List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Venezuela is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to Venezuela, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Venezuela. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
List of heads of mission[edit]
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- 1825–1835: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Consul at Caracas
- 1835–1841: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General
- 1841–1843: Sir Daniel Florence O'Leary, Acting Consul General
- February 1858: Sir Philip Edmund Wodehouse, Special Mission to Caracas
Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Venezuela[edit]
- 1842–1858: Belford Hinton Wilson[1]
- 1858–1864: Frederic Doveton Orme[2]
- 1864–1865: Hon. Richard Edwardes[3]
Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela[edit]
- 1865–1869: George Fagan[4]
- 1869–1873: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton[5]
Minister Resident and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela[edit]
- 1873–1878: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton[6]
Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela[edit]
- 1878–1881: Robert Bunch[7]
- 1881–1884: Charles Edward Mansfield[8]
Minister Resident to the Republic of Venezuela[edit]
- 1884–1887: Frederick Robert St John[9]
- 1887–1897: Diplomatic relations severed over Essequibo territorial dispute
Minister Resident at Carácas[edit]
- 1897–1902: William Henry Doveton Haggard[10]
- 1902–1907: Henry Bax-Ironside[11]
- 1908–1911: Sir Vincent Edwin Henry Corbett[12]
Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela[edit]
- 1911–1913: Frederic Dundas Harford[13]
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Venezuela[edit]
- 1913–1916: Frederic Dundas Harford[14]
- 1916–1923: Henry Beaumont [15]
- 1923–1925: Andrew Percy Bennett[16]
- 1925–1926: William Seeds[17]
- 1926–1932: William Edmund O'Reilly[18]
- 1932–1936: Edward Allis Keeling[19]
- 1936–1939: Sir Ernest Frederick Gye
- 1939–1944: Donald St Clair Gainer[20]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Venezuela[edit]
- 1944–1948: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes[21]
- 1948–1951: Sir John Magowan[22]
- 1951–1955: Sir Robert Urquhart[23]
- 1955–1961: John Walker[24]
- 1961–1964: Sir Douglas Busk[25]
- 1964–1969: Anthony Lincoln[26]
- 1969–1973: Sir Donald Hopson[27]
- 1973–1975: Sir Lees Mayall[28]
- 1975–1979: Sir Jock Taylor[29]
- 1979–1982: Reginald Secondé[30]
- 1982–1985: Hugh Carless CMG
- 1985–1988: Michael Newington CMG
- 1988–1994: Giles FitzHerbert CMG
- 1994–1997: John Flynn CMG
- 1997–2000: Richard Wilkinson CVO
- 2000–2003: Dr John Hughes
- 2003–2006: Donald Lamont
- 2006–2007: Susan Jane Breeze, chargé d'affaires from Dec 2006 until Jan 2007
- 2007–2010: Catherine Royle
- 2010–2014: Catherine Nettleton OBE
- 2014–2017: John Saville
- 2021–2023: Becks Buckingham OBE, chargé d'affaires
- 2023–Present: Colin Dick MBE, chargé d’affaires ad interim [31]
References[edit]
- ^ "No. 20174". The London Gazette. 6 December 1842. p. 3605.
- ^ "No. 22128". The London Gazette. 16 April 1858. p. 1908.
- ^ "No. 22858". The London Gazette. 27 May 1864. p. 2766.
- ^ "No. 23001". The London Gazette. 15 August 1865. p. 4007.
- ^ "No. 23516". The London Gazette. 13 July 1869. p. 3949.
- ^ "No. 23934". The London Gazette. 3 January 1873. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 24623". The London Gazette. 10 September 1878. p. 5081.
- ^ "No. 24970". The London Gazette. 6 May 1881. p. 2342.
- ^ "No. 25430". The London Gazette. 6 January 1885. p. 70.
- ^ "No. 26887". The London Gazette. 31 August 1897. p. 4875.
- ^ "No. 27479". The London Gazette. 3 October 1902. p. 6273.
- ^ "No. 28180". The London Gazette. 25 September 1908. p. 6937.
- ^ "No. 28466". The London Gazette. 17 February 1911. p. 1236.
- ^ "No. 28754". The London Gazette. 9 September 1913. p. 6415.
- ^ "No. 29671". The London Gazette. 18 July 1916. p. 7093.
- ^ "No. 32894". The London Gazette. 1 January 1924. p. 44.
- ^ "No. 33069". The London Gazette. 24 July 1925. p. 4951.
- ^ "No. 33222". The London Gazette. 24 July 1925. p. 7475.
- ^ "No. 33897". The London Gazette. 30 December 1932. p. 8332.
- ^ "No. 34773". The London Gazette. 16 January 1940. p. 299.
- ^ "No. 36734". The London Gazette. 6 October 1944. p. 4591.
- ^ "No. 38474". The London Gazette. 7 December 1948. p. 6371.
- ^ "No. 39215". The London Gazette. 27 April 1951. p. 2388.
- ^ "No. 40660". The London Gazette. 20 December 1955. p. 7154.
- ^ "No. 42346". The London Gazette. 5 May 1961. p. 3340.
- ^ "No. 43373". The London Gazette. 3 July 1964. p. 5723.
- ^ "No. 44936". The London Gazette. 18 September 1969. p. 9531.
- ^ "No. 45950". The London Gazette. 10 April 1973. p. 4615.
- ^ "No. 46681". The London Gazette. 11 September 1975. p. 11464.
- ^ "No. 48055". The London Gazette. 3 January 1980. p. 64.
- ^ "Change of Chargé d'Affaires in British Embassy Venezuela: Colin Dick OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
External links[edit]
- UK and Venezuela. gov.uk
