List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Jordan

His Majesty's Ambassador to Jordan
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Philip Hall since 2023
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Amman
Inaugural holder	Albert Abramson First Resident in Amman to Transjordan Sir Alec Kirkbride First Ambassador
Formation	1921
Website	UK and Jordan

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Jordan is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's (UK) foremost diplomatic representative in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Amman.

List of heads of mission

Residents in Amman to Transjordan

• Apr 1921 – 21 Nov 1921: Albert Abramson
• 21 Nov 1921 – Apr 1924: St John Philby
• Aug 1924 – Mar 1939: Charles Henry Fortnom Cox
• Mar 1939 – 17 Jun 1946: Alec Kirkbride

St John Philby

Ambassadors to Jordan

• 1946–1952: Sir Alec Kirkbride
• 1952–1954: Geoffrey Furlonge ^[1]
• 1954–1956: Sir Charles Duke
• 1956–1959: Sir Charles Johnston
• 1960–1962: John Henniker-Major
• 1962–1966: Sir Roderick Parkes
• 1966–1970: Sir Philip Adams
• 1970–1972: John Phillips
• 1972–1975: Glencairn Balfour Paul
• 1975–1979: John Campbell Moberly
• 1979–1984: Alan Urwick
• 1984–1988: Sir John Coles
• 1988–1991: Anthony Reeve
• 1991–1993: Patrick Eyers
• 1993–1997: Peter Hinchcliffe
• 1997–2000: Christopher Battiscombe
• 2000–2002: Edward Chaplin
• 2002–2006: Christopher Prentice
• 2006–2011: James Watt
• 2011–2015: Peter Millett ^[2]
• 2015–2020: Edward Oakden
• 2020–2023: Bridget Brind ^[3]
• 2023–present ^[update] : Philip Hall ^[4]

References

1. "FURLONGE, Sir Geoffrey (Warren)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
2. Peter Millett, gov.uk
3. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Jordan, April 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
4. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Jordan: Philip Hall". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

Bibliography

• Kamal S. Salibi (15 December 1998). The Modern History of Jordan. I.B.Tauris. pp. 96–. ISBN   978-1-86064-331-6.

External links

• UK and Jordan, gov.uk