List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Colombia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Colombia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Bogotá. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Colombia.

List of heads of mission

Diplomats to Colombia

• 1825: John Potter Hamilton and Patrick Campbell Plenipotentiaries
• 1826–1829: Alexander Cockburn Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary^[1][2]
  • 1829: James Henderson Consul general in Bogotá^[3]
• 1829–1831: William Turner Envoy Extraordinary^[1][2]

Diplomats to New Granada

• 1831–1838: William Turner Envoy Extraordinary until 1837; then Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary^[1][2]
• 1838–1842: William Pitt Adams Chargé d'Affaires^[2]
• 1841–1843: Robert Steward Chargé d'Affaires^[1][2]
• 1843–1854: Daniel Florence O'Leary Chargé d'Affaires^[1][2]

Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of Colombia

• 1866–1873: Robert Bunch^[4]

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the United States of Colombia

• 1873–1878: Robert Bunch^[5]
• 1878–1881: Charles Edward Mansfield^[6]
• 1881–1882: Augustus Henry Mounsey^[7]
• 1882–1884: James Plaister Harriss-Gastrell^[8]
• Mar – Dec 1884: Frederick St John^[9]
• 1885–1892: William Dickson^[10]
• 1892–1897: George Jenner^[11]

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Colombia

 

Sir Charles Euan-Smith

• Jul – Nov 1898: Sir Charles Euan-Smith^[12]
• 1898–1906: George Earle Welby^[13]
• 1906–1911: Francis William Stronge^[14]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia

• 1911–1919: Percy Wyndham^[15]
• 1919–1923: Lord Herbert Hervey^[16]
• 1923–1926: William Seeds^[17]
• 1926–1930: Edmund Monson^[18]
• 1930–1936: Spencer Dickson^[19]
• 1936–1941: Montague Paske-Smith^[20]
• 1941–1944: Thomas Snow^[21]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Colombia

• 1944–1945: Thomas Snow^[22]
• 1945–1947: Philip Broadmead^[23]
• 1947–1953: Gilbert MacKereth^[24]
• 1953–1956: Keith Jopson^[25]
• 1956–1960: James Joint^[26]
• 1960–1964: Stanley Fordham^[27]
• 1964–1966: Sir Edgar Vaughan^[28]
• 1966–1970: William Young^[29]
• 1970–1973: Thomas Rogers^[30]
• 1973–1977: Geoffrey Crossley^[31]
• 1987–1990: Richard Neilson
• 1990–1994: Sir Keith Morris
• 1994–1998: Leycester Coltman
• 1998–2001: Jeremy Thorp
• 2001–2004: Sir Thomas Duggin
• 2004–2008: Haydon Warren-Gash
• 2008–2012: John Dew
• 2012–2015: Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby^[32]
• 2015–2019: Peter Tibber^[33]
• 2019–present^[update]: Colin Martin-Reynolds^[34]

References

1. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
2. S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789–1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
3. Paquette, Gabriel (2009). Enlightened Reform in Southern Europe and Its Atlantic Colonies, C. 1750-1830. Empires and the making of the modern world, 1650-2000. Ashgate. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-7546-6425-3.
4. "No. 23062". The London Gazette. 23 January 1866. p. 398.
5. "No. 23934". The London Gazette. 3 January 1873. p. 1.
6. "No. 24616". The London Gazette. 23 August 1878. p. 4816.
7. "No. 24970". The London Gazette. 6 May 1881. p. 2342.
8. "No. 25114". The London Gazette. 2 June 1882. p. 2589.
9. "No. 25342". The London Gazette. 15 April 1884. p. 1713.
10. "No. 25455". The London Gazette. 27 March 1885. p. 1375.
11. "No. 26246". The London Gazette. 15 January 1892. p. 255.
12. "No. 27009". The London Gazette. 30 September 1898. p. 5733.
13. "No. 27031". The London Gazette. 9 December 1898. p. 7971.
14. "No. 27907". The London Gazette. 24 April 1906. p. 2795.
15. "No. 28511". The London Gazette. 7 July 1911. p. 5058.
16. "No. 31217". The London Gazette. 7 March 1919. p. 3145.
17. "No. 32852". The London Gazette. 10 August 1923. p. 5492.
18. "No. 33168". The London Gazette. 1 June 1926. p. 3565.
19. "No. 33588". The London Gazette. 14 March 1930. p. 1642.
20. "No. 34314". The London Gazette. 14 August 1936. p. 5342.
21. "No. 35673". The London Gazette. 18 August 1942. p. 3613.
22. "No. 36552". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1944. p. 2707.
23. "No. 37527". The London Gazette. 9 April 1946. p. 1801.
24. "No. 38295". The London Gazette. 21 May 1948. p. 3064.
25. "No. 39926". The London Gazette. 28 July 1953. p. 4133.
26. "No. 40715". The London Gazette. 21 February 1956. p. 1070.
27. "No. 42346". The London Gazette. 5 May 1961. p. 3340.
28. "No. 43373". The London Gazette. 3 July 1964. p. 5723.
29. "No. 44200". The London Gazette. 16 December 1966. p. 13615.
30. "No. 45142". The London Gazette. 3 July 1970. p. 7378.
31. "No. 46121". The London Gazette. 6 November 1973. p. 13192.
32. . Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
33. Peter Tibber, British Ambassador to Colombia, gov.uk
34. "British Ambassador to Colombia Colin Martin-Reynolds CMG".

External links

• UK and Colombia, gov.uk