List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Saudi Arabia, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
List of heads of mission
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- 1930–1936: Sir Andrew Ryan
- 1936–1939: Sir Reader Bullard
- 1940–1943: Hugh Stonehewer-Bird[1]
- 1943–1945: Stanley Jordan[2]
- 1945–1947: Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith[3]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1947–1951: Alan Trott[4]
- 1951–1955: Clinton Pelham[5]
- 1955: Harold Beeley[6]
- 1955–1956: Roderick Parkes[7]
- 1956–1963: Diplomatic relations severed due to Suez Crisis
- 1963–1964: Sir Colin Crowe[8]
- 1964–1968: Morgan Man[9]
- 1968: Horace Phillips (rejected by Saudi government)
- 1968–1972: Sir Willie Morris[10]
- 1972–1976: Sir Alan Rothnie[11]
- 1976–1979: Sir John Wilton
- 1979–1984: Sir James Craig
- 1984–1986: Sir Patrick Wright
- 1986–1989: Sir Stephen Egerton
- 1989–1993: Sir Alan Munro[12]
- 1993–1996: Sir David Gore-Booth
- 1996–2000: Sir Andrew Green
- 2000–2003: Sir Derek Plumbly
- 2003–2006: Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles[12]
- 2006–2010: Sir William Patey
- 2010–2012: Sir Tom Phillips
- 2012–2015: Sir John Jenkins[13]
- 2015–present: Simon Collis[14]
References
- ↑ The London Gazette, 16 April 1940
- ↑ The London Gazette, 8 October 1943
- ↑ The London Gazette, 18 December 1945
- ↑ The London Gazette, 16 April 1948
- ↑ The London Gazette, 11 April 1952
- ↑ The London Gazette, 9 August 1955
- ↑ The London Gazette, 20 December 1955
- ↑ The London Gazette, 4 June 1963
- ↑ The London Gazette, 22 December 1964
- ↑ "MORRIS, Sir Willie". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ "ROTHNIE, Sir Alan (Keir)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- 1 2 "Committee Members of the Saudi-British Society". Saudi-British Society.
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 25 April 2012
- ↑ Vice Foreign Minister Receives a Number of Ambassadors, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 3 February 2015
External links
- UK and Saudi Arabia, gov.uk
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