commissioner	List
Ukraine	Kiev	Embassy	Melinda Simmons	Ambassador	List
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Patrick Moody	Ambassador	List
United States of America	Washington D.C.	Embassy	Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom Incumbent Karen Pierce Designate since 7 February 2020 Style His Excellency Residence Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. Inaugural holder George Hammond First Envoy extraordinary to US Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote First Ambassador extraordinary to US Formation 1791 Envoys extraordinary 1893 Ambassadors extraordinary Website UK and United States of America The British Ambassador to the United States is in charge of the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to the United States. The official title is Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America. The ambassador's residence is on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built in 1928. Duties The position of ambassador to the United States is considered to be one of the most important and prestigious posts in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, along with those of Permanent Representative to the European Union and Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The ambassador's main duty is to present British policies to the American government and people, and to report American policies and views to the Government of the United Kingdom. They serve as the primary channel of communication between the two nations, and play an important role in treaty negotiations. The ambassador is the head of the United Kingdom's consular service in the United States. As well as directing diplomatic activity in support of trade, they are ultimately responsible for visa services and for the provision of consular support to British citizens in America. They also oversee cultural relations between the two countries. History The first British envoy to the United States was Sir John Temple, who was appointed Consul General in 1785 and was based in New York at the estate at Richmond Hill (Manhattan) which served previously as a headquarters for George Washington. [1] George Hammond was appointed on 5 July 1791. He held the title of Minister in Washington or Minister to the United States of America. In 1809, David Erskine and President James Madison negotiated a compromise on Anglo-American disputes over shipping in the Atlantic, which might have averted the War of 1812. However, the deal was rejected by King George III and the British Government recalled Erskine. By the 1850s, the envoy's title was Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, and the United Kingdom had consulates in several American cities. Under the direction of Sir John Crampton in 1854 and 1855, British consuls attempted to enlist American volunteers to fight in the Crimean War. The American government strenuously objected, and President Franklin Pierce asked for Crampton to be recalled. The United Kingdom refused, and in May 1856 the American government dismissed Crampton, along with the United Kingdom's consuls in New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. After much negotiation, the United Kingdom was allowed to re-establish its Legation in Washington the following year, and Lord Napier became the new minister. In 1893, the British diplomatic mission in Washington was raised from a Legation to an Embassy, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, Minister since 1889, was appointed as the United Kingdom's first ambassador to the United States, with the title Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States. The role has in the past been offered to three former Prime Ministers: the Earl of Rosebery, David Lloyd George and Sir Edward Heath, all of whom declined. [2] Heads of mission Minister plenipotentiary (1791–1795) As a republic, the United States was not entitled to receive an ambassador. Instead, the United Kingdom dispatched a diplomat with the lower rank of Minister plenipotentiary. This placed the United Kingdom on equal footing with France, which also maintained a Minister plenipotentiary in the United States. [3] :1 1791–1795: George Hammond Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary (1796–1893) In 1796, the United Kingdom raised its representation to Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, or Minister. Diplomatic relations would be maintained at this rank for almost 100 years. [3] :1 1796–1800: Sir Robert Liston [4] 1803–1806: Anthony Merry [5] 1807–1809: Hon. David Erskine [6] 1809–1811: Francis Jackson [7] 1811–1812: Sir Augustus Foster 1812–1815: No representation due to the War of 1812 1815–1820: Hon. Sir Charles Bagot [8] 1820–1824: Stratford Canning [9] 1825–1835: Sir Charles Vaughan [10] 1835–1843: Sir Henry Fox [11] 1843–1847: Richard Pakenham [12] 1849–1852: Sir Henry Bulwer [13] 1852–1856: Sir John Crampton, Bt [14] 1857–1858: Lord Napier [15] 1858–1865: Lord Lyons [16] 1865–1867: Sir Frederick Bruce [17] 1867–1881: Sir Edward Thornton [18] 1881–1888: Hon. Lionel Sackville-West [19] 1889–1893: Sir Julian Pauncefote [20] Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary (from 1893) 1893–1902: Sir Julian Pauncefote (Lord Pauncefote from 1899) 1902–1903: Hon. Sir Michael Herbert [21] 1903–1906: Sir Mortimer Durand [22] 1907–1913: James Bryce [23] 1913–1918: Sir Cecil Spring Rice [24] 1918–1919: The Earl of Reading 1919–1920: Viscount Grey of Fallodon 1920–1924: Sir Auckland Geddes 1924–1930: Sir Esme Howard [25] 1930–1939: Sir Ronald Lindsay [26] 1939–1940: The Marquess of Lothian 1940–1946: Viscount Halifax (Earl of Halifax from 1944) 1946–1948: Lord Inverchapel [27] 1948–1952: Sir Oliver Franks 1953–1956: Sir Roger Makins [28] 1956–1961: Sir Harold Caccia [29] 1961–1965: Hon. Sir David Ormsby-Gore [30] 1965–1969: Sir Patrick Dean [31] 1969–1971: Rt. Hon. John Freeman [32] 1971–1974: The Earl of Cromer [33] 1974–1977: Hon. Sir Peter Ramsbotham [34] 1977–1979: Hon. Peter Jay [35] 1979–1982: Sir Nicholas Henderson [36] 1982–1986: Sir Oliver Wright 1986–1991: Sir Antony Acland [37] 1991–1995: Sir Robin Renwick 1995–1997: Sir John Kerr 1997–2003: Sir Christopher Meyer 2003–2007: Sir David Manning 2007–2012: Sir Nigel Sheinwald [38] 2012–2016: Sir Peter Westmacott [39] 2016–2019: Lord Darroch of Kew [40] 2020–present: Dame Karen Pierce [41] Ambassadors in fiction Sir Everard Everett, in Wodehouse's Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit Lord John Marbury, in NBC's The West Wing . Sir Mark Brydon, in the BBC's The State Within . Lord Standish, in the film Sherlock Holmes See also United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Canadian ambassadors to the United States - replacing the role of the British Ambassador to the US (and Foreign Secretary of State for the Colonies) in dealing with diplomatic relations for Canada after 1926 References "No. 12625". The London Gazette . 26 February 1785. p. 109. Theakston, Kevin (May 2010). "What next for Gordon Brown?". United Kingdom: History & Policy. Retrieved 9 December 2010. Mayo, Bernard, ed. (1941). Instructions to the British Ministers to the United States, 1791-1812. United States Government Printing Office. "No. 13874". The London Gazette . 12 March 1796. p. 249. "No. 15553". The London Gazette . 25 January 1803. p. 114. "No. 15938". The London Gazette . 19 July 1806. p. 897. "No. 16260". The London Gazette . 23 May 1809. p. 736. "No. 17020". The London Gazette . 6 June 1815. p. 1076. "No. 17617". The London Gazette . 22 July 1820. p. 1430. "No. 18121". The London Gazette . 26 March 1825. p. 513. "No. 19310". The London Gazette . 25 September 1835. p. 1791. "No. 20279". The London Gazette . 14 November 1843. p. 3705. "No. 20972". The London Gazette . 27 April 1849. p. 1378. "No. 21284". The London Gazette . 23 January 1852. p. 183. "No. 21961". The London Gazette . 23 January 1857. p. 239. "No. 22209". The London Gazette . 14 December 1858. p. 5415. "No. 22945". The London Gazette . 3 March 1865. p. 1324. "No. 23330". The London Gazette . 6 December 1867. p. 6704. "No. 24994". The London Gazette . 8 July 1881. p. 8404. "No. 25917". The London Gazette . 2 April 1889. p. 1863. "No. 27471". The London Gazette . 5 September 1902. p. 5751. "No. 27614". The London Gazette . 10 November 1903. p. 6854. "No. 27995". The London Gazette . 15 February 1907. p. 1065. "No. 28713". The London Gazette . 25 April 1913. p. 2975. "No. 32907". The London Gazette . 12 February 1924. p. 1265. "No. 33592". The London Gazette . 28 March 1930. p. 1960. "No. 37828". The London Gazette . 24 December 1946. p. 6253. "No. 39838". The London Gazette . 28 April 1953. p. 2357. "No. 40981". The London Gazette . 22 January 1957. p. 502. "No. 42519". The London Gazette . 21 November 1961. p. 8445. "No. 43654". The London Gazette . 18 May 1965. p. 4861. "No. 44912". The London Gazette . 7 August 1969. p. 8127. "No. 45324". The London Gazette . 18 March 197. p. 2389. "No. 46272". The London Gazette . 23 April 1974. p. 5068. "No. 47308". The London Gazette . 23 August 1977. p. 10881. "No. 47968". The London Gazette . 2 October 1979. p. 47968. "No. 50551". The London Gazette . 13 June 1986. p. 3. The British Ambassador Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of America, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 20 August 2015 "Sir Kim Darroch resigns as UK ambassador to US". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019. "UK names first woman US ambassador". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2020. External links UK and United States of America, gov.uk	Ambassador	List
Uruguay	Montevideo	Embassy	Ian Duddy	Ambassador	List
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Embassy	Timothy Torlot	Ambassador	List
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	John Saville	Ambassador	List
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	Gareth Ward	Ambassador	List
Yemen	Sana'a	Embassy	Michael Aron	Ambassador	List
Zambia	Lusaka	High Commission	Fergus Cochrane-Dyet	High Commissioner	List
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy	Melanie Robinson	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.

In April 2018 the Foreign Secretary announced the opening of nine new diplomatic posts across the Commonwealth. ^[1] As a result, some countries which currently have non-resident High Commissioners are to receive resident High Commissioners. The expected dates of residence are noted below for those countries where an appointment has been announced.

Mission	Resident Country	Local Location	Local Mission	Non-Resident Head of mission	Local Position	List
Andorra	Spain	None	N/A	Simon Manley Hugh Elliott	Ambassador
Antigua and Barbuda	Barbados	St John's	Honorary Consul	Janet Douglas	High Commissioner
Bahamas Resident expected August 2019 [2]	Jamaica	None	N/A	Asif Ahmad	High Commissioner	List
Benin	Nigeria	None	N/A	Catriona Laing	Ambassador
Burkina Faso	Ghana	Ouagadougou	Honorary Consul	Iain Walker	Ambassador
Burundi	Rwanda	Bujumbura	Liaison Office	Joanne Lomas	Ambassador
Cape Verde	Senegal	São Vicente	Consul	George Hodgson	Ambassador
Central African Republic	Cameroon	None	N/A	Rowan Laxton	Ambassador
Chad	Cameroon	N'Djamena	British Office[note b]	Rowan Laxton	Ambassador
Comoros	Madagascar	Moroni	N/A	Phil Boyle	Ambassador
Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Brazzaville	Honorary Consul	John Murton	Ambassador
Djibouti	Ethiopia	Djibouti City	Honorary Consul	Alastair McPhail	Ambassador
Dominica	Barbados	Roseau	Honorary Consul	Janet Douglas	High Commissioner
East Timor	Indonesia	Jakarta	Honorary Consul	Moazzam Mal	Ambassador
Equatorial Guinea	Cameroon	Malabo	Honorary Consul	Rowan Laxton	Ambassador
Eswatini Resident expected summer 2019 [3]	South Africa	None	N/A	Nigel Casey	High Commissioner
Gabon	Cameroon	Libreville	Honorary Consul	Rowan Laxton	Ambassador
Grenada	Barbados	St George's	Honorary Consul	Janet Douglas	High Commissioner
Guinea-Bissau	Senegal	Bissau	Honorary Consul	George Hodgson	Ambassador
Haiti	Dominican Republic	Port-au-Prince	Consul	Sharon Campbell	Ambassador	List
Honduras	Guatemala	Tegucigalpa	Honorary Consul	Thomas Carter	Ambassador	List
Kiribati	Fiji	None	N/A	Melanie Hopkins	High Commissioner
Liechtenstein	Switzerland	None	N/A	Jane Owen	Ambassador
Maldives	Sri Lanka	Malé	Honorary Consul	Sarah Hulton , OBE	High Commissioner
Marshall Islands	Fiji	None	N/A	Melanie Hopkins	Ambassador
Federated States of Micronesia	Fiji	None	N/A	Melanie Hopkins	Ambassador
Monaco	France	Monaco	Honorary Consulate	Edward Llewellyn	Ambassador
Nauru	Solomon Islands	None	N/A	David Ward	High Commissioner
Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Managua	Embassy	Ross Denny	Ambassador	List
Niger	Mali	None	N/A	Catherine "Cat" Evans	Ambassador
Palau	Philippines	None	N/A	Daniel Pruce	Ambassador
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Barbados	Basseterre	Honorary Consul	Janet Douglas	High Commissioner
Saint Lucia	Barbados	Castries	High Commission	Janet Douglas	High Commissioner
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Barbados	Kingstown	Honorary Consul	Janet Douglas	High Commissioner
Samoa	New Zealand	None	N/A	Laura Clarke	High Commissioner
San Marino	Italy	Rome	Consulate-General	Jill Morris	Ambassador
São Tomé and Príncipe	Angola	São Tomé	Consulate	Jessica Hand	Ambassador
Suriname	Guyana	Paramaribo	Consulate	Greg Quinn	Ambassador
Timor Leste	Indonesia	None	N/A	Moazzam Mal	Ambassador
Togo	Ghana	None	N/A	Iain Walker	Ambassador
Tonga Resident expected summer 2019 [4]	Fiji	None	N/A	Melanie Hopkins	High Commissioner	List
Tuvalu	Fiji	None	N/A	Melanie Hopkins	High Commissioner
Vanuatu Resident expected summer 2019 [5]	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. ^[6]

Heads of mission to non-sovereign territories

Mission	Location	Type	Head of mission	Position	List	Notes
Hong Kong	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	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

Mission	Location	Head of mission	Position	List
African Union	Addis Ababa	Alastair McPhail	Ambassador to Ethiopia also accredited as Permanent Representative	List
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	Jakarta	Moazzam Mal	Ambassador to Indonesia also accredited as Ambassador to ASEAN	List
Conference on Disarmament	Geneva	Aidan Liddle	Permanent Representative	List
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	Christopher Yvon	Permanent Representative	List
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	Brussels	Sarah MacIntosh	Permanent Representative	List
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Paris	Christopher Sharrock	Permanent Representative	List
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	The Hague	Peter Wilson	Ambassador to the Netherlands also accredited as Permanent Representative	List
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	Vienna	Neil Bush	Head of Delegation	List
United Nations in Geneva	Geneva	Julian Braithwaite	Permanent Representative	List
United Nations in New York	New York City	Dame Karen Pierce	Permanent Representative	List
United Nations in Vienna	Vienna	Leigh Turner	Ambassador to Austria also accredited as Permanent Representative	List

See also

• List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom

References

1. "Foreign Secretary expands UK Commonwealth diplomatic network". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 19 April 2018.
2. "Change of British High Commissioner to The Bahamas - August 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 31 May 2019.
3. "Change of British High Commissioner to Eswatini during summer 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 30 May 2019.
4. "Change of British High Commissioner to Tonga during Summer 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 28 May 2019.
5. "Change of British High Commissioner to Vanuatu - Summer 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 3 June 2019.
6. "New UK mission opens in Chad". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 March 2018.