List of heads of missions from the United Kingdom
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This is a list of current heads of United Kingdom Missions abroad. It is up to date as of 9 April 2008 to the High Commissioner to Cameroon.
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Resident Heads of Missions
| Mission | Location | Type | Head of Mission | Position | List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Kabul | Embassy | Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles | Ambassador | List |
 Albania |
Tirana | Embassy | Fraser Wilson | Ambassador | List |
 Algeria |
Algiers | Embassy | Andrew Henderson | Ambassador | |
 Angola |
Luanda | Embassy | Ralph Publicover | Ambassador | |
 Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Embassy | Dr John Hughes | Ambassador | List |
 Armenia |
Yerevan | Embassy | Charles Lonsdale | Ambassador | List |
 Australia |
Canberra | High Commission | Helen Liddell | High Commissioner | List |
 Austria |
Vienna | Embassy | Simon Smith | Ambassador | List |
 Azerbaijan |
Baku | Embassy | Dr Carolyn Browne | Ambassador | |
 Bahrain |
Manama | Embassy | Jamie Bowden | Ambassador | List |
 Bangladesh |
Dhaka | High Commission | Stephen Evans | High Commissioner | List |
 Barbados |
Bridgetown | High Commission | Duncan Taylor | High Commissioner | |
 Belarus |
Minsk | Embassy | Dr Nigel Gould-Davies | Ambassador | List |
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Brussels | Embassy | Dr Rachel Aron | Ambassador | List |
 Belize |
Belmopan | High Commission | Pat Ashworth | High Commissioner | List |
 Bolivia |
La Paz | Embassy | Nigel Baker | Ambassador | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo | Embassy | Michael Tatham | Ambassador | List |
 Botswana |
Gaborone | High Commission | Frank Martin | High Commissioner | |
 Brazil |
Brasilia | Embassy | Dr Peter Collecott CMG | Ambassador | List |
 Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan | High Commission | John Saville | High Commissioner | |
 Bulgaria |
Sofia | Embassy | Steve Williams | Ambassador | |
 Myanmar[1] |
Rangoon (Yangon) | Embassy | Mark Canning | Ambassador | List |
 Cambodia |
Phnom Penh | Embassy | David Reader | Ambassador | List |
 Cameroon |
Yaoundé | High Commission | David Sydney Maddicott | High Commissioner | |
 Canada |
Ottawa | High Commission | Anthony Cary | High Commissioner | List |
 Chile |
Santiago | Embassy | Howard Drake | Ambassador | List |
 People's Republic of China |
Beijing | Embassy | William Ehrman | Ambassador | List |
 Colombia |
Bogotá | Embassy | Haydon Warren-Gash | Ambassador | List |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Kinshasa | Embassy | Andrew Sparkes | Ambassador | |
 Costa Rica |
San José | Embassy | Tom Kennedy | Ambassador | |
 Croatia |
Zagreb | Embassy | Sir John Ramsden | Ambassador | List |
 Cuba |
Havana | Embassy | Dianna Melrose | Ambassador | List |
 Cyprus |
Nicosia | High Commission | Peter Millett | High Commissioner | |
 Czech Republic |
Prague | Embassy | Linda Duffield | Ambassador | List |
 Denmark |
Copenhagen | Embassy | David Frost CMG | Ambassador | List |
 Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo | Embassy | Ian Worthington | Ambassador | |
 East Timor |
Dili | Embassy | Tina Redshaw | Ambassador | List |
 Ecuador |
Quito | Embassy | Mrs Linda Cross OBE | Ambassador | List |
 Egypt |
Cairo | Embassy | The Hon. Dominic Asquith CMG | Ambassador | List |
 Eritrea |
Asmara | Embassy | Nick Astbury | Ambassador | List |
 Estonia |
Tallinn | Embassy | Peter Carter | Ambassador | List |
 Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa | Embassy | Robert Dewar | Ambassador | |
 Fiji |
Suva | High Commission | Roger Sykes | High Commissioner | |
 Finland |
Helsinki | Embassy | Dr Valerie Caton | Ambassador | List |
 France |
Paris | Embassy | Sir Peter Westmacott | Ambassador | List |
 Gambia |
Banjul | High Commission | Philip Sinkinson | High Commissioner | |
 Georgia |
Tblisi | Embassy | Denis Keefe | Ambassador | |
 Germany |
Berlin | Embassy | Sir Michael Arthur | Ambassador | List |
 Ghana |
Accra | High Commission | Nicholas Westcott | High Commissioner | List |
 Greece |
Athens | Embassy | Simon Gass | Ambassador | List |
 Guatemala |
Guatemala City | Embassy | Ian Hughes | Ambassador | List |
 Guinea |
Conakry | Embassy | John McManus | Ambassador | |
 Guyana |
Georgetown | High Commission | Fraser Wheeler | High Commissioner | |
 Holy See |
Vatican City | Embassy | Francis Campbell | Ambassador | List |
 Hungary |
Budapest | Embassy | Gregory Dorey | Ambassador | List |
 Iceland |
Reykjavík | Embassy | Alp Mehmet | Ambassador | List |
 India |
New Delhi | High Commission | Sir Michael Arthur | High Commissioner | List |
 Indonesia |
Jakarta | Embassy | Martin Hatfull | Ambassador | List |
 Iran |
Tehran | Embassy | Geoffrey Adams | Ambassador | List |
 Iraq |
Baghdad | Embassy | Christopher Prentice | Ambassador | List |
 Ireland |
Dublin | Embassy | David Reddaway | Ambassador | List |
 Israel |
Tel Aviv | Embassy | Tom Phillips | Ambassador | List |
 Italy |
Rome | Embassy | Edward Chaplin CMG OBE | Ambassador | List |
 Jamaica |
Kingston | High Commission | Jeremy Cresswell | High Commissioner | List |
 Japan |
Tokyo | Embassy | Graham Fry | Ambassador | List |
 Jordan |
Amman | Embassy | James Wilfrid Watt | Ambassador | List |
 Kazakhstan |
Almaty | Embassy | Paul Brummell | Ambassador | List |
 Kenya |
Nairobi | High Commission | Adam Wood | High Commissioner | |
 Kosovo |
Pristina | Embassy | David Blunt | Ambassador[2] | |
 Kuwait |
Kuwait City | Embassy | Stuart Laing | Ambassador | List |
 Laos |
Vientiane | Embassy | David Fall | Ambassador | |
 Latvia |
Riga | Embassy | Ian Bond | Ambassador | |
 Lebanon |
Beirut | Embassy | Frances Guy | Ambassador | |
 Libya |
Tripoli | Embassy | Sir Vincent Fean | Ambassador | |
 Lithuania |
Vilnius | Embassy | Colin Roberts | Ambassador | |
 Luxembourg |
Luxembourg City | Embassy | Peter Bateman | Ambassador | List |
 Republic of Macedonia |
Skopje | Embassy | Robert Chatterton Dickson | Ambassador | |
 Malawi |
Lilongwe | High Commission | Richard Wildash | High Commissioner | |
 Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur | High Commission | Boyd McCleary | High Commissioner | |
 Malta |
Valetta | High Commission | Vincent Fean | High Commissioner | List |
 Mauritius |
Port Louis | High Commission | Anthony Godson | High Commissioner | |
 Mexico |
Mexico City | Embassy | Giles Paxman | Ambassador | List |
 Moldova |
Chişinău | Embassy | Bernard Whiteside | Ambassador | List |
 Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar | Embassy | Christopher Osborne | Ambassador | List |
 Montenegro |
Podgorica | Embassy | John Dyson | Ambassador | |
 Morocco |
Rabat | Embassy | Charles Gray | Ambassador | List |
 Mozambique |
Maputo | High Commission | Andrew Keith Soper | High Commissioner | List |
 Namibia |
Windhoek | High Commission | Mark Bensberg | High Commissioner | |
 Nepal |
Kathmandu | Embassy | Dr Andrew Hall | Ambassador | List |
 Netherlands |
The Hague | Embassy | Lyn Parker | Ambassador | List |
 New Zealand |
Wellington | High Commission | George Fergusson | High Commissioner | List |
 Nigeria |
Abuja | High Commission | Sir Richard Gozney | High Commissioner | List |
 Norway |
Oslo | Embassy | David Powell | Ambassador | List |
 Oman |
Muscat | Embassy | Noel Guckian | Ambassador | |
 Pakistan |
Islamabad | High Commission | Robert Brinkley | High Commissioner | List |
 Panama |
Panama City | Embassy | Richard Austen | Ambassador | |
 Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby | High Commission | David Dunn | High Commissioner | |
 Peru |
Lima | Embassy | Catherine Nettleton | Ambassador | List |
 Philippines |
Manila | Embassy | Peter Beckingham | Ambassador | |
 Poland |
Warsaw | Embassy | Ric Todd | Ambassador | List |
 Portugal |
Lisbon | Embassy | Alexander Ellis | Ambassador | List |
 Qatar |
Doha | Embassy | Simon Collis | Ambassador | List |
 Romania |
Bucharest | Embassy | Robin Barnett | Ambassador | List |
 Russia |
Moscow | Embassy | Anthony Brenton | Ambassador | List |
 Rwanda |
Kigali | Embassy | Jeremy Macadie | Ambassador | List |
 Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh | Embassy | William Patey | Ambassador | List |
 Senegal |
Dakar | Embassy | Christopher Trott | Ambassador | |
 Serbia |
Belgrade | Embassy | Stephen Wordsworth | Ambassador | List |
 Seychelles |
Mahé | High Commission | Diana Skingle | High Commissioner | |
 Sierra Leone |
Freetown | High Commission | Sarah MacIntosh | High Commissioner | |
 Singapore |
Singapore | High Commission | Alan Collins | High Commissioner | List |
 Slovakia |
Bratislava | Embassy | Michael Roberts | Ambassador | |
 Slovenia |
Ljubljana | Embassy | Timothy Simmons | Ambassador | List |
 Solomon Islands |
Honiara | High Commission | Richard Lyne | High Commissioner | |
 South Africa |
Pretoria | High Commission | Paul Boateng | High Commissioner | List |
 South Korea |
Seoul | Embassy | Martin Uden | Ambassador | |
 Spain |
Madrid | Embassy | Sir Stephen Wright | Ambassador | List |
 Sri Lanka |
Colombo | High Commission | Dominick Chilcott | High Commissioner | |
 Sudan |
Khartoum | Embassy | Rosalind Marsden | Ambassador | |
 Sweden |
Stockholm | Embassy | Anthony Cary | Ambassador | List |
 Switzerland |
Berne | Embassy | Simon Featherstone | Ambassador | List |
 Syria |
Damascus | Embassy | Dr John Jenkins | Ambassador | List |
 Taiwan |
Taipei | Trade and Cultural Office | ??? | ???[3] | |
 Tajikistan |
Dushanbe | Embassy | Graeme Loten | Ambassador | List |
 Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam | High Commission | Philip Parham | High Commissioner | |
 Thailand |
Bangkok | Embassy | David Fall | Ambassador | List |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Port of Spain | High Commission | Ron Nash | High Commissioner | |
 Tunisia |
Tunis | Embassy | Alan Goulty | Ambassador | |
 Turkey |
Ankara | Embassy | Nicholas Baird | Ambassador | List |
 Turkmenistan |
Ashgabat | Embassy | Peter Butcher | Ambassador | List |
 Uganda |
Kampala | High Commission | Francois Gordon | High Commissioner | |
 Ukraine |
Kiev | Embassy | Vacant - as of 30 March 2008 | Ambassador | List |
 United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi | Embassy | Edward Oakden | Ambassador | List |
 United States of America |
Washington D.C. | Embassy | Sir Nigel Sheinwald | Ambassador | List |
 Uruguay |
Montevideo | Embassy | Hugh Salvesen | Ambassador | List |
 Uzbekistan |
Tashkent | Embassy | David Moran | Ambassador | |
 Venezuela |
Caracas | Embassy | Donald Lamont | Ambassador | List |
 Vietnam |
Hanoi | Embassy | Mark Kent | Ambassador | |
 Yemen |
Sana'a | Embassy | Michael Gifford | Ambassador | |
 Zambia |
Lusaka | High Commission | Alistair Harrison | High Commissioner | |
 Zimbabwe |
Harare | Embassy | Dr Andrew Pocock | Ambassador | List |
Non-resident Heads of Missions
The United Kingdom does not maintain a full embassy or High Commission in a number of countries. In each of these cases, the heads of Missions to another country, usually a neighbouring one, is concurrently accredited to the other country. In most cases, a smaller, local mission provides for emergencies, and is headed up by a lesser diplomat or a member of the local British community.
In the case of the Côte d'Ivoire, the embassy has been vacated for security reasons, although, in normal circumstances, a separate ambassadorial position would be maintained.
| Mission | Resident Country | Local Location | Local Mission | Non-Resident Head of Mission | Local Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Andorra |
Spain | Andorra la Vella | Consulate | Sir Stephen Wright | Ambassador |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Barbados | St John's | High Commission | Duncan Taylor | High Commissioner |
 Bahamas |
Jamaica | None | N/A | Jeremy Cresswell | High Commissioner |
 Benin |
Nigeria | None | N/A | Richard Gozney | Ambassador |
 Burkina Faso |
Ghana | Ouagadougou | Honorary Consulate | Gordon Wetherell | Ambassador |
 Burundi |
Rwanda | Bujumbura | Embassy | Jeremy Macadie | Ambassador |
 Cape Verde |
Senegal | São Vicente | Consulate | Christopher Trott | Ambassador |
 Central African Republic |
Cameroon | None | N/A | David Sydney Maddicott | Ambassador |
 Chad |
Cameroon | N'Djamena | Consulate | David Sydney Maddicott | Ambassador |
 Comoros |
Mauritius | Moroni | Consulate | Anthony Godson | Ambassador |
 Republic of the Congo |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Brazzaville | Honorary Consulate | Andrew Sparkes | Ambassador |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Ghana | Abidjan | Embassy | None | N/A |
 Djibouti |
Ethiopia | Djibouti City | Consulate | Robert Dewar | Ambassador |
 Dominica |
Barbados | Roseau | High Commission | Duncan Taylor | High Commissioner |
 El Salvador |
Guatemala | San Salvador | Honorary Consulate | Richard Lavers | Ambassador |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Cameroon | Malabo | Embassy | David Sydney Maddicott | Ambassador |
 Gabon |
Cameroon | Libreville | Honorary Consulate | David Sydney Maddicott | Ambassador |
 Grenada |
Barbados | St. George's | High Commission | Duncan Taylor | High Commissioner |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Senegal | Bissau | Honorary Consulate | Christopher Trott | Ambassador |
 Haiti |
Dominican Republic | Port-au-Prince | Consulate | Ian Worthington | Ambassador |
 Honduras |
Guatemala | Tegucigalpa | Honorary Consulate | Richard Lavers | Ambassador |
 Kiribati |
Fiji | Tarawa Atoll | High Commission | Roger Sykes | High Commissioner |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Kazakhstan | Bishkek | Honorary Consulate | Paul Brummell | Ambassador |
 Lesotho |
South Africa | None | N/A | Paul Boateng | High Commissioner |
 Liberia |
Sierra Leone | Monrovia | Honorary Consulate | Sarah MacIntosh | Ambassador |
 Liechtenstein |
Switzerland | None | N/A | Simon Featherstone | Ambassador |
 Madagascar |
Mauritius | Toamasina | Honorary Consulate | Anthony Godson | Ambassador |
 Maldives |
Sri Lanka | Malé | High Commission | Dominick Chilcott | High Commissioner |
 Mali |
Senegal | Bamako | Embassy Liaison Office | Christopher Trott | Ambassador |
 Marshall Islands |
Fiji | None | N/A | Roger Sykes | Ambassador |
 Mauritania |
Morocco | Nouakchott | Honorary Consulate | Haydon Warren-Gash | Ambassador |
 Micronesia |
Fiji | None | N/A | Roger Sykes | Ambassador |
 Monaco |
France | Monaco | Honorary Consulate | Sir John Eaton Holmes | Ambassador |
 Nauru |
Fiji | None | N/A | Roger Sykes | High Commissioner |
 Nicaragua |
Costa Rica | Managua | Honorary Consulate | Tom Kennedy | Ambassador |
 Niger |
Ghana | Niamey | Honorary Consulate | Gordon Wetherell | Ambassador |
 Palau |
Fiji | None | N/A | Roger Sykes | Ambassador |
 Paraguay |
Argentina | Asunción | Honorary Consulate | Dr John Hughes | Ambassador |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Barbados | Basseterre | High Commission | Duncan Taylor | High Commissioner |
 Saint Lucia |
Barbados | Castries | High Commission | Duncan Taylor | High Commissioner |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Barbados | Kingstown | High Commission | Duncan Taylor | High Commissioner |
 Samoa |
New Zealand | Apia | High Commission | George Fergusson | High Commissioner |
 San Marino |
Italy | Asunción | Consulate-General | Edward Chaplin | Ambassador |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
Angola | São Tomé | Consulate | Ralph Publicover | Ambassador |
 Suriname |
Guyana | Paramaribo | Consulate | Stephen Hiscock | Ambassador |
 Swaziland |
South Africa | None | N/A | Paul Boateng | High Commissioner |
 Togo |
Ghana | None | N/A | Gordon Wetherell | Ambassador |
 Tonga |
Fiji | None | N/A | Roger Sykes | High Commissioner |
 Tuvalu |
Fiji | None | N/A | Roger Sykes | High Commissioner |
 Vanuatu |
Fiji | None | N/A | Roger Sykes | High Commissioner |
Heads of Missions to non-sovereign territories
| Mission | Location | Type | Head of Mission | Position | List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hong Kong |
Hong Kong | Consulate-General | Andrew Seaton | Consul-General | List |
| Jerusalem | East Jerusalem | Consulate-General | Richard Makepeace | Consul-General |
Heads of Missions to international organisations
| Mission | Location | Head of Mission | Position | List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council of Europe | Strasbourg | Stephen Howarth | Permanent Representative | |
 European Union |
Brussels | John Grant | Permanent Representative | |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | Brussels | Stewart Eldon | Permanent Representative | |
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | The Hague | Colin Budd | Permanent Representative | |
| Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Vienna | Colin Munro | Head of Delegation | |
 United Nations in Geneva |
Geneva | Nicholas Thorne | Permanent Representative | |
| United Nations in New York |
New York | Sir John Sawers | Permanent Representative |