List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in the UAE. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.

His Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent Edward Hobart since May 2023
Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Embassy Abu Dhabi British Embassy Dubai
Style	His Excellency Mr Ambassador (Informal)
Appointer	Charles III
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Martin Buckmaster
Deputy	Stephanie Al-Qaq (Deputy Head of Mission) Andrew Jackson (British Consul General to Dubai)
Website	United Arab Emirates and the UK

Before the UAE was granted independence from the United Kingdom in 1971, each of the Trucial States was home to its own political deputation from the United Kingdom, with its own Political Officer or Political Agent heading the deputation. Of these deputations and political representatives, the oldest and most important was to the Emir of Abu Dhabi, who was based in the city of Abu Dhabi, now the capital city of the UAE and the site of the modern British embassy.

The UK also maintains an embassy in Dubai, subordinate to the Abu Dhabi embassy, headed by a Consul General.

List of heads of mission

Political Officers in Abu Dhabi

• 1955–1958: Martin Buckmaster
• 1958–1959: Edric Worsnop
• 1959–1961: Edward Henderson

Political Agents in Abu Dhabi

• 1961–1965: Sir Hugh Boustead
• 1965–1968: Sir Archie Lamb
• 1968–1968: E. F. Henderson
• 1968–1971: James Treadwell

Ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates

• 1971–1973: James Treadwell
• 1973–1977: Donal McCarthy
• 1977–1981: Sir David Roberts
• 1981–1986: Sir Harold Walker
• 1986–1989: Michael Tait
• 1990–1994: Sir Graham Burton
• 1994–1998: Anthony Harris
• 1998–2003: Patrick Nixon
• 2003–2006: Richard Makepeace
• 2006–2010: Edward Oakden
• 2010–2014: Dominic Jermey^[1]
• 2014–2018: Philip Parham^[2]
• 2018–2023: Patrick Moody^[3]
• 2023-present: Edward Hobart^[4]

References

• . Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 20 June 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.

1. "Dominic Jermey". gov.uk.
2. "Philip Parham". gov.uk.
3. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 29 June 2018.
4. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates: Edward Hobart". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

External links

• UK and United Arab Emirates, gov.uk
• British Embassy Dubai, gov.uk