A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission,equivalent to an embassy,found in countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information,passports,dual-citizenship information,and other services between Commonwealth states.
Howard Ronald Drake is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017.
Robert Leigh Turner is a writer and British former diplomat. His final role was British Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from August 2016 to September 2021.
Sir Julian Beresford King is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as the final British European Commissioner from 2016 to 2019 prior to Brexit,having previously served as the British ambassador to Ireland (2009–2011) and France (2016).
Paul Thomas Arkwright is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2015–18.
Asif Ahmad is a banker-turned-diplomat,having served as a Senior Civil Servant at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. From 2017 to August 2021 he was the British High Commissioner to Jamaica. He was the British Ambassador to Thailand from November 2010 until August 2012. He was the British Ambassador to the Philippines from July 2013 to 2017. He has also been accredited to the Bahamas,Palau and Laos.
Paul Damian Madden is a retired British diplomat,who was High Commissioner to Singapore and to Australia,and Ambassador to Japan between 2017 and 2021.
Dame Judith Anne Macgregor is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to South Africa from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as Ambassador to Slovakia from 2004 to 2007,and Ambassador to Mexico from 2009 to 2013.
Paul Brummell is a British diplomat and travel writer.
Dame Menna Frances Rawlings is a British diplomat serving as British Ambassador to France since 2021. Previously British High Commissioner to Australia from 2015 to 2019,she then served as Director General of Economic and Global Issues at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2019 to 2020.
Dame Sarah MacIntosh is a British diplomat who is the Deputy National Security Adviser for International Affairs. She previously served as High Commissioner to Sierra Leone,Ambassador to Liberia and British Ambassador to NATO from 2017 to 2022.
Jan Thompson is a British diplomat,who since April 2023 has served as the British Ambassador to Norway. She served previously as British Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2017,and as British Deputy High Commissioner to India from 2018 to 2023.
Alison Mary Blake,is a British diplomat who is currently serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. She previously served as High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Susannah Clare Goshko is a British civil servant in His Majesty's Diplomatic Service. She is the British High Commissioner to Canada,replacing Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque on September 7,2021.
Nigel Philip Casey is a British diplomat,who has been His Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation since November 2023. He served as the British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from September 2011 until 2013,and then as the British High Commissioner to South Africa from April 2017 until April 2021. From May 2021 to 2023,was concurrently the Foreign Office's Director for Afghanistan and as the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Lindsay Skoll CMG is a British diplomat. Since 2021,she has served as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria and the UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna.
