List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Serbia

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Serbia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Serbia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Belgrade.

List of heads of mission

Consul to Serbia

• 1837–1839: George Lloyd Hodges^[1]
• 1839–1842: No representative

Consul-General to Serbia

• 1842–1859: Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque
• 1860: Robert Bulwer-Lytton
• 1860–1869: John Augustus Longworth^[2]

Agent and Consul-General to Serbia

• 1869–1875: John Augustus Longworth^[3]
• 1875–1879: William Arthur White^[4]

Minister Resident to Principality of Serbia

• 1879–1881: Gerard Francis Gould^[5]
• 1881–1885: Sidney Locock (from 1882 to the Kingdom of Serbia) ^[6]

Minister Resident to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1885–1886: Hugh Wyndham^[7]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1886–1888: George Hugh Wyndham^[8]
• 1888–1890 Frederick Robert St John^[9]

Consul-General to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1890–1892: Frederick Robert St John^[10]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1893–1898: Edmund Fane^[11]
  • 1892–1894: Ronald Douglas Grant Macdonald (as Vice-Consul) ^[12]
  • 1894–1901: Ronald Douglas Grant Macdonald (as Consul) ^[13]
• 1898–1900: Edward Goschen
• 1900–1903: Sir George Bonham, 2nd Baronet^[14]
• 1903–1906: Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger (deputy)
• 1906–1910: Sir James Whitehead^[15]
• 1910–1913: Sir Ralph Paget^[16]
• 1914–1919: Charles Louis des Graz^[17]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

• 1919–1925: Sir Alban Young^[18]
• 1925–1929: SIr Howard Kennard^[19]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• 1929–1935: Sir Nevile Henderson^[20]
• 1935–1939: Sir Ronald H. Campbell^[21]
• 1939–1941: Sir Ronald I. Campbell^[22]
• 1941–1943: Sir George Rendel^[23]
• 1943–1946: Sir Ralph Stevenson^[24]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Yugoslavia

• 1946–1951: Charles Peake^[25]
• 1951–1954: Sir Ivo Mallet
• 1954–1957: Sir Frank Roberts^[26]
• 1957–1960: Sir John Walter Nicholls^[27]
• 1960–1964: Sir Michael Creswell^[28]
• 1964–1968: Sir Duncan Wilson^[29]
• 1968–1971: Sir Terence Garvey^[30]
• 1971–1977: Sir Dugald Stewart^[31]
• 1977–1980: Robert Farquharson^[32]
• 1980–1982: Edwin Bolland^[33]
• 1982–1985: Kenneth Scott
• 1985–1989: Andrew Wood
• 1989–1992: Peter Hall
• 1994–1997: Ivor Roberts (chargé d'affaires to 1995)
• 1997–1999: Brian Donnelly
• 1999–2000: Robert Gordon (head of the interest section)
• 2000–2001: David Landsman (chargé d'affaires)
• 2001–2003: Charles Crawford

Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro

• 2003: Sarah Price (chargé d'affaires)
• 2003–2006: David John Gowan

Ambassador to Serbia

Serbia again from 5 June 2006

• 2006–2007: David McIlroy (chargé d'affaires)
• 2007–2010: Stephen Wordsworth
• 2010-2011: Bill Longhurst (chargé d'affaires)
• 2011–2013: Michael Davenport
• 2013–2014: David McFarlane (chargé d'affaires)
• 2014-2019: Denis Keefe^[34]
• 2019: Tracy Gallagher (chargé d'affaires)^[35]
• 2019-2023: Sian MacLeod^[36][37]
• 2023: Dominic Otway (chargé d'affaires)^[38]
• 2023-present^[update]: Edward Ferguson^[39][40]

References

1. "No. 19462". The London Gazette. 31 January 1837. p. 233.
2. "No. 22357". The London Gazette. 17 February 1860. p. 556.
3. "No. 23484". The London Gazette. 2 April 1869. p. 2050.
4. "No. 24187". The London Gazette. 5 March 1875. p. 1476.
5. "No. 24713". The London Gazette. 22 April 1879. p. 2934.
6. "No. 24970". The London Gazette. 6 May 1881. p. 2342.
7. "No. 25449". The London Gazette. 6 March 1885. p. 971.
8. "No. 25631". The London Gazette. 5 October 1886. p. 4833.
9. "No. 25785". The London Gazette. 10 February 1888. p. 893.
10. "No. 26103". The London Gazette. 4 November 1890. p. 5802.
11. "No. 26362". The London Gazette. 10 January 1893. p. 137.
12. "No. 26346". The London Gazette. 18 November 1892. p. 6475.
13. "No. 26527". The London Gazette. 29 June 1894. p. 3735.
14. "No. 27196". The London Gazette. 25 May 1900. p. 3332.
15. "No. 27936". The London Gazette. 31 July 1906. p. 5232.
16. "No. 28415". The London Gazette. 13 September 1910. p. 6541.
17. "No. 28852". The London Gazette. 24 July 1914. p. 5755.
18. "No. 31663". The London Gazette. 28 November 1919. p. 14675.
19. "No. 33054". The London Gazette. 5 June 1925. p. 3788.
20. "No. 33573". The London Gazette. 24 January 1930. p. 494.
21. "No. 34222". The London Gazette. 22 November 1935. p. 7412.
22. "No. 34799". The London Gazette. 23 February 1940. p. 1100.
23. "No. 35309". The London Gazette. 14 October 1941. p. 5960.
24. "No. 36407". The London Gazette. 3 March 1944. p. 1064.
25. "No. 37828". The London Gazette. 24 December 1946. p. 6253.
26. "No. 40378". The London Gazette. 7 January 1955. p. 155.
27. "No. 41118". The London Gazette. 5 July 1957. p. 4012.
28. "No. 42185". The London Gazette. 4 November 1960. p. 7461.
29. "No. 43482". The London Gazette. 6 November 1964. p. 9392.
30. "No. 44723". The London Gazette. 26 November 1968. p. 12676.
31. "No. 45406". The London Gazette. 22 June 1971. p. 6654.
32. "No. 47308". The London Gazette. 23 August 1977. p. 10881.
33. "No. 48243". The London Gazette. 4 July 1980. p. 9545.
34. Denis Keefe, Ambassador to Serbia, gov.uk
35. Deputy Head of Mission, Serbia Tracy Gallagher, gov.uk
36. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Serbia: Sian MacLeod , gov.uk
37. Sian MacLeod [@SianCMacLeod] (16 June 2023). "My last day in Belgrade" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
38. Government of the United Kingdom. "Dominic Otway".
39. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Serbia: Edward Ferguson". Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 13 January 2023.
40. N1 Belgrade (25 July 2023). "New UK Ambassador presents credentials". N1.

External links

• UK and Serbia, gov.uk