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CONTENTS:
PREFACE
The material included in this Directory is the accumulation of decades of research. I recall
watching the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate and being entranced by the almost
Ruritarian romanticism (as I saw it as an impressionable nine-year old) of the name of the
British Minister in Montevideo-Sir Eugen Millington-Drake. My further interest in the
Diplomatic Service originated from a Christmas present in 1959 of my first copy of
Whitakers Almanack. I had been fascinated for some time by the names of, for example,
Roman, Byzantine and Holy Roman Emperors and had been a compulsive list-maker from
a very early age. As a teenager I became increasingly fascinated by the identities of members
the Diplomatic Service, senior officers in the Armed Forces and other public servants and in
their career progression.
Over the succeeding decades, during my spare time from teaching History in Scottish
secondary schools, I tried to compile and to update paper copies of lists of these individuals.
With the coming of the internet and the decision to put these lists online the project has grown
and developed. Not only did developments in technology afford the opportunity to more
systematically revise and improve the lists it suggested the possibility that others interested in
these matters would be able to access the material.
In recent months the welcome and invaluable co-operation and support of the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office in making copies of the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service Lists
available to me has ensured that the accuracy of the information provided has been much
improved and has made it possible for me to extend the chronological coverage considerably.
The interest shown in this project by the Historians section of the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office and by members of the Foreign and Commonwealth Association has been most gratifying.
The support and encouragement I have received from the historians and from a number of ex-
diplomats has enabled me to make the material much more complete, more comprehensive and
more accurate than would otherwise have been the case. In particular I would like to thank Mark
Bertram, a former Head of the Overseas Estate Department at the FCO, without whose interest,
help in facilitating access to the current FCO and encouragement the project would never have
reached its current state.
This Directory cannot be fully comprehensive. A number of past and present organizations,
departments and posts have been omitted. To those who may be aggrieved at particular
omissions I can only offer my apologies.
It is hoped however that the project will provide a reference tool for those engaged in research or
study of British Diplomatic and Colonial History and will be of interest to those who have served
or serve in the Diplomatic Service.
It is obvious that I am an outsider attempting to chronicle the careers of senior diplomats and
colonial officials. I am immensely proud that others are now of the opinion that this project is
worthy of the official endorsement of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and worth preserving
as a permanent record. It will, one day, become the responsibility of others to continue to update.
Colin A. Mackie,
October 2013
INTRODUCTION
This Directory includes senior British diplomats, and other British civil servants working in a
similar capacity, who held posts overseas and in London.
It is confined to individuals who worked at Counsellor/Assistant Secretary grades and above.
The main part of the Directory(Sections A-D) relates to the Diplomatic Service since 1789 and
to the Foreign Office since 1841. The starting point of the year 1789 in both Sections A and B
was chosen because of the use made of the volume published by the Royal Historical Society:
British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852(Bindoff, Malcolm Smith and Webster, 1934).
It includes those who served in the succession of Offices which were merged with the Foreign
Office in the later part of the twentieth century(the Dominions Office 1925-47, the
Commonwealth Relations Office 1947-66 and the Commonwealth Office 1966-1968) to become
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office(FCO) in 1968.
Section A is an Alphabetical List of British Diplomats and their appointments from 1789 until
the present. It includes all those individuals who held posts listed in Sections B, C and D but
the appointments given for each individual are by necessity only those contained in the lists in
subsequent sections.
Section B is an alphabetical list of countries in which diplomatic missions and subsidiary posts
have been established, with successive holders of senior posts in each.
Section C records the changing structure in London of the Foreign Office between 1841 and
1968 and of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since then, and lists the successive holders
of the titles described. (This Directory, as far as I am aware, is the first to attempt such a
summary.)
Section D is comparable to Section C, but deals solely with the Dominions Office, Commonwealth
Relations Office and Commonwealth Office from their inception until their absorption by a
successor Department.
The remainder of the Directory(Sections E-J) relate to the Colonial Office and the India Office.
Section E is an alphabetical list of Colonial officials from 1850 until the date of a colonys
independence and of Colonial Office senior officials, with the posts held by each.
Section F is an alphabetical list of Colonies with lists of Governors and the Colonial or Chief
Secretaries in each. Section G covers the structure of the Colonial Office since 1854
and lists its senior officials until its merger with the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1966.
Sections H, I and J relate to the India Office between 1858 and 1947 and provide coverage of
both Indian Governors and the senior staff of the India Office in London.
SOURCES
A Select Bibliography is provided on page 8. Initially the principal source used was the annual
Foreign Office List(from 1965 the Diplomatic Service List). However publication of this
invaluable source ceased in 2006. In addition, latterly the annual editions only provided complete
lists of the names of Ambassadors for the previous twenty years or so.
My access to these Lists (and to those of the Colonial Office, India Office and Commonwealth
Relations Office-as the project expanded) was through very lengthy periods over many years
spent working in the Reference Room of the Edinburgh Public Library. That library however
does not hold copies of these lists from the earlier part of my chosen period. In the later stages of
the exercise I had the advantage of being able to work at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Library and at the National Archives at Kew and to make use of the Lists unavailable in
Edinburgh.
While the great majority of officials in this Directory would nowadays be called diplomats, thus
justifying the title of this Directory, many of them were not defined as diplomats at the time of
their service. The definition of a diplomat has widened significantly since the early twentieth
century. Until 1919 a British diplomat was a member of the Diplomatic Service, which staffed
missions overseas. It had been uncommon for such a diplomat to be employed within the Foreign
Office in London although such employment had been increasing prior to the end of the First
World War. When the Diplomatic Service and the Foreign Office were officially merged in 1919
all of the staff became members of the new Diplomatic Service. Foreign Office staff, in other
words, became diplomats. Similarly, the Consular Service had been separate until it too was
merged with the Diplomatic Service at the end of the Second World War. All former
Commonwealth Relations Office and Colonial Office staff who joined the Foreign Office in the
mid-1960s to create the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were transferred from the Home
Civil Service to the Diplomatic Service, thereby becoming diplomats.
GENERAL NOTES
There are a few gaps in the lists of postholders overseas and in the succession of departments at
home. Chief among the gaps are Colonial Office departments and postholders during the Second
World War. The Colonial Office List was not published between 1941 and 1945 or in 1947.
The cessation of publication of the Diplomatic Service List in 2006 has made it exceptionally
difficult to identify a number of postholders beyond Heads of Missions overseas.
There will always be a certain amount of uncertainty regarding dates. It has not been possible
for me to emulate the depth of research into each post carried out by Bindoff, Malcolm Smith
and Webster or to consult the original documents and records available to them. The most
common area of difficulty in relation to dates is that the individuals appointment to a
particular post and the actual assumption of duties may have occurred in successive calendar
years. Where possible I have used the dates given in the Foreign Office Lists but for other
appointments, particularly in the 19th century, where use has been made of, for example, the
London Gazette, the date of commencement is clearly that when the appointment was
announced in London. There can also be discrepancies between the information provided, for
example, in an official publication and the information included in an individuals entry in
Whos Who. Given that the latter represents the memory of an individual, which may
demonstrably be fallible, such discrepancies have been resolved in favour of official publications
where possible.
I have attempted to identify Acting appointments and to exclude those from the listings.
Throughout the entire project no attempt has been made to include those honours and
decorations held by an individual at the time of his or her occupation of a specific post.
For each person the final honours awarded are provided. Honours or decorations awarded
to diplomats by foreign governments or by Commonwealth countries are not included
The research involved in compiling these lists has been of exceptional difficulty and there will
without any doubt be some mistakes and inaccuracies, errors of transcription, typographical
errors, errors transliterated from the sources themselves. I hope that users will not be slow to
draw these to my attention. I can be contacted at britishdiplomatsdirectory@gulabin.com
The Directory will be updated at regular intervals and the FCO will arrange for the published
version in their ISSUU series to be similarly updated.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Foreign Office List, H.M. Stationery Office, London (annual editions from 1852 until
1965)
The Diplomatic Service List, H.M. Stationery Office, London (annual editions from 1966 until
2006)
The Colonial Office List, H.M. Stationery Office, London(annual editions from 1862 until
1966)(The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List from 1925 until 1952)
The Commonwealth Relations Office List, H.M. Stationery Office, London(annual editions
from 1951 until 1965)
The India Office List(earlier The India List), H.M. Stationery Office, London(annual
editions until 1947)
The London Gazette, H.M. Stationery Office
Bindoff, S.T., Malcolm Smith, E.F. and Webster, C.K., British Diplomatic Representatives
1789-1852, Royal Historical Society. London, 1934
Blakely, Brian L., The Colonial Office 1868-1892, Duke University Press, Durham N.C., 1972
Fiddes, Sir George V., The Dominions and Colonial Offices, Putnams, London, 1926
Gore-Booth, Paul (Lord), With Great Truth and Respect, Constable, London, 1974
Greenhill, Denis (Lord), More by Accident, Wilton 65, 1992
Hall, Henry L., The Colonial Office, Longmans, London, 1937
Jeffries, Sir Charles, The Colonial Office, Allen & Unwin, London, 1956
Jones, Ray, The Nineteenth-Century Foreign Office: An Administrative History,
LSE/Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1971
Kirk-Greene, Anthony H.M., A Biographical Dictionary of the British Colonial Governor,
Vol. I: Africa, The Harvester Press, Brighton, 1980
Kirk-Greene, Anthony H.M., On Crown Service: A History of HM Colonial and Overseas
Civil Services, 1837-1997, I.B. Tauris, London, 1999
Kubicek, Robert V., The Administration of Imperialism: Joseph Chamberlain at the Colonial
Office, Duke University Press, Durham N.C., 1969
Maisel, Ephraim, The Foreign Office and Foreign Policy 1919-1926, Sussex Academic Press,
1994
Neilson, Keith and Otte, T.G., The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
1854-1946, Routledge, London, 2009
Steiner, Zara, The Foreign Office and Foreign Policy 1898-1914, Cambridge University
Press, 1969
Strang, Lord, The Foreign Office, Allen & Unwin, London, 1955
Tilley, Sir John and Gaselee, Sir Stephen, The Foreign Office, Putnams, London, 1933
Whitakers Almanack, A & C Black, London (annual editions)
Whos Who, A & C Black, London (annual editions)
Ambassadors are the Heads of Mission in foreign countries. Strictly speaking they are the
representatives of the British Head of State in such countries.
Until the twentieth century however Ambassadors were appointed only to those countries deemed
of most importance to Britain. In other countries with which Britain had diplomatic relations, the
Mission was of a lesser status and was generally called a Legation, headed by a Minister. The term
Minister Resident was used for the representative in certain countries in, for example, South and
Central America and in the Balkans, which might have only recently become independent or were
regarded as of lesser international status.
Post 1945 there was a steady increase in the number of Legations upgraded to Embassies and
Legations died out altogether during the 1960s.
Changes in the status of representation for specific countries are noted in the listings.
In countries which are members of the Commonwealth the British Government is represented by a
High Commissioner.
The title of Minister also began to be accorded towards the end of the nineteenth century to the
effective second-in-command of the largest Embassies. The first such accreditation of a
diplomat as Minister within a major Embassy seems to have been to Paris in the 1860s. This
practice became more common during the twentieth century. After 1945 some major embassies
would also have a Minister(Commercial) with appropriate responsibilities. The changing nature
of British diplomatic relations with particular countries might lead to commensurate changes in
the staffing of Missions. Such changes will be evident from the listings.
Missions were staffed, at the level below Ambassador or Minister, by Secretaries of Embassy or
of Legation as appropriate. This title was replaced by the use of the word Counsellor from 1904.
The lists contained in Section B therefore use the word Counsellor as a short-hand method of
identifying such individuals. During the twentieth century the numbers of Counsellors in British
missions multiplied, with Counsellors(Commercial) becoming relatively normal appointments in
many countries and Counsellors with other designated responsibilities in the largest embassies.
I have included in these lists as far as possible those Counsellors who could be identified as the
senior Counsellors or the Counsellor(Political) within an Embassy or High Commission. In some
cases these individuals held the additional post of Head of Chancery(although the Head of
Chancery might equally be a First Secretary-the grade below that of Counsellor).
In more recent years the title of Deputy Head of Mission has apparently replaced that of Minister
and has also encompassed the role previously taken by those Counsellors appointed to Embassies
without a resident Minister.
I have also attempted to provide lists of the Commercial Counsellors in at least the major British
diplomatic missions abroad.
In the interests of continuity I have included some Secretaries of Legation during the decade prior
to the outbreak of the First World War who were ranked as First Secretaries rather than the
higher grade of Counsellor.
At the Consular level Consuls-General have been appointed to major cities in overseas countries.
I have attempted to provide lists of many of these appointments but it should be noted that there
have been frequent changes in the designation of consular appointments in many such cities over
the period covered by this Directory and in recent decades a number of Consuls-General posts
have disappeared or downgraded to Consulates.
The practice in some Commonwealth countries was to appoint a British Deputy High
Commissioner in certain major cities. This appointment should not be confused with the Deputy
High Commissioner within the British High Commission itself located in the countrys capital city.
In Australia Deputy High Commissioners located in such cities have now been replaced by
Consuls-General. This change has not, to date, been extended to India, Pakistan or Nigeria.
Where possible years of birth and of death are given but it has not always proved possible to
determine such information.
As far as possible breaks in diplomatic relations with a country are noted and briefly explained.
There were also occasions where, for particular reasons, British representation to a country might
be downgraded, with the withdrawal of the Ambassador, Minister or High Commissioner but the
retention of representation through a Charge dAffaires. These too are noted where possible.
ABBOTT-WATT, THORHILDA
(THORDA) M.V., O.B.E.
(1955- Ambassador to Armenia, 2002-2006; Ambasador to Outer
Mongolia, 2008-2009 and 2011-2012; Ambassador to
Turkmenistan, 2016-
AGAR-ROBARTES, Hon.
FRANCIS G., M.V.O.
(later 7th VISCOUNT CLIFDEN)
(1883-1966): Counsellor, Embassy, Spain, 1926-1927
ALEXANDER, THOMAS J.
(1940-2012): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Sudan, 1982-1983
ALLAN, KEITH R. (1968- Deputy High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago, 2003-2006;
Ambassador to Turkmenistan, 2010-2013; Consul-General,
St. Petersburg, 2013-2017; High Commissioner to
Mauritius, 2017-
ALMOND, T. CLIVE,
O.B.E.(1939- Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of the Congo, 1987-1988;
Consul-General, Bordeaux, 1992-1998
ANDERSON, JENNIFER E.
(1968- High Commissioner to Botswana, 2010-2013; Head of
Counter-Terrorism Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2014-
ANTROBUS, GIBBS C.
(1793-1861): Secretary of Legation, U.S.A., 1816-1821; Secretary of Legation.
Sardinia-Piedmont, 1823-1824; Secretary of Legation, The
Two Sicilies, 1824-1826
ARON, MICHAEL D.
(1959- Head of Management Consultancy and Inspection
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1998-1999; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission,
Jordan, 1999-2002; Counsellor(Political), U.K.
Permanent Representation to the European Union,
2002-2006; Ambassador to Kuwait, 2008-2009; Head of
Middle East Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2010-2011; Ambassador to Iraq, 2011-2012;
Ambassador to Libya, 2013-2015; Ambassador to
Sudan, 2015-
ARTHINGTON-DAVY,
HUMPHREY A., L.V.O., O.B.E.
(1920-1993): Deputy High Commissioner, Mauritius, 1968-1970; High
Commissioner to Tonga, 1973-1980, and Western
Samoa, 1973-1977
ASHTOWN
(see TRENCH)
ATTWOOD, STEWART G.
(1948- Head of Home Estates Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1997-
AXWORTHY, SALLY,
M.B.E.: Ambassador to the Holy See, 2016-
BACKHOUSE, JOHN
(1784-1845): Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1827-1842
BAGGALLAY, H. LACY,
(1897-1943): (Acting) Head of Eastern Department, Foreign Office, 1939-1940;
Counsellor, Embassy, U.S.S.R., 1941-1943
BAILEY, Lieutenant-Colonel
FREDERICK M., C.I.E.
(1882-1967): Minister to Nepal, 1935-1938
BAILLIE, ALASTAIR T.
(1932-2009): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Ethiopia,
1980-1981; Commercial Counsellor, Venezuela,
1981-1983; Governor of Anguilla, 1983-1987; Deputy
High Commissioner, Calcutta, India, 1987-1991
BAILLIE, EVAN P. M.
(1824-1874): Secretary of Legation, Brazil, 1859-1861; Secretary of Legation,
Wurttemberg, 1861-1871; Charge dAffaires, Hesse-
Darmstadt and Baden, 1871-1873
BAKER, PIERS H.B.(1956- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Austria, 2001-2006
BAKER, RICHARD H.(1935- Deputy Head U.K. Delegation to the O.E.C.D., 1978-1982;
Deputy High Commissioner, Canada, 1982-1986; Senior
Civilian Instructor, Royal College of Defence Studies,
1986-1989
BALFOUR-PAUL, H. GLENCAIRN,
C.M.G.(1917-2008): Political Agent, Dubai, 1964-1966; Deputy Political
Resident, Persian Gulf, 1966-1968; Ambassador to
Iraq, 1969-1971; Ambassador to Jordan, 1972-
1975; Ambassador to Tunisia, 1975-1977
BANDINEL, JAMES
(1783-1849): Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, 1822-1845, and Superintendent of
Slave Trade Department, 1824-1845
BANKHEAD, CHARLES
(1797-1859): Secretary of Legation, U.S.A., 1826-1838; Secretary of
Embassy, Turkey, 1838-1843; Minister to Mexico,
1843-1852
BARING, WALTER
(1844-1915): Secretary of Legation, Persia, 1879-1882; Secretary of Legation,
Japan, 1882(did not proceed); Secretary of Legation, Portugal,
1882-1885; Secretary of Legation, Greece, 1885-1886; Charge
dAffaires, Montenegro, 1886-1893; Minister Resident,
Uruguay, 1893-1906
BARNARD, CHARLES
TOWNSHEND(17 -1878): Secretary of Legation, Saxony, 1824-1866; Charge
dAffaires, Saxe-Coburg Gotha, 1842-1878
BARNETT, ROBIN A.
C.M.G.(1958- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Poland, 1998-2001;
Head of U.K. Visas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2002-2006; Ambassador to Romania, 2006-2010;
Ambassador to Poland, 2011-2016; Ambassador to Ireland,
2016-
BARRY, THOMAS J.(1978-): Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Ireland, 2013;
Deputy High Commissioner, Canada, 2014-
BATTISCOMBE, CHRISTOPHER
C.R., C.M.G.(1940- Commercial Counsellor, Egypt, 1981-1984; Commercial
Counsellor, France, 1984-1986; Head of Permanent
Under-Secretarys Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1987-1990; Ambassador to
Algeria, 1990-1994; Assistant Under-Secretary for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs(Public
Departments)/Director, Public Services, 1994-1997;
Ambassador to Jordan, 1997-2000
BAX-IRONSIDE, SIR
HENRY G.O., K.C.M.G.
(1859-1929): Secretary of Legation, China, 1897-1900; Secretary of Legation,
Sweden, 1900-1902; Minister Resident, Venezuela, 1902-1907;
Minister to Chile, 1907-1909; Minister to Switzerland,
1909-1911; Minister to Bulgaria, 1911-1915
BAYLEY, CHARLES C.
(1864-1923): Consul-General, New York, 1915-1919
BEAUCLERK, WILLIAM N.
(1849-1908): Secretary of Legation, China, 1890-1896; Consul-General,
Buda-Pest, 1896-1898; Minister Resident/Minister to
Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, 1898-1908
BELL, IAN W., C.B.E.(1913-1998): Counsellor, Saudi Arabia, 1956; Counsellor, High
Commission, Australia, 1957-1960; Consul-General,
Lyons, 1960-1965; Ambassador to the Dominican
Republic, 1965-1969; Consul-General, Stuttgart,
1969-1973
BERWICK(see NOEL-HILL)
BEVERIDGE, ROYSTON J.
(1929- Deputy High Commissioner, Jamaica, 1978-1981
BIDWELL, THOMAS(17 -1852): Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, 1822-1824; Chief Clerk,
Foreign Office, 1824-1841
BINGHAM, Hon.
RICHARD C.(1801-1872): Secretary of Legation, Bavaria, 1831-1839; Secretary of
Legation, Sardinia-Piedmont, 1839-1852; Secretary of
Legation, Portugal, 1852; Secretary of Legation, Two
Sicilies, 1852; Charge dAffaires, Venenzuela, 1852-1858
BLAKE-PAULEY, ANTHONY F.
(1932- Deputy High Commissioner, Bangladesh, 1986-1987;
Consul-General, Munich, 1988-1992
BLAND, GODFREY D.
(1853-1899): Secretary of Legation, Mexico, 1890-1894; Secretary of Legation,
the Netherlands, 1894-1898; Secretary of Embassy, U.S.A.,
1898-1899
BLOOMFIELD, Lieutenant-
General the Rt. Hon.
BENJAMIN, 1st LORD, G.C.B.
(1768-1845): Minister to Sweden, 1823-1833
BOND, IAN A.M., C.V.O.(1962- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2000-2004;
Ambassador to Latvia, 2005-2007; Counsellor
(Foreign and Security Policy), Embassy, U.S.A.,
2007-2012
BONE, RICHARD M. (1934- Head of Library and Records Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1989-1995
BOXER, PETER J. (1971-): Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Iraq, 2011-2012;
Deputy High Commissioner, South Africa, 2014-
BRADLEY, STEPHEN E.
(1958- Head of West Indian and Atlantic Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1997-1998; Commercial
Counsellor, France, 1999-2002; Minister, China,
2002-2003; Consul-General, Hong Kong, 2003-2008
BRAITHWAITE, JULIAN N.
(1968- Counsellor(Global Issues), Embassy, U.S.A., 2004-2008;
Director, Consular Services, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2008-2011; Permanent
Representative to European Union Political and
Security Committee and Western European Union,
2011-2015; Permanent Representative to the United
Nations Organizations, Geneva, 2015-
BRASNETT, JOHN,
C.M.G.(1929- Deputy High Commissioner, Sierra Leone, 1970-1973;
Deputy High Commissioner, Ghana, 1977-1980; Economic
and Commercial Counsellor, Canada, 1980-1985; Deputy
High Commissioner, Bombay, India, 1985-1989
BREEZE, SUSAN J. (1966- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Venezuela, 2005-2009
BRENCHLEY, T. FRANK,
C.M.G.(1918-2011): Counsellor, Embassy, Sudan, 1960-1963; Head of
Arabian Department, Foreign Office, 1963-1967;
Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
(Middle East), 1967-1968; Ambassador to
Norway, 1968-1972; Ambassador to Poland,
1972-1974; Deputy Secretary(Foreign Affairs),
Cabinet Office, 1975-1976
BRIDGEMAN, REGINALD F.
ORLANDO, C.M.G., M.V.O.
(1884-1968): Counsellor, Embassy, Persia, 1920-1922
BROUGHTON, CHARLES R.
(17 -1832): Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, 1822-1824
BROWNBILL, TIMOTHY P.
(1960- Ambassador to Nicaragua, 2002-2004; Ambassador to
Guinea, 2014-
BROWNRIDGE, VALERIE,
M.V.O.(1956- Deputy High Commissioner, Zimbabwe, 2006-2009
BURDESS, CHRISTOPHER P.
(1942- Deputy High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago, 1984-1987;
Commercial Counsellor, Norway, 1987-1991; Inspector,
1991-1994
BURNLEY, JOSEPH H.
(18 -1904): Secretary of Legation, Switzerland, 1858-1864; Secretary of
Legation, Denmark, 1864; Secretary of Legation, U.S.A.,
1864-1867; Secretary of Legation, the Netherlands, 1867-1868;
Minister/Charge dAffaires to Saxony, 1867-1873
BUTE, PAUL K. (1973- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Thailand, 2012-
CAFFERTY, MICHAEL A.
(1927-2010): Ambassador to the Dominican Republican, 1979-1983;
Consul-General, Melbourne, Australia, 1983-1987
CAMBRIDGE, ALAN J.
(1925-2015): Head of Migration and Visa Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1983-1985
CAMBRIDGE, S. JOHN.G.,
C.M.G., C.V.O.(1928- Economic Counsellor, Italy, 1970-1973; Head of Financial
Relations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1973-1975; Counsellor, High Commission,
Cyprus, 1975-1977; Ambassador to Kuwait, 1977-1982;
Ambassador to Morocco, 1982-1985
CARTER, PETER L. (1956-2014): Head of North East Asia and Pacific Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 1998-2001; Counsellor and
Deputy Head of Mission, Israel, 2001-2005; Consul-
General, Milan, 2006-2007; Ambassador to Estonia,
2007-2012; Deputy High Commissioner, Lagos, Nigeria,
2012-2014
CASAMAJOR, JUSTINIAN
(c.1772-1821): Secretary of Legation, Prussia, 1801-1802
CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, VICTOR
F.W., C.M.G. (later 9th DUKE OF
PORTLAND) (1897-1990): Head of the Dominions Intelligence Department,
Foreign Office, 1939-1942; Chairman of the Joint
Intelligence Committee, 1939-1945; Head of the
Services Liaison Department, 1942-1945; Assistant
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1944-1945;
Ambassador to Poland, 1945-1947
CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, Lieutenant-
General Rt. Hon. LORD WILLIAM H.,
G.C.B.(1774-1839): Minister to the Two Sicilies, 1811-1814; Governor-
General of India, 1828-1835
CHATTERTON DICKSON,
ROBERT M.F.(1962- Ambassador to Macedonia, 2004-2007; Joint Head of
Counter-Terrorism Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2007-2010; Consul-General,
Chicago, 2010-2013; Counsellor and Deputy Head of
Mission, Afghanistan, 2013-2015
CHEESEMAN, BERNARD,
O.B.E.(1916- Head of Library and Records Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1969-1977
CHITTY, M. BERYL,
C.M.G.(1917-2009): Deputy High Commissioner, Jamaica, 1971-1975; Head of
Commonwealth Co-ordination Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1975-1977
CHOUDHURY, ANWAR B.
(1959- High Commissioner to Bangladesh, 2004-2008; Director,
International Institutions, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2008-2011; Ambassador to Peru, 2014-2017;
Governor of the Cayman Islands, 2018-
CHRISTIE, WILLIAM D.
(1816-1874): Secretary of Legation, Switzerland, 1851-1854; Minister to
Argentina, 1854-1859; Minister to Brazil, 1859-1863
CHURCHILL, WILLIAM A.
(1865-1947): Consul-General, Milan, 1919-1922
CLARKE, EDWARD A.
WALDRON(1860-1913): Senior Clerk, African Department, Foreign Office, 1904-1909;
Agent and Consul-General, Zanzibar, 1909-1913
CLARKE, FREDERICK S.
(1855-1932): Secretary of Legation, Brazil, 1898(did not proceed); Secretary of
Legation, Argentina, 1898-1902; Secretary of Legation, Sweden,
1902-1905; Consul-General, Buda-Pest, 1905-1909
CLARKE, LAURA M.: Head of South Asia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2015-2017; High Commissioner to New Zealand, 2018-
CLARKE, RICHARD I. (1955- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Ireland, 1996-1998;
Head of Policy Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth
Commonwealth Office, 1998-2001; High Commissioner to
Tanzania, 2001-2003
CLARKE-JERVOISE, SIR
HARRY S.C., Bt.(1832-1911): Acting Senior Clerk, Turkish Department, 1878-1880; Head of
the American and Asiatic Department, Foreign Office,
1880-1894
CLARKE-THORNHILL,
THOMAS B.(1857-1934): Secretary of Legation, China, 1897 (did not proceed)
CLAY-KER-SEYMER,
HARRY E.(18 -1899): Secretary of Legation, Switzerland, 1868-1869
CLEMENTS, MICHAEL C.
(1949- Deputy High Commissioner, Cyprus, 1990-1992
CLOUDER, FIONA J.: Head of Science and Innovation Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2002-2006; Head of South America
Team, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2011-2014;
Ambassador to Chile, 2014-
CLUTTERBUCK, SIR P.
ALEXANDER, G.C.M.G., M.C.
(1897-1975): Deputy High Commissioner, South Africa, 1939-1940;
Assistant Secretary, Dominions Office, 1940-1942;
Assistant Under-Secretary for the Dominions, 1942-1946;
High Commissioner to Canada, 1946-1952; High
Commissioner to India, 1952-1955; Ambassador to Ireland,
1955-1959
COCHRANE-DYET, FERGUS
J., O.B.E. (1965- Deputy High Commissioner, Zambia, 2004-2007; High
Commissioner to Seychelles, 2007-2009; High
Commissioner to Malawi, 2009-2011; Ambassador to
Liberia, 2013-2015; High Commissioner to Zambia, 2016-
COCKBURN, ALEXANDER
(1776-1852): Minister to Wurtemberg, 1820-1823; Minister to Colombia,
1826-1827
COCKERELL, WILLIAM A.
(1840-1919): Senior Clerk, Consular Department, Foreign Office, 1893-1906
CODRINGTON, RICHARD J.
(1953- Commercial Counsellor, France, 1995-1999; Deputy High
Commissioner, Canada, 1999-2003; Head of Afghanistan
Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2005-2008
COLES, AUGUSTUS L.
(1 -1869): Senior Clerk, American and Asiatic Department, Foreign
Office, 1854-1859; Senior Clerk, Russian Department,
Foreign Office, 1859-1860; Senior Clerk, Consular
Department, Foreign Office, 1860-1866
COLLARD, DOUGLAS R.
O.B.E.(1916-2007): Consul-General Bilbao, 1973-1976
COLLARD, TIMOTHY(TIM)
M.(1960- Consul-General, Hamburg, 2004-2006
COLQUHOUN, SIR
ROBERT G., K.C.B.
(1803-1870): Agent and Consul-General, Wallachia and Moldavia,
1851-1858; Agent and Consul-General, Egypt, 1858-1865
CONNOR, MICHAEL H.
(1942- Ambassador to El Salvador, 1991-1995; Commercial
Counsellor, Spain, 1995-1999
COPSON, MICHAEL J,
O.B.E.(1932- Consul-General, Alexandria, 1989-1992
CORBETT, EDWIN
(1819-1888): Secretary of Legation, Tuscany, 1858-1860; Secretary of Legation,
Sweden, 1860-1862; Secretary of Legation, German
Confederation, 1862-1865; Secretary of Legation, Bavaria,
1865-1866; Charge dAffaires, Central American Republics,
1866-1874; Minister to Switzerland, 1874-1878; Minister to
Greece, 1878-1881; Minister to Brazil, 1881-1884; Minister to
Sweden, 1884-1888
CORNER, DIANE L. (1959- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Berlin, 1994-1998;
Deputy High Commissioner, Zimbabwe, 2001-2003; High
Commissioner to Tanzania, 2009-2013; Ambassador to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2015
COSTLEY-WHITE, CYRIL G,
C.M.G.(1913-1979): Deputy High Commissioner, Ceylon, 1949-1950; Head of
Political Affairs Department, Commonwealth Relations
Office, 1950-1954; Head of Communications
Department, Commonwealth Relations Office,
1954-1965; Head of Political Affairs Department,
Commonwealth Office, 1965-1968
COVERLEY-PRICE, A. VICTOR
(1901-1988): Head of Dominions Intelligence Department, Foreign
Office, 1944-1946
COWLEY(see WELLESLEY)
COWLEY, RICHARD L.
(1897-19 Consul-General, Beirut, 1946-1949
COWLING, GEOFFREY S.
(1945- Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro, 1999-2002; Consul-General,
Barcelona, 2002-2005
COWPER-COLES, SIR
SHERARD L., K.C.M.G.,
L.V.O (1955- Head of Hong Kong Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1994-1997; Counsellor(Political), Embassy,
France, 1997-1999; Principal Private Secretary to the
Foreign Secretary, 1999-2001; Ambassador to Israel,
2001-2003; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 2003-2007;
Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2007-2009; Special
Representative in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2009-2010
CRACKANTHORPE, DAYRELL
E.M., C.M.G., M.V.O.
(1871-1950): Counsellor, Embassy, Greece, 1917-1918; Counsellor,
Embassy, Spain, 1918-1919; Minister to the Central
American Republics, 1919 (did not proceed)
CRADDOCK, TIMOTHY J.
(1956- Ambassador to Estonia, 1997-2000
CRAVEN, AUGUSTUS D.
(18 -1884): Secretary of Legation, Wurtemberg, 1843-1851
CRAWFORD, DAVID G.
(1928-1981): Consul-General, Muscat, 1969-71; Head of Accommodation
and Services Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1971-1974; Ambassador to Qatar, 1974-1978;
Consul-General, Atlanta, 1978-1981; Ambassador to
Bahrain, 1981
CRAWFORD, JOSEPH T.
(18 -1864) Consul-General, Havana, 1842-1864
CRICHTON, Lieutenant-Colonel
GERALD C.L., C.S.I., C.I.E.
(1900-1969): Counsellor, Legation, Afghanistan 1943-1946
CROISDALE-APPLEBY, LINDSAY
(1973- Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary,
2010-2012; Ambassador to Colombia, 2012-2015;
Director, Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2015-2017; Director-General, Exiting the
European Union, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2017-
CROMPTON, R.A.NEIL,
C.B.E. (1964- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Iran, 1999-2003;
Counsellor(External Affairs), Embassy, U.S.A.,
2007-2011; Director, South Asia and Afghanistan,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2012-2015; Deputy
Political Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2014-; Director, Middle East and North Africa, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 2015-
CROWTHER, FRANCIS H.
(1914-1984): Consul-General, Lourenco Marques, 1960-1963; Consul-
General, Amsterdam, 1963-1966
CRUICKSHANK, CHARLES G.
(1914- Commercial Inspector, 1971-1972
CUMBERBATCH, ABRAHAM C.
(1808-1875): Consul-General, Constantinople, 1845-1864
DARKE, J.M. JAMIE (1953- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Portugal, 2003-2006
DARNAUD-TAYLOR, GILBERT,
O.B.E.(1916- Consul-General Brisbane, Australia, 1974-1976
DAUKES, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR CLENDON T., C.I.E.
(1879-1948): Minister to Nepal, 1929-1935
DAVID, TIMOTHY J.
(1947-2014): Head of Narcotics Control and Aids Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 1989-1991; Ambassador to
Fiji, 1992-1995; Deputy High Commissioner,
Zimbabwe, 1996-1998; High Commissioner to Belize,
1998-2001; High Commissioner to Zambia, 2002-2005
DAVIES, JONATHAN(JON) A.: Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Egypt, 2007-2010;
Additional Director, Middle East and North Africa,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2011-2013; Director,
Diplomatic Academy, 2014-
DAVIS, ARCHIBALD W.
(1900-1979): Consul-General, Basra, 1946-1949; Consul-General, Seville,
1950-1953
DAWKINS, EDWARD J.
(1792-1865): Secretary of Legation, Tuscany, 1816-1823; Minister to
Greece, 1833-1835
DAY, MARTIN C. (1965- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Ukraine, 2012-
DEANE, ROBERT E. (1962- Minister, Embassy, Rome, 2009-2011; Counsellor and Deputy
Head of Mission, Iraq, 2012-2013
de BURLET, ROBERT P.
(1921- Deputy High Commissioner, Barbados, 1974-1977
de CHASSIRON, CHARLES
R.L., C.V.O.(1948- Head of South America Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1987-1989; Commercial and Economic Counsellor,
Italy, 1989-1994; Ambassador to Estonia, 1994-1997;
Consul-General, Milan, 1997-2001; Vice-Marshal of the
Diplomatic Corps and Head of Protocol Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2002-2006
de COURCY-IRELAND,
PATRICK G, C.V.O.
(1933- Head of Training Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1976-1980; Consul-General, Casablanca, 1980-1984;
Consul-General, Jerusalem, 1984-1987
de COURCY-PERRY, SIR
GERALD R., C.M.G.
(1836-1903): Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro, 1888(did not proceed);
Consul-General, Antwerp, 1888-1903
DENNE, CHRISTOPHER
J.A., C.M.G.(1945-2015): Head of Consular Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1989-1993; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission,
Greece, 1993-1997
DENTON-THOMPSON,
MERRICK A.B.(1888-1969): Consul-General, Amsterdam, 1935-1938; Consul-General, Sao
Paulo, 1944-1945; Consul-General, Amsterdam, 1945-1948
DENYS-BURTON, SIR
FRANCIS C.E., Bt.
(1849-1922): Secretary of Legation, Mexico, 1887-1890; Secretary of
Legation, Denmark, 1890-1895
De SOUSA, LOUISE A.
(1968 - Deputy High Commissioner, Kenya, 2007-2011; Head of Human
Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2011-2014; Head of
Europe-Mediterranean Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2014-2016; Ambassador to Tunisia,
2016-
DEW, JOHN A. (1952- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Ireland, 1992-1996;
Minister, Spain, 1996-2000; Head of Latin America and
Caribbean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2000-2003; Ambassador to Cuba, 2004-2008;
Ambassador to Colombia, 2008-2012
DICKIE, HARRY E.
(18 -1933): Consul-General, Lourenco Marques, 1923-1925
DICKSON, WILLIAM A.
(1950- Ambassador to Outer Mongolia, 2009-2011
DICKSON, WILLIAM J.
(18 -1900): Secretary of Legation, Persia, 1882-1885; Minister Resident,
Colombia, 1885-1892
DOBBS, W. BERNARD J.
(1925-2007): Charge dAffaires/Ambassador to Laos, 1980-1985
DOBLE, DENIS H.(1936- Deputy High Commissioner, Calcutta, India, 1985-1987; Deputy
High Commissioner, Jamaica, 1987-1991; Consul-General,
Amsterdam, 1991-1996
DONALDSON, BRIAN
(1946- High Commissioner to Namibia, 1999-2002; Ambassador to
Madagascar, 2002-2005
DONALDSON, IAN M.
(1966- Deputy Permanent Representative, Disarmament Conference,
1999-200
DORIA, WILLIAM:
(1820-1889): Secretary of Legation, Persia, 1858-1860; Secretary of Legation,
Argentina, 1860-1864; Secretary of Legation, Hanover,
1864-1866; Secretary of Legation, Sweden, 1867-1868;
Secretary of Legation, Portugal, 1868-1873; Secretary of
Embassy, Russia, 1873-1877
DOUGAL, MALCOLM G.
(1938- Consul-General, Lille, 1981-1986; Deputy High Commissioner,
Australia, 1986-1989; Director, Joint Overseas Trade
Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1991-1994; Consul-General, San Francisco, 1994-1998
DOUGLAS, ANDREW S.(17 -1869): Secretary of Legation, The Two Sicilies, 1809-1811 and
1813-1824; Secretary of Embassy, the Netherlands,
1824-1829
DOUGLAS, GEORGE S.
(later 17th EARL OF MORTON)
(1789-1858): Secretary of Legation, Sweden, 1812-1815; Secretary of
Legation, Prussia, 1816-1823
DOWNING, HENRY J.
(1919-1998): Consul-General, Lourenco Marques, 1965-1969; Head of
Claims Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1969-1971; Head of Migration and Visa Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971-1973; Consul-
General, Cape Town, 1973-1977
DOWSE, TIMOTHY M.
C.M.G.(1955- Head of Non-Proliferation Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2001-2003; Director, Intelligence
and National Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2009-2011; Director, Cyber Policy, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2011-2012
DOYLE, PERCY W.
(1804-1887): Secretary of Legation, Mexico, 1842-1851; Minister to Mexico,
1851-1855
DRACE-FRANCIS,
CHARLES D.S., C.M.G.
(1943- Charge dAffaires, Afghanistan, 1984-1987; Counsellor, Embassy,
Portugal, 1987-1990; Head of West Indian and Atlantic
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1994-1997;
High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea,1997-2000
DRAKE, FRANCIS
(1764-1821): Secretary of Legation, Denmark, 1790-1793; Minister
Resident, Venice, 1793; Minister to Genoa, 1793-1795;
Envoy/Minister to Bavaria, 1800-1804
DRUMMOND, RODERICK I.
(1962- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Jordan, 2002-2004;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Syria, 2004-2007;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Saudi Arabia,
2009-2013; High Commissioner to Fiji, 2013-2016
DUNLOP, ALEXANDER G.
(18 -1892): Consul-General, Havana, 1868-1876
EASTWICK,
EDWARD B., C.B.(1814-1883): Secretary of Legation, Persia, 1860-1863; Private Secretary
to the Secretary of State for India, 1866-1867
EDMONDS, ROBERT(ROBIN)
H.G., C.M.G., M.B.E.
(1920-2009): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Venezuela,
1962-1965; Head of American Department, Foreign
Office, 1966-1967; Head of United Nations, Western and
Middle East Department, Commonwealth Office,
1967-1968; Head of Southern Europe Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1969; Minister,
Russia, 1969-1971; High Commissioner to Cyprus,
1971-1972; Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs(Americas), 1974-1977
EDWARDES, Hon.
HENRY G.(1844-1896): Secretary of Legation, China, 1883-1884 (did not proceed);
Secretary of Legation, Argentina, 1885-1886; Secretary of
Legation, Greece, 1886-1887; Secretary of Legation,
U.S.A., 1887-1892; Secretary of Embassy, Spain, 1892 (did not
proceed); Secretary of Embassy, Italy, 1892-1896
EDWARDES, Hon.
RICHARD(1807-1866): Secretary of Legation, German Confederation, 1851-1859;
Secretary of Legation, Spain, 1859-1864; Charge
dAffaires, Venezuela, 1864-1865; Minister to
Argentina, 1865-1866(did not proceed)
ELLINGWORTH, RICHARD H.
(1926- 2015): Head of Oil Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1969-1971; Counsellor, Embassy, Iran, 1972-1975
ELLIOT, CAROLINE(CARMA)
M., C.M.G., O.B.E.(1964- Consul-General, Jedda, 2004-2006; Consul-General,
Shanghai, 2006-2010
ELLIOTT, JONATHAN
(JON) A. (1966- Deputy High Commissioner, Uganda, 2003-
ETHERINGTON-SMITH, R.
GORDON A., C.M.G.(1914-2007): Counsellor, Embassy, South Vietnam, 1954-1958;
Counsellor, Embassy, the Netherlands, 1958-1961;
Counsellor, U.K. Commission, South-East Asia,
1961-1963; Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1963-1966;
Minister and Deputy Commandant, British Sector,
Berlin, 1966-1970; Ambassador to Sudan, 1970-1974
EUAN-SMITH, COLONEL
SIR CHARLES B., K.C.B.,
C.S.I.(1842-1910): Agent and Consul-General, Zanzibar, 1887-1891; Minister to
Morocco, 1891-1893; Minister Resident, Colombia, 1898
(did not proceed)
FAGAN, GEORGE:
(18 -1869): Secretary of Legation, Argentina, 1856-1860; Charge dAffaires,
Central American Republics, 1860-1861; Charge dAffaires,
Ecuador, 1861-1865; Charge dAffaires,Venezuela, 1865-1869
FALCONER, Liutenant-Colonel
SIR GEORGE A., K.B.E., C.I.E.
(1894-1981): Minister/Ambassador to Nepal, 1944-1951
FARNALL, HARRY de la
B. R., C.B., C.M.G.
(1852-1929): Acting Senior Clerk, Western Department, Foreign Office,
1899-1900; Senior Clerk, African Department, Foreign Office,
1900-1904
FARNWORTH, JUDITH M.
(1966- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Ukraine, 2008-2011;
Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, 2011-2015; Ambassador to
Armenia, 2015-
FAULKNER, L. GREGORY
(1943- Commercial Counsellor, the Netherlands, 1986-1990;
Minister, Argentina, 1990-1993; Head of Latin
American Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1993-1996; High Commissioner to Trinidad
and Tobago, 1996-1999; Ambassador to Chile, 2000-2003
FEARNLEY, JOHN T.
(1921-1986): Economic Counsellor, France, 1964-1965; Head of
International Oil/Oil Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1965-1969; Consul-General,
Frankfort, 1969-1975; Consul-General, Sydney,
1975-1976
FEATHERSTONE, SIMON M.
C.M.G. (1958-2014): Consul-General, Shanghai, 1994-1996; Counsellor(Political),
Embassy, China, 1996-1998; Head of European Union
Department(External), Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1998-2003; Ambassador to Switzerland,
2004-2008; High Commissioner to Malaysia, 2010-2014
FENN, ROBERT D.R. (1962- Deputy High Commissioner, Cyprus, 2004-2008; High
Commissioner to Brunei, 2009-2013; Head of Human
Rights and Democracy Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2014-
FENTON, HENRY P.
(18 -1907): Secretary of Legation, Greece, 1866; Secretary of Legation, Bavaria,
1866-1872; Secretary of Legation, Greece, 1872 (did not
proceed); Secretary of Legation, the Netherlands, 1872-1890
FERGUSON, CHRISTINE J.
(1957- Deputy Permanent Representative, Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe, 2004-2006; Counsellor and
Deputy Head of Mission, Austria, 2006-2009
FFRENCH, ROBERT P.
(1832-1896): Secretary of Legation, Switzerland, 1868; Secretary of Legation,
Spain, 1868-1872; Secretary of Embassy, Russia, 1872-1873;
Secretary of Embassy, Austria-Hungary, 1873-1878
FISHER, RICHARD C.
(1923-1992): Commercial Counsellor, Poland, 1973-1976; Commercial
Counsellor, Italy, 1976-1979
FOX, PAUL L.(1962- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Poland, 2009-2010;
Head of Afghanistan Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2010-2012; Consul-General,
Dubai, 2015-
FOX-STRANGWAYS, Hon.
WILLIAM T.H.(later 4th
EARL OF ILCHESTER)
(1795-1865): Secretary of Legation, Tuscany, 1825-1828; Secretary of
Legation, The Two Sicilies, 1828-1832; Secretary of
Embassy, Austria, 1833-1835; Minister to the German
Confederation, 1840-1848
FRASER, GILLIAN, O.B.E.: Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Libya, 2012-2013;
Deputy Head of Mission, France, 2016-
FRASER-TYTLER, Lieutenant-
Colonel SIR WILLIAM K.,
K.B.E., C.M.G., M.C.
(1886-1963): Minister to Afghanistan, 1935-1941
FREESE-PENNEFATHER,
HAROLD W.A., C.M.G.
(1907-1967): Head of General Department, Foreign Office, 1948-1949;
Counsellor, Embassy, Burma, 1950-1951; Consul-
General, Morocco(Rabat), 1951-1956; Ambassador to
Morocco, 1956-1957; Ambassador to Luxemburg, 1957-1961
FRERE, BATHOLOMEW
(1776-1851): Secretary of Legation, Portugal, 1801-1802; Secretary of
Legation/Embassy, Spain, 1802-1804 and 1808-1809;
Secretary of Embassy, Turkey, 1811-1821
FYNES-CLINTON, DAVID O.
(1909-1978): Consul-General, Zagreb, 1956-1957
GAISFORD, HUGH W.
(1874-1954): Secretary of Legation, Portugal, 1909-1912; Secretary of
Legation, Argentina, 1912-1914; Minister to the Central
American Republics, 1920-1922; Consul-General, Munich,
1925-1932
GALVEZ, ELIZABETH A.
(1951- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Romania, 1997-2001;
Counsellor(Finance), U.K. Delegation to the United Nations
Organization, 2003-2006
GANDY, CHRISTOPHER T.
(1917-2009): Charge dAffaires, Yemen, 1962-1963; Counsellor, Embassy,
Kuwait, 1963-1966; Minister(Commercial), Brazil,
1966-1968
GARLIKE, BENJAMIN
(c.1766-1815): Secretary of Legation, Prussia, 1796-1801; Secretary of
Embassy, Russia, 1801-1803; Minister to Denmark,
1804-1807
GARSIDE, BERNHARD H.
(1962-: Consul-General, Amsterdam, 2003-2007; Deputy Head of
Mission, Algeria, 2011-2014; Ambassador to El
Salvador, 2015-
GATES, HELEN D.(1967- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Oman, 2008-2013
GIBSON, ROBERT W.
C.M.G. (1956- Deputy High Commissioner, Bangladesh, 2002-2005; Counsellor
and Deputy Head of Mission, Iraq, 2006-2007; Deputy High
Commissioner, Karachi, Pakistan, 2008-2011; High
Commissioner to Bangladesh, 2011-2016
GIDDENS, RICHARD G.
(1928- Deputy High Commissioner, Mauritius, 1970-1974; Counsellor
and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Iraq, 1974-1977
GIFFORD, MICHAEL J. (1961- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Egypt, 2001-2004;
Ambassador to Yemen, 2004-2007; Ambasador to North
Korea, 2012-2015; Ambassador to Kazakhstan, 2018-
GILLHAM, GEOFFREY C.
(1954- Head of Management Consultancy and Inspection Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1997-1998;
Commercial Counsellor, India, 1998-2001; Head of
Southern Europe Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2001-2003; Director, Estates,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2004-2008
GILLIAT-SMITH, BERNARD J.
(1883-1973): Consul-General, New Orleans, 1939-1940
GILLIAT-SMITH, GUY B.
(1885-1933): Consul-General, Strasbourg, 1927-1931; Consul-General,
Milan, 1931-1933
GLADWYN
(see JEBB)
GLOVER, JESSICA E.(1967- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Poland, 2010-2013
GODOLPHIN OSBORNE,
SIR F. DARCY, K.C.M.G.
(later 12th DUKE OF LEEDS)
(1884-1964): Counsellor, Embassy, Portugal, 1928-1929; Counsellor,
Embassy, Italy, 1929-1931; Minister, U.S.A.,
1931-1936; Minister to the Holy See, 1936-1947
GOLDSMITH, ALEXANDER
(ALICK) K. (1938- Head of Commonwealth Coordination Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 1982-1984; Consul-General,
Hamburg, 1986-1990
GOODDEN, ABINGTON,
C.B.E.(1901-1978): Commercial Counsellor, Norway, 1950-1953; Consul-General,
Seville, 1953-1960
GOODFELLOW, MARK A.
(1931-1999): Commercial Counsellor, Nigeria, 1984-1986; Ambassador to
Gabon, 1986-1990
GORDON, J. FRANCOIS,
C.M.G., C.V.O.(1953- Head of Drugs and International Crime Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 1996; Ambassador to
Algeria, 1996-1999; Ambassador to Ivory Coast, Niger,
Liberia and Burkina Faso, 2001-2004; High Commissioner
to Uganda, 2005-2008
GORDON, R. DOUGLAS
(1936- Ambassador to South Yemen, 1989-1990; Hugh Commissioner to
Guyana, 1990-1993; Ambassador to Yemen, 1993-1995
GORDON-LENNOX, LORD
NICHOLAS C., K.C.M.G.,
K.C.V.O.(1931-2004): Head of News Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1973-1974; Head of North American Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974-1975;
Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, France,
1975-1979; Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs(Information and Culture/Public
Departments), 1979-1984; Ambassador to Spain, 1984-1989
GORDON-MACLEOD,
DAVID S.(1948- High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, 2003-2006
GRAFFTEY-SMITH, SIR
LAURENCE B., K.C.M.G.,
K.B.E.(1892-1989): Consul-General, Albania, 1939; Minister to Saudi Arabia,
1945-1947; High Commissioner to Pakistan, 1947-1951
GREENHILL OF HARROW
(see GREENHILL)
GREENSHIELDS, ROBERT M.
(1933- Economic Counsellor, Kenya, 1981-1985
GREENSTREET, MICHAEL J.
(1939- Deputy High Commissioner, Ghana, 1991-1994;
Commercial Counsellor, Thailand, 1994-1998
GREENWOOD, J. RUSSELL,
M.V.O.(1924-1993): Consul-General, Osaka, 1973-1977
GREGAN-CRAUFURD, SIR
JAMES, Bt. (1761-1839): Secretary of Legation, Denmark, 1793-1798
GREGORY-HOOD, PETER
C.F.(1943- Consul-General, Casablanca, 1990-1995; Deputy High
Commissioner, Sri Lanka, 1995-1998
GREVILLE, ALGERNON F.
(1798-1864): Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, 1834-1835
GROSVENOR, Hon.
THOMAS F., C.B.
(1842-1886): Secretary of Legation, China, 1879-1883; Secrretary of Legation,
Belgium, 1883-1885; Secretary of Embassy, Russia, 1885-1886
GUY, JOHN W., O.B.E. (1941- High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, 1991-1994;
Consul-General, St. Petersburg, 1996-2000
GWYNN, ROBERT(ROBIN)
C.P.(1963- Deputy High Commissioner, Ghana, 2002-2005; Head of
Africa(Equatorial) Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2005-2008; Deputy High
Commissioner, Lagos, Nigeria, 2010-2011; Additional
Director, Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2011-2013
GYBBON-MONYPENNY, H.
REGINALD D., C.B.E.
(1895-1988): Consul-General, Tunis, 1943-1944; Consul-General, Frankfort,
1946-1951; Consul-General, Jerusalem, 1951-1953;
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, 1953-1955
HALL. PHILIP R., O.B.E.: Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Romania, 2007-2008;
Head of Counter-Proliferation Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2012-2015; Consul-General,
Jerusalem, 2017-
HALLETT, EDWARD(TED) C.
(1947- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Ireland, 2003-2006
HAMILTON, CHARLES A.
(1948- Deputy High Commissioner, Uganda, 2005-2008
HAMILTON, FREDERIC
DOUGLAS(1815-1887): Secretary of Legation, Wurttemberg, 1853-1859; Secretary
of Legation, Greece, 1859; Secretary of Legation,
German Confederation, 1859-1862; Secretary of
Legation, Sweden, 1862-1867; Charge dAffaires/
Minister Resident, Ecuador, 1867-1883
HAMILTON, TERRICK
(1781-1876): Secretary of Embassy, Turkey, 1821-1824
HAMILTON, WILLIAM R.
(1777-1859): Minister to the Two Sicilies, 1822-1825
HAMMETT, HAROLD G.
(1906-1999); Deputy High Commissioner, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1964-1966
HAMMOND, GEORGE
(1763-1853): Secretary of Legation, Denmark, 1790; Secretary of
Legation, Spain, 1790-1791; Minister to the U.S.A.,
1791-1795; Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
1795-1806 and 1807-1809
HANBURY-TENISON, SIR
RICHARD, K.C.V.O.(1925-2017): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Federal
Republic of Germany, 1968-1970; Head of Aviation and
Telecommunications Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1970-1971; Counsellor,
Embassy, Belgium, 1971-1975
HANHAM, LEONARD E.
(1921-1998): Consul-General, Lisbon, 1975-1978; Consul-General,
Amsterdam, 1978-1980
HARDINGE OF PENSHURST
(see HARDINGE)
HARRINGTON, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR JOHN L., K.C.V.O., C.B.
(1865-1927): Agent and Consul-General/Minister, Ethiopia, 1900-1909
HARRISON, W. ALISTAIR,
C.M.G., C.V.O.(1954- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Poland, 1995-1998;
Counsellor and Head of Chancery, U.K. Delegation to
the United Nations Organization, New York, 2000-2003;
Head of United Nations Organization/International
Organizations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2003-2005; High Commissioner to Zambia,
2005-2008; Head of Zimbabwe Unit, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2008-2009; Governor of Anguilla,
2009-
HARRISS-GASTRELL,
JAMES P.(1830-1908): Secretary of Legation, Argentina, 1877-1879; Secretary of
Legation, Brazil, 1879-1882; Secretary of Legation,
Portugal, 1882 (did not proceed); Minister Resident,
Colombia,1882-1884; Minister Resident, Central
American Republics, 1884-1890
HARRISS GASTRELL,
WILLIAM S. (1862-1948): Consul-General, Paris, 1912-1914
HARTLAND-SWANN, JULIAN
D.N., C.M.G.(1936- Ambassador to Outer Mongolia, 1977-1979; Counsellor,
Embassy, Belgium, 1979-1983; Head of South East
Asia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1983-1985; Consul-General, Frankfurt, 1986-1990;
Ambassador to Burma, 1990-1995
HASLAM, CHRISTOPHER P. de L.
(1943- Ambassador to Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau,
2000-2003
HAY, CHARLES J., M.V.O.: Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Spain, 2006-2009;
Director, Consular Services, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2009-2014; Ambassador to
South Korea, 2015-2018
HAY-CAMPBELL, T. IAN,
L.V.O.(1945- Deputy High Commissioner, Zimbabwe, 1998-2001;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Norway,
2001-2005
HAY-DRUMMOND-HAY,
SIR ROBERT, C.M.G.
(1846-1925): Consul-General, Tunis, 1891-1894; Consul-General, Beirut,
1894-1907
HAYDAY, ANTHONY V.
(1930- Deputy High Commissioner, Calcutta, India, 1981-1985;
Consul-General, Cleveland, 1985-1987;
Ambassador to Madagascar, 1987-1990
HAYWARD, CHRISTOPHER C.
(1939- Head of Nationality, Treaty and Claims Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1995-1996
HEATHCOTE-SMITH, CLIFFORD
B.B., C.B.E.(1912-2003): Political Adviser, Hong Kong, 1947-1950; Commercial
Counsellor, Turkey, 1956-1960; Commercial
Counsellor, Denmark, 1960-1964; Commercial
Counsellor, U.S.A., 1964-1965; Deputy High
Commissioner, Madras, India, 1965-1968;
Commercial Inspector, 1969-1972
HEATHCOTE-SMITH, SIR
CLIFFORD E., K.B.E., C.M.G.
(1883-1963): Consul-General, Alexandria, 1924-1943
HENDERSON, HECTOR B.
(1895-1962): Consul-General, Dakar, 1945-1951
HENDRY, IAN D., C.M.G.: Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1999-2005
HEPTINSTALL, LESLIE G.
(1919-1996): Deputy High Commissioner, Lahore, Pakistan, 1964-1965
HICKEY, STEPHEN B. (1979- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Syria, 2010-2011;
Counsellor(Political), High Commission, South Africa,
2011-2012; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission,
Egypt, 2013-
HILL, CHARLES E. (1963- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Oman, 2004-2008;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Norway, 2009-
HILL, MARTIN H.P. (1961- Deputy High Commissioner, Sri Lanka, 1998-2001;
Commercial Counsellor, Thailand, 2002-2005;
Economic Counsellor, Canada, 2006-2009; Deputy High
Commissioner, Canada, 2009-2011; Head of Counter-
Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2011-2012
HILLIER-FRY, W. NORMAN,
C.M.G.(1923-2015): Counsellor, British Delegation to the Disarmament
Conference, 1968-1971; Consul-General, Hamburg,
1974-1979; Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1979-1980;
High Commissioner to Uganda, 1980-1983
HISCOCK, STEPHEN J.
(1946- Consul-General, Brisbane, Australia, 1997-2001; High
Commissioner to Guyana and Ambassador to
Surinam, 2002-2006
HOGGARD, ROBIN R.
C.M.G.(1956- Counsellor(Management), Embassy, Japan, 1998-2003; Head
of Research Analysts, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2004-2007
HOLDING, MALCOLM A.
(1932- Commercial Counsellor, Italy, 1979-1981; Consul-General,
Edmonton, 1981-1985; Consul-General, Naples, 1986-1990
HOLLAND, H. ROBERT C.
(1957- Deputy High Commissioner, Barbados, 2002-2004
HOLMES, TIMOTHY C.
(1951- Economic and Commercial Counsellor and Deputy Head of
Mission, South Korea, 1994-1997; Counsellor and
Deputy Head of Mission, the Netherlands, 1997-2002;
Consul-General, Sydney, Australia, 2004-2008
HOLT, J.DAVID F. (1938- Deputy High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago, 1994-1997
HOPCROFT, GEORGE W.
(1927- Commercial and Economic Counsellor, Thailand,
1978-1981
HOUSSEMAYNE DU BOULAY,
SIR ROGER, K.C.V.O., C.M.G.
(1922- Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, France,
1971-1973; Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides,
1973-1975; Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps and
Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, 1975-1982
HOUSTON-BOSWALL, SIR
WILLIAM E., K.C.M.G., M.C.
(1892-1960): Counsellor, Embassy, Iraq, 1938-1940; Counsellor,
Embassy, Japan, 1940-1941; Political Representative,
Bulgaria, 1944-1946; Minister to the Lebanon,
1947-1951
HOWARD DE WALDEN,
CHARLES, 6th LORD, and 2nd
LORD SEAFORD, G.C.B.
(1799-1868): Minister to Sweden, 1832-1833; Minister to Portugal,
1833-1846; Minister to Belgium, 1846-1868
HOWARD OF PENRITH
(see SIR ESME HOWARD)
HOWARD SMITH, CHARLES,
C.M.G.(1888-1942): Head of the Communications Department, Foreign Office,
1922-1925; Head of the League of Nations and Western
Department, Foreign Office, 1929-1933; Principal
Establishment Officer, Foreign Office, 1933-1939; Minister
to Denmark, 1939-1940; Minister to Iceland, 1940-1942
HOWARTH, STEPHEN F.
(1947- Head of Consular Department/Division, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1993-1997; Minister, France,
1997-2002; Permanent Representative to the Council of
Europe, 2003-2007
HOWELLS, CHRISTOPHER J.
(1933-1984): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Poland,
1972-1975; Head of Security Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1975-1978; Counsellor and Head
of Chancery, U.K. Delegation to N.A.T.O., 1978-1981;
Head of Treaty and Nationality, Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1981-1983
HUCKLE, ALAN E.(1948- Deputy Head, U.K. Delegation to Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe, 1992-1996; Head of OSCE/Council
of Europe Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1998-2001; Head of Overseas Territories
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2001-2004; Governor of Anguilla, 2004-2006; Governor of
the Falkland Islands, 2006-2010
HUGHES, E. JOHN (1947- Head of Aviation and Maritime Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1990-1993; Counsellor,
Embassy, Norway, 1993-1997; Ambassador to
Venezuela, 2000-2003; Ambassador to Argentina,
2004-2008
HUGHES, PATRICK J.
(18 -1903): Consul-General, Shanghai, 1884-1891
HUGHES-HALLETT, LESLIE,
C.M.G., O.B.E.(1887-1966): Minister Resident/Minister, Ecuador, 1941-1945; Minister
to Guatemala, 1945-1946
HUMPHRYS, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR FRANCIS H., G.C.M.G.,
G.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.I.E.
(1879-1971): Minister to Afghanistan, 1922-1929; High Commissioner/
Ambassador to Iraq, 1929-1935
HYLAND, SUSAN M.(1964 - Head of Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2006-2011;
Counsellor(Political), High Commission, Pakistan, 2011-
INCHYRA
(see HOYER MILLAR)
INNES, STUART H. (1955- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Syria, 1999-2002;
Deputy High Commissioner, Chennai, India, 2003-200
INNES-HOPKINS,
CHRISTOPHER R. (1953- Counsellor(Commercial) and Director U. K. Trade and
Investment, Saudi Arabia, 2011-2014
IRVINE, WILLIAM D.
(18 -1867): Secretary of Legation, U.S.A., 1858-1862
JACKSON, FRANCIS J.
(1770-1814): Secretary of Legation, Prussia, 1789-179 ; Secretary of
Embassy, Spain, 1791-1795; Ambassador to Turkey,
1796-1799; Minister to France, 1801-1802; Minister to
Prussia, 1802-1806; Minister to the U.S.A., 1809-1810
JACKSON, R. MICHAEL.,
C.V.O. (1940- Commercial Counsellor, Argentina, 1981-1982;
Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Sweden,
1982-1987; Commercial Counsellor, South Korea,
1987-1991; Ambassador to Bolivia, 1991-1995;
Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1995-1997
JARROLD, NICHOLAS R.
(1946- Counsellor and Head of Chancery/Deputy Head of Mission,
Embassy, Cuba, 1989-1991; Economic and Commercial
Counsellor, Belgium, 1992-1996; Ambassador to Latvia,
1996-1999; Ambassador to Croatia, 2000-2004
JERNINGHAM, Hon.
GEORGE S.S., C.B.
(1806-1874): Secretary of Legation, the Netherlands, 1833-1836; Secretary
of Legation, Sardinia, 1836-1837; Secretary of Legation,
Portugal, 1837-1839; Secretary of Legation, Spain,
1839-1849; Secretary of Embassy, France, 1850-1853;
Minister to Sweden, 1853 (did not proceed); Minister to
Wurttemberg, 1854-1859; Minister to Sweden, 1859-1872
JERNINGHAM, Hon.
WILLIAM G.S.(1812-1874): Secretary of Legation, Brazil, 1850-1857; Charge dAffaires
/Minister Resident, Peru, 1857-1874
JERROM, THOMAS C.
(DAVID) (1911- ): Head of International Relations/International Relations and
General Department, Colonial Office, 1957-1966; Head of
International and General Department, Commonwealth
Office, 1966-1968; Head of Pacific and Indian Ocean
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1969
JOHNSON, DAVID J.
C.M.G., C.V.O.(1938-2000): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Pakistan,
1985-1989; Head of Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe Unit, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1990-1992; High Commissioner
to Guyana, 1993-1998
JOHNSON, KATRINA (1966- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Belgium, 2011-2015
JOHNSON, MATTHEW A.
(1970- Deputy High Commissioner, Ghana, 2008-2012; Permanent
Representative to the Council of Europe, 2012-2016
JONES, NERYS H. (1973- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Greece, 2009-2013
JONES, WILFRED, C.M.G. (1926- Deputy High Commissioner, Malawi, 1975-1977; Head of
Nationality and Treaty Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1979-1981; High
Commissioner to Botswana, 1981-1986
JORDAN, STANLEY R.
(1894-19 : Commercial Counsellor, Turkey, 1940-1943; Minister to
Saudi Arabia, 1943-1945
JOY, A. ANTHONY
(1936-2013): Inspector, 1985-1986; Counsellor(Finance and Administration),
High Commission, India, 1986-1990; Consul-General,
Vancouver, 1990-1993; Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro,
1993-1995
JOYCE, LUCY R., O.B.E.: Head of North American Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2013-2015; Ambassador to Moldova,
2016-
KEEBLE, THOMAS W.
(1918-1994): Head of Defence and Western Department, Commonwealth
Relations Office, 1959-1960; Deputy High
Commissioner, Ghana, 1960-1963; Head of Economic
General Department, Commonwealth Relations
Office, 1963-1966; Minister(Commercial), Argentina,
1966-1967; Minister, Spain, 1969-1971; Head of
United Nations(Economic and Social) Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971-1972; Head
of United Nations Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1972-1974
KEELING, EDWARD A.
(1885-1975): Counsellor, Embassy, Brazil, 1931-1932; Minister to
Venezuela, 1932-1936; Consul-General, Tangier, 1936-1939
KENNEDY, JOHN(17 -1845): Secretary of Legation, the Two Sicilies, 1832-1844; Secretary of
Legation, U.S.A., 1844-1845
KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN,
SIR HUGHE M., K.C.M.G.
(1886-1971): Counsellor, Embassy, Belgium, 1926-1929; Minister to
Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, 1930-1934; Minister to
Persia, 1934-1936; Ambassador to China, 1936-1938;
Ambassador to Turkey, 1939-1944; Ambassador to
Belgium, 1944-1947
KNIGHT-SANDS, CATHERINE
(KATE): Ambassador to Montenegro, 2009-2013
KNIGHT SMITH, IAN (1938- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Switzerland,
1993-1997
KOHAN, ROBERT M.
(1883-1967): Consul-General, New Orleans, 1934-1937; Consul-General,
Buenos Aires, 1937-1942
KRAUS, JOHN A.(1966- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Portugal, 2007-2010
KUENSSBERG OSULLIVAN,
JOANNA K.(1973 - Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Portugal, 2010-2014;
High Commissioner to Mozambique, 2014-
KYLES, RAYMOND W.
(1956- Deputy Permanent Representative to the O.E.C.D.,
1998-2000; Deputy High Commissioner, Kenya,
2003-2007; Deputy High Commissioner, Pakistan,
2008-2009; Deputy High Commissioner, Malaysia,
2010-2014; Deputy High Commissioner, Lagos,
Nigeria, 2014-
LAMONT, DONALD A.(1947- Political Adviser and Head of Chancery, British Military
Government, Berlin, 1888-1991; Ambassador to
Uruguay, 1991-1994; Head of Republic of Ireland
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1994-1997; Governor of the Falkland Islands,
1999-2002; Ambassador to Venezuela, 2003-2006
LANDALE, RUSSELL T.
(1911-1984): Consul-General, Amsterdam, 1969-1971
LANKFORD, GRAHAM
(1925- Deputy High Commissioner, Guyana, 1980-1983
LATTA, NICHOLAS K. (1971- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Libya, 2010-2011
LAVERS, RICHARD D.
(1947- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Chile, 1990-1993;
Ambassador to Ecuador, 1993-1997; Head of
Permanent Under-Secretarys Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1997-1999; Head of Research
Analysts, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1999-2001;
Ambassador to Guatemala, 2001-2006, to El Salvador,
2003-2006, and to Honduras, 2004-2006
LAWRENCE, CHRISTIAN W.
(1858-1920): Secretary of Legation, Sweden, 1879-1883; Minister Resident,
Ecuador, 1883-1890
LAYARD, RAYMOND DE B.
M., C.M.G.(1859-1941): Consul-General, Kobe, 1909-1913
LAYDEN, ANTHONY M.
C.M.G. (1946- Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Oman,
1987-1991; Ecnomic and Commercial Counsellor,
Denmark, 1991-1995, and Deputy Head of Mission,
1994-1995; Head of Western Europe Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1995-1998;
Ambassador to Morocco, 1999-2002; Ambassador to
Libya, 2002-2006
LEELAND, JOHN R.
(1930-1990): Inspector, 1984-1987; Counsellor(Administration), U.K.
Delegation to the United Nations Organization, New York,
1987-1990
le JEUNE DALLEGEERSHECQUE,
SUSAN J., C.M.G. (1963- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Venezuela,
1999-2002; Counsellor and Deputy Head of
Mission, Colombia, 2002-2005; Consul-General,
Washington, 2005-2007; Director, Human
Resources, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2007-2011; Ambassador to Austria and
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Organizations, Vienna, 2012-2016; High
Commissioner to Canada, 2017-
LENOX-CONYNGHAM,
GEORGE W. (1796-1866): Senior Clerk and Superintendant of Treaty Department,
Foreign Office, 1834-1841; Chief Clerk, Foreign Office,
1841-1866
LETTSOM, WILLIAM G.
(1805-1887): Secretary of Legation, Mexico, 1854-1855; Charge dAffaires,
Mexico, 1855-1858; Charge dAffaires, Bolivia, 1858 (did not
proceed); Charge dAffaires, Uruguay, 1859-1869
LEVESON-GOWER,
ARTHUR F.G.(1851-1922): Secretary of Legation, Greece, 1895-1898; Secretary of
Legation, the Netherlands, 1898-1905
LEVI, ANDREW P.R.(1963- Head of Aviation, Maritime and Energy Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 2003-2004; Counsellor
(Economic), Russia, 2005-2007
LEWINGTON, RICHARD G.
(1948- Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 1999-2002;
Ambassador to Ecuador, 2003-2006
LIFE, VIVIEN F. (1957- Head of Climate Change and Energy Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 2010-2012; Ambassador to
Denmark, 2012-2016
LINDSAY, RICHARD F.: Head of Security Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2014-2016; High Commissioner to Brunei, 2017-
Brunei, 2017-
LING, NORMAN A. (1952- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Turkey, 1993-1997;
Head of Aviation, Maritime, Science and Energy
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1997-2001; High Commissioner to Malawi, 2001-2004;
Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2007-2011
LINK, JOAN I., L.V.O.(1953- Head of Services Planning and Resource/General Services
Management Department/Resource Management
Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1996-2001; Head of Conflict Issues Group, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2004-2007
LIVERPOOL(see JENKINSON)
LLEWELLYN-JONES, BENEDICT,
O.B.E.(1976- High Commissioner to Rwanda and Ambassador to
Burundi, 2011-2014
LOCOCK, SIDNEY
(1834-1885): Secretary of Legation, Japan, 1865-1868; Secretary of Legation,
the Netherlands, 1868-1872; Secretary of Embassy, Turkey,
1872-1874; Minister Resident, Central American Republics,
1874-1881; Minister Resident, Serbia, 1881-1885;
Minister to Brazil, 1885 (did not proceed)
LODGE, MATTHEW J.
(1968- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Iraq, 2007; Ambassador to
Finland, 2010-2013; Ambassador to Kuwait, 2014-2017
LONDONDERRY, Lieutenant-
General Rt. Hon. CHARLES,
3rd MARQUESS OF, K.G.,
G.C.B.(1778-1854): Minister to Prussia, 1813-1814; Ambassador to Austria, 1814-1822
LONG, ALASTAIR D. (1977- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Oman, 2013-
LONGBOTTOM, JULIA M.(1963- Head of Far Eastern Group, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2009-2012; Minister, Japan, 2012-2016;
Director, Consular Services, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2016-
LONGHURST, WILLIAM J.(1967- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Serbia, 2007-
2011; Ambassador to Cambodia, 2014-
LONGWORTH, PETER
C.M.G.(1942- Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Denmark, 1987-1991;
Economic and Commercial Counsellor and Deputy Head of
Mission, South Korea, 1991-1994; Consul-General,
Johannesburg, 1994-1998; High Commissioner to Zimbabwe,
1998-2001
LONSDALE, CHARLES J.
(1965- Ambassador to Armenia, 2008-2012; Deputy Permanent
Representative to the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe, 2012-
LOW, NICHOLAS D.(1957- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Algeria, 2004-2006;
Deputy High Commissioner, Bangladesh, 2010-2014
LYSTER-BINNS, BENJAMIN(BEN)
E.N.(1965- Ambassador to Uruguay, 2012-2016
LYTTON(see BULWER-LYTTON)
MACDERMOTT, ALASDAIR T.
(1945- High Commissioner to Namibia, 2002-2007
MACDONALD, JOHN W.
(1938- Consul-General, Shanghai, 1991-1994
MACDONALD, Rt.Hon.
MALCOLM J., O.M.(1901-1981): High Commissioner to Canada, 1941-1946; Governor-
General of Malaya, 1946-1948; Commissioner-
General for South-East Asia, 1948-1955; High
Commissioner to India, 1955-1960; Governor of
Kenya, 1963; High Commissioner to Kenya,
1965-1966
MACKENZIE JOHNSTON,
HENRY B., C.B.(1921- Deputy High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago,
1966-1967; Consul-General, Munich, 1971-1973
MACKNESS, WILLIAM R.
(1879-1963): Minister Resident, Haiti, 1938-1939
MACLEHOSE OF BEOCH
(see MACLEHOSE)
MACLEOD, DONALD A.
(1938- Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Singapore,
1981-1984; Deputy High Commissioner, Barbados,
1984-1987; Head of Protocol Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1987-1989
MACLEOD, SIR IAIN, K.C.M.G.: Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2011-
MALCOLMSON, THOMAS H.
(1937- Ambassador to Panama, 1992-1996
MANDEVILLE, JOHN H.
(1773-1861): Secretary of Legation, Portugal, 1828; Secretary of Embassy,
Turkey, 1831-1836; Minister to Argentina, 1836-1845
MANLEY, WILLIAM C.
(18 -1862): Secretary of Legation, Denmark, 1858-1862
MARRIOTT, JANE, O.B.E.: Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Iran, 2010-2011;
Ambassador to Yemen, 2013-2015; Director, Middle East
and North Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2015-
2016; Director, Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2016-
MARSHALL, R. JOHN (1965- Ambassador to Senegal, Mali, Guinea Bissau and Cape
Verde, 2011-2015; Ambassador to Luxemburg, 2016-
MARTIN, DOUGLAS G.
(1947- Deputy Senior Representative Sino-British Joint Liaison
Group, Hong Kong, 1988-1992; Deputy Head of
Mission, Ukraine, 1992-1994; Head of Permanent
Under-Secretarys Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1994-1997
MASEFIELD, J. THOROLD,
C.M.G.(1939- Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Pakistan,
1979-1982; Head of Personnel Services Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1982-1985; Head
of Far Eastern Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1985-1987; High
Commissioner to Tanzania, 1989-1992; Assistant Under-
Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(Southern Asia), 1992-1994; High Commissioner to
Nigeria and Ambassador to Benin and Chad, 1994-1997;
Governor of Bermuda, 1997-2001
MASTERMAN, SIR
CHRISTOPHER H., C.S.I.,
C.I.E.(1889-1982): Deputy High Commissioner, Madras, India, 1947-1948
MATHEWS, HARRIET,
C.M.G., O.B.E.: Head of Energy and Climate Change Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 2009-2011; Head of East and
West Africa Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2012-2014; Ambassador to Somalia, 2015-2017
MATTHEWS, MARK J.(1968- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Libya, 2007-2010;
Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Organization, Geneva, 2013-
McADAM, DOUGLAS B.
(1944- Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 1996-1999;
Consul-General, Hamburg, 1999-2004
McCARTHY, ADOLF C.
(1922-1995): Consul-General, Stuttgart, 1977-1982
McFARLANE, DAVID A.(1977- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Serbia, 2011-
McLOUGHLIN, MICHAEL J.
(1938- Consul-General, Bilbao, 1994-1998
McMAHON, ANTHONY G.
(1935- Consul-General, Bilbao, 1985-1990
McQUADE, HENRY (1933- Head of Nationality and Treaty Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1989-1990
McQUILLAN, WILLIAM R.
(1930- Head of Information Policy Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1978-1981; Ambassador to
Iceland, 1981-1983
MELLISH, JOSEPH C.
(1769-1823): Secretary of Legation, The Two Sicilies, 1808-1809
MELLISH, RICHARD C.
(c.1801-1865): Senior Clerk, German Department, Foreign Office, 1841-1854
MEYNELL, BENEDICT W.
(1930- Commercial Counsellor, U.S.A., 1970-1973
MILBANKE-HUSKISSON,
SIR JOHN R., Bt.
(1800-1868): Secretary of Legation, German Confederation, 1826-1835;
Secretary of Embassy, Russia, 1835-1838; Secretary of
Embassy, Austria, 1838-1843; Minister to Bavaria,
1843-1862; Minister to the Netherlands, 1862-1867
MILES, F. STEPHEN,
C.M.G.(1920-2013): Deputy High Commissioner, Tanzania, 1963-1965; Head of West
and General Africa Department, Commonwealth Relations
Office, 1966; Consul-General, St. Louis, 1967-1970; Deputy
High Commissioner, Calcutta, India, 1970-1974; High
Commissioner to Zambia,1974-1978; High Commissioner to
Bangladesh, 1978-1979
MILLINGTON-DRAKE, SIR
EUGEN J.H.V., K.C.M.G.
(1889-1972): Counsellor, Embassy, Argentina, 1929-1933; Minister to
Uruguay, 1934-1941
MINFORD, LESLIE M.
(1920-1970): Commercial Counsellor, Indonesia, 1964; Counsellor and
Head of Chancery, Embassy, Philippines, 1964-1967;
Commercial Counsellor, France, 1967-1970
MOLYNEUX, J. ANTHONY
(1923-1982): Deputy High Commissioner, Zambia, 1964-1966; Head of
Rhodesia(Economic) Department, Commonwealth
Relations Office, 1966; Head of Zambia Department,
Commonwealth Relations Office, 1966-1967;
Commercial Counsellor, Yugoslavia, 1967-1970;
Commercial Counsellor, the Netherlands, 1972-1974
MONTAGU-DOUGLAS-SCOTT,
SIR DAVID J. K.C.M.G., O.B.E.
(1887-1986): Head of the Consular Department, Foreign Office,
1933-1938; Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign
Affairs(Americas and Consular), 1938-1944; Deputy
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1944-1947
MONTAGU-POLLOCK, SIR
WILLIAM H., K.C.M.G.
(1903-1993): Counsellor, Embassy, Sweden, 1942-1945; Head of Cultural
Relations Department, Foreign Office, 1945-1947;
Counsellor, Embassy, Belgium, 1947-1949; Head of
General Department, Foreign Office, 1949-1950;
Minister/Ambassador to Syria, 1950-1953;
Ambassador to Peru, 1953-1958; Ambassador to
Switzerland, 1958-1960; Ambassador to Denmark,
1960-1962
MONTEAGLE OF BRANDON,
THOMAS, 3rd LORD, C.M.G.,
M.V.O. (1883-1934): Head of the Eastern Department, Foreign Office,1928-1930
MONTEITH, WILLIAM N.
(1915-2004): Consul-General, Muscat, 1958-1960; Counsellor and Head
of Chancery, Finland, 1960-1962
MONTGOMERY, SIR C.
HUBERT, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.,
C.B.(1876-1942): Head of the News Department, Foreign Office, 1915-1919:
Chief Clerk, Foreign Office, 1919-1933; Deputy Under-
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1930-1933; Minister to
the Netherlands, 1933-1938
MOON, MICHAEL Y.(1959- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Czech Republic,
2010-2012
MORGAN, RICHARD de R.
(1961-): Head of Public Diplomacy Group, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2008-2010
MORRIS, RICHARD P. (1964- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Mexico, 2006-2008;
Consul-General, Sydney, Australia, 2008-2012; Head of
Pacific Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2013-2015; Ambassador to Nepal, 2015-
MORTON-SANER, ROBERT
C.V.O., C.B.E.(1911-2001): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Indonesia,
1955-1959; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy,
Argentina, 1960-1964; Consul-General, Antwerp,
1964-1970
MOUNSEY, AUGUSTUS H.
(1834-1882): Secretary of Legation, Japan, 1876-1878; Secretary of Legation,
Greece, 1878-1881; Minister Resident, Colombia, 1881-1882
MURRAY, MICHAEL T.
(1945- Ambassador to Eritrea, 2002-2006
MURRAY-HARVEY, Captain
EDWARD, O.B.E., M.C.
(1886-1967): Commercial Counsellor, Brazil, 1937-1942
MUSTON, RAYMOND F.
(1919- Consul-General, Adelaide, Australia, 1976-1977
NEVILLE-JONES, DAME L.
PAULINE, P.C., D.C.M.G.(later
BARONESS NEVILLE-JONES)
(1939- Chef du Cabinet to European Commissioner for Budget
and Financial Control and Institutions, 197 -1981;
Head of Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1983-1987; Minister(Economic), Federal
Republic of Germany, 1987-1988; Minister, Federal
Republic of Germany/Germany, 1988-1991; Deputy
Secretary(Overseas and Defence), Cabinet Office,
1991-1994, and Chairman, Joint Intelligence
Committee, 1993-1994; Deputy Under-Secretary for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Political
Director, 1994-1996
NEVILLE-ROLFE, EUSTACE,
C.M.G.(1845-1908): Consul-General, Naples, 1903-1908
NEWALL, PETER (1947- Ambassador to Senegal, Mali, Guinea Bissau and Cape
Verde, 2004-2006
NEWMAN, PETER J. (1946- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Nigeria, 1998-
NEWMAN, RONALD W.
(1921-1987): Commercial and Economic Counsellor, Sudan, 1975-1977;
Consul-General, Casablanca, 1977
NICOLOPULO, E. PAUL
(1950-2008): Deputy High Commissioner, Jamaica, 2005-2008
NITHAVRIANAKIS, MICHAEL,
M.V.O.(1967- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Greece,
2008-2009; Deputy High Commissioner, Chennai,
India, 2009-2013
NOAKES, JONATHAN A.
(1944- Deputy High Commissioner, Barbados, 1991-1995; Consul-
General, Lyons, 2001-2004
NORTON, FLETCHER
C.C.C.(1829-1859): Secretary of Legation, Greece 1859
NORWICH
(see COOPER)
OCONNOR, CHRISTOPHER P.
(1968- Ambassador to Tunisia, 2008-2013; Consul-General, Los
Angeles, 2013-
OLEARY, DANIEL F.
(c.1802-1854): Charge dAffaires, New Granada(Colombia), 1843-1854
OLIPHANT, LAURENCE
(1829-1888): Secretary of Legation, Japan, 1861-1862
OLIVER, Lieutenant-General
SIR WILLIAM P., G.B.E., K.C.B.,
K.C.M.G.(1901-1981): High Commissioner to Australia, 1959-1965
OOM, ADOLPHUS K. (18 -1859): Senior Clerk, Spanish Department, Foreign Office,
1845-1857; Senior Clerk, Slave Trade Department,
Foreign Office, 1857-1859; Senior Clerk, German
Department, Foreign Office, 1859
OREILLY, WILLIAM E.
(1873-1934): Secretary of Legation, Brazil, 1911-1912; Minister to Bolivia,
1919-1924; Minister to the Central American Republics,
1924-1925; Minister to Albania, 1926; Minister to
Venezuela, 1926-1932
ORFORD(see WALPOLE)
ORMEROD, RICHARD C.
(1915-1981): Head of Far East and Pacific Department, Commonwealth
Relations Office, 1960-1962; Consul-General, Marseilles,
1967-1971
OSBORNE, CHRISTOPHER
W.(1946- Ambassador to Outer Mongolia, 2006-2008
OSULLIVAN-BEARE,
DANIEL R. (1865-1921): Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro, 1913-1921
PALGRAVE, WILLIAM
GIFFORD(1826-1888): Agent and Consul-General, Bulgaria, 1879; Agent and
Consul-General, Siam, 1879-1884; Minister Resident,
Uruguay, 1884-1888
PARKINSON, HOWARD,
C.V.O.(1948- Consul-General, Washington, 1994-1996; Commercial and
Economic Counsellor, Malaysia, 1997-2000; Deputy
High Commissioner, Mumbai, India, 2001-2003;
High Commissioner to Mozambique, 2003-2007
PASKE-SMITH, MONTAGU
B.T., C.M.G., C.B.E.
(1886-1946): Minister to Colombia, 1936-1941
PATERSON, JAMES R.
(1932- Deputy High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago, 1975-
Ambassador to Outer Mongolia, 1982-1985; Consul-
General, Istanbul, 1985-1989; Consul-General, Geneva,
1989-1992
PATERSON, W. NEIL C.
(1950- Consul-General, Stuttgart, 1997-2001; Consul-General,
Frankfurt, 2001-2005
PEMBERTON-PIGOTT, A.
DESMOND F., C.M.G.(1916-1972): Head of Atomic Energy and Disarmament Department,
Foreign Office, 1961-1964; Minister, Turkey, 1964-1968;
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to
N.A.T.O., 1969-1972; Senior Civilian Instructor,
Royal College of Defence Studies, 1972
PERKINS, JACQUELINE L.
(1964- ): Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Kuwait, 2013-
PETERS, THEOPHILUS,
C.M.G.(1921-2008): Commercial Counsellor, China, 1965-1968; Head of
Training Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1969-1971; Counsellor, Embassy, Argentina and
Consul-General, Buenos Aires, 1971-1973; Consul-
General, Antwerp, 1973-1978
PHILLIPS, PATRICIA R.
(1963- Economic Counsellor, the Netherlands, 2002-2004; Counsellor
and Deputy Head of Mission, Jordan, 2004-2007;
Ambassador to Angola, 2007-2010; Head of Enlargement
and South-East Europe Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2010-2014
PHILLIPSON, ANTONY J.
(1971 - Counsellor(Trade and Transport)/Global Issues, Embassy,
U.S.A., 2002-2004; Private Secretary(Foreign Affairs) to the
Prime Minister, 2004-2007; High Commissioner to
Singapore, 2011-2015; Director, European and Global Issues
Issues, Cabinet Office, 2015-2016; Director, Trade and
Partnerships, Department for Exiting the European Union,
2016-
PHILPOTT, HUGH S. (1961- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Oman, 2001-2004;
Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2015-
PHIPPS, SIR E.
CONSTANTINE H., K.C.M.G.,
C.B.(1840-1911): Consul-General, Buda-Pest, 1881-1885; Secretary of Embassy,
Austria-Hungary, 1885-1892; Secretary of Embassy,
France, 1892-1893; Minister, Embassy, France,
1893-1894; Minister to Brazil, 1894-1900; Minister to
Belgium, 1900-1906
PICKERING, HELEN M.(1964- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Austria, 2009-2013
PICKERSGILL, W. CLAYTON,
C.B. (1846-1901): Consul-General, San Francisco, 1898-1911
PIPER, REUBEN W.
(1919-1971): Head of West Indies B Department, Colonial/
Commonwealth Office, 1961-1968; Counsellor,
Embassy, Ireland, 1968-1971
PLAYFAIR, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR ROBERT L., K.C.M.G.
(1828-1899): Consul-General, Algiers, 1867-1896
PONSONBY, ARTHUR G.
(1892-1978): Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro, 1947-1951
PONSONBY-FANE, Hon.
SIR SPENCER C.B., G.C.B.,
I.S.O. (1824-1915): Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, 1846-1851
POTTER, RUPERT J. (1968- Joint Head of North American Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2005-200 ; Consul-General,
Vancouver, 2012-
PRICE, SARAH H. (1966- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Serbia, 2001-2004;
Head of Drugs and International Crime Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2008; Head of
Arabian Peninsula and Iraq Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2011-2013; Ambassador to
Finland, 2014-
PRIDHAM, BRIAN R.(1934- Director of Middle East Centre for Arab Studies,
1975-1976; Counsellor, Embassy, Sudan, 1976-1979;
Head of Communications Operations Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979-1981
PUBLICOVER, RALPH M.
(1952- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Romania,
1994-1997; Counsellor and Deputy Head of
Mission, Portugal, 1998-2003; Ambassador to
Angola, 2005-2007
PUGH, JOHN A., O.B.E.(1920- Deputy High Commissioner, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1970-1973;
Inspector, 1973-1976; High Commissioner to the
Seychelles, 1976-1980
PULLAR, HUBERT N.
(1914-1988): Consul-General, Antwerp, 1960-1964; Consul-General,
Jerusalem, 1964-1967; Consul-General, Durban,
1967-1971
QUANTRILL, WILLIAM L.
(1939- Commercial Counsellor, Nigeria, 1980; Head of Training
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1980-1981; Counsellor and Head of Chancery,
Embassy, Venezuela, 1984-1988; Deputy Governor of
Gibraltar, 1988-1990; Ambassador to Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and
Chad, 1991-1995
QUAYLE, QUINTON M.
(1955- Director, Joint Export Promotion, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1994-1996; Counsellor and
Deputy Head of Mission, Indonesia, 1996-1999;
Director, International Group, British Trade
International, 1999-2002; Ambassador to Romania,
2002-2006; Ambassador to Thailand and Laos, 2007-2010
RAGLAN(see SOMERSET)
RAWLINS, EVELYN C.
DONALDSON, C.M.G., C.B.E.
(1884-1971): Commercial Counsellor, Italy, 1926-1930; Commercial
Counsellor, Austria, 1932-1934; Commercial Counsellor,
Germany, 1934-1936; Minister to Bolivia, 1937-1939
RAWLINS, HELEN C.(1964- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Venezuela, 2013-
RAWLINSON, Major-General
SIR HENRY C., Bt., K.C.B.
(1810-1895): Minister to Persia, 1859-1860
RAZAVI, REBECCA J.: Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Indonesia, 2010-2015
REDCLIFFE-MAUD
(see MAUD)
REID, GORDON B. (1956- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Hungary, 1998-2002;
Commercial Counsellor, Malaysia, 2003-
REID, MALCOLM H.M. (1927- Commercial Counsellor, Spain, 1967-1971; Assistant Under-
Secretary, Department of Industry, 1974-1978,
Department of Trade, 1978-1983, of Trade and Industry,
1983-1984
REILLY, THOMAS S.A.(1970- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Egypt, 2010-2012;
Ambassador to Morocco, 2017-
RICKETTS, LORD,
G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.(1952- Head of Hong Kong Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1991-1994; Economic and Financial Counsellor,
France, 1994-1997; Deputy Political Director, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 1997-1999; Director,
International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1999-2000; Chairman, Joint Intelligence
Committee, Cabinet Office, 2000-2001; Political Director,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001-2003;
Permanent Representative to N.A.T.O., 2003-2006;
Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, 2006-2010; National Security
Adviser to the Prime Minister, 2010-2012; Ambassador to
France, 2012-2016
RIGNEY, HOWARD E.
(1922-2009): Head of Migration and Visa Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1973-1977; Consul-General, Lyons,
1977-1982
ROBBINS, CHRISTOPHER W.
(1946- Commercial Counsellor, the Netherlands, 1994-1998,
and Consul-General, Amsterdam, 1996-1998;
Ambassador to Lithuania, 1998-2001; Minister-
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, South
Korea, 2001-2005
ROBERTS, DAVID G. (1955- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Chile, 1996-2000;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Switzerland,
2000-2005; Head of Global Business/Sustainable
Development and Business Group, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2005-2008
ROBERTSON, ARCHIBALD W.
(1895-1966): Minister to Nicaragua, 1945-1948; Consul-General,
Amsterdam, 1948-1953
ROBSON, E. CAROL (1955- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Sweden, 1996-1998;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Denmark, 2002-2004
RODGERS, GERALD F.
(1917- 1990): Counsellor, Legation, China, 1959-1961; Counsellor and Head
of Chancery, U.K. Delegation to the O.E.C.D.,
1961-1964; Counsellor, Embassy, Indonesia, 1964-1965;
Economic Counsellor, Embassy, France, 1965-1967
ROGAN, JANET E.(1962- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Israel, 2005-2008
ROLLESTON, HENRY J.
(17 -1834): Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, 1824-1834, and Superintendent
of the Treaty Department, 1813-1834
ROLLITT, PHILIP V. (1938- Head of Nationality and Treaty Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1987-1989; Counsellor
(Management and Consular), Embassy, Germany,
1989-1994; Counsellor(Management), Embassy, Japan,
1994-1998
ROPER, MARTYN K.(1965- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Brazil, 2007-2010;
Ambassador to Algeria, 2010-2014; Minister, China, 2015-
ROUS, MATTHEW J. (1964- Commercial and Economic Counsellor and Deputy Head of
Mission, Belgium, 2002-2005; Counsellor and Deputy
Head of Mission, Indonesia, 2005-2010
RYCROFT, MATTHEW J,
C.B.E.(1968- Private Secretary(Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister,
2002-2004; Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina,
2005-2008; Director, European Union, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2008-2011; Chief Operating
Officer, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2011-2014;
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Organization, New York, 2015-
SACKVILLE(see SACKVILLE-
WEST)
SAINTY, CHRISTOPHER J.
(1967- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, The Netherlands,
2006-2008; Minister, Italy, 2011-2015
SAMPLES, REGINALD
McCARTNEY C.M.G., D.S.O.,
O.B.E.(1918-2009): Consul-General, Toronto, 1974-1978
SANDERSON, CHARLES D.
(1934- Counsellor(Political and Economic), Embassy,
Venezuela, 1979-1984; Head of West Indian and
Atlantic Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1984-1985
SANDFORD, WILLIAM G.
(1834-1884): Secretary of Legation, Argentina, 1881-1882; Secretary of
Legation, Brazil, 1882-188
SCARBOROUGH, VERNON M.
(1940- Deputy High Commissioner, Fiji and Ambassador to
Palau, Micronesia and Marshall Islands, 1996-2000
SCARLETT, Hon. PETER C.,
C.B.(1804-1881): Secretary of Legation, Tuscany, 1844-1855; Minister to Brazil,
1855-1858; Minister to Tuscany, 1858-1859; Minister to
Greece, 1862-1864; Minister to Mexico, 1864-1867
SCHROEDER, DOMINIC S.
(1965- Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2004-2006;
Counsellor(European Union/Economic), Embassy,
Germany, 2006-2010 and Deputy Head of Mission,
2009-2010; Permanent Representative to the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe,
2011-2015; Ambassador to Denmark, 2016-
SCOONES, Lieutenant-General
SIR GEOFFRY A.P., K.C.B.,
K.B.E., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C.
(1893-1975): High Commissioner to New Zealand, 1953-1957
SCOTT, PAUL H., C.M.G.(1920- Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Cuba,
1962-1964; Commercial Counsellor, Embassy,
Austria, 1968-1971; Consul-General, Montreal,
1974-1975; Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs, 1977; Consul-General,
Milan, 1977-1980
SEATON, ANDREW J.
C.M.G. (1954- Head of China and Hong Kong Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2000-2003; Consul-General,
Chicago, 2003-2007; Consul-General, Hong Kong,
2008-2012
SHANNON, GODFREY E.
BOYD, C.M.G.(1907-1989): Official Secretary, High Commission, New Zealand, 1939-1941;
Assistant Secretary, Dominions/Commonwealth Relations
Office, 194 -1948; Deputy High Commissioner, Canada,
1948-1951; Head of Raw Materials Department,
Commonwealth Relations Office, 1951-1952; Deputy High
Commissioner, Calcutta, India, 1952-1956; Assistant Under-
Secretary for Commonwealth Relations(Africa and General
Division), 1956-1961; Assistant Under-Secretary for
Commonwealth Relations(Economic), 1961-1968
SHAWYER, ROBERT C.
(1913-1989): Consul-General, Buenos Aires, 1967-1970
SHEIL, Lieutenant-General
SIR JUSTIN. K.C.B.(1803-1871): Secretary of Legation, Persia, 1836-1844; Minister to
Persia, 1844-1854
SHEPHERD, ARCHIE
(1922-2010): Head of Migration and Visa Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1977-1980
SHORTER, HUGO B. (1966- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Brazil, 2004-2007;
Counsellor(Global Issues)/Minister-Counsellor
(European and Global Issues), Embassy, France,
2007-2012; Head of European Union (External)
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2012-2015; Ambassador to Lebanon, 2015-
SIDDIQ, IRFAN, O.B.E.(1977- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Syria, 2007-2010;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Iraq, 2010-2011;
Head of Arab Partnership Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2011-2013; Ambassador to
Azerbaijan, 2013-2016
SIMPSON-ORLEBAR, SIR
MICHAEL K.O., K.C.M.G.
(1932-2000): Commercial Counsellor, Iran, 1972-1976; Head of United
Nations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1977-1980; Minister, Italy, 1980-1983; Minister, Iran,
1983-1985; Ambassador to Portugal, 1986-1989;
Ambassador to Mexico, 1989-1992
SINCLAIR, ALEXANDER R.
(1917-2004): Consul-General, Genoa, 1972-1976
SINKINSON, PHILP A. ,
O.B.E. (1950- Deputy High Commissioner, Jamaica, 2001-2005; High
Commissioner to Gambia, 2006-2011
SINTON, WILLIAM B., O.B.E.
(1946- Ambassador to Panama, 1996-1998; Ambassador to Algeria,
1999-2001; Ambassador to Bolivia, 2001-2005
SKILTON, CHRISTOPHER P.
(1954- Deputy High Commissioner, Uganda, 2001-
SMITH, J. STEPHEN (1957- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Belgium, 2000-2002;
Head of South Asia Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2002-2005
SMITH, KATHERINE(KATE)
L., C.M.G.(1967- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Iran, 2005-2007;
Director, Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2012-2016; Ambassador to Greece, 2017-
SMITH, L.B.(BARNEY),
C.M.G. (1945- Counsellor(Information), U.K. Delegation to the European
Community, 1986-1987; Counsellor, Embassy, Thailand,
1987-1990; Head of South Asia Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1993-1995; Ambassador to Nepal,
1995-1999; Ambassador to Thailand and Laos, 2000-2003
SMITH, WILLIAM K.
(1904- Commercial Counsellor, Burma, 1948-1950
SMITH-LAITTAN, JAMES,
C.M.G.(1939- Consul-General, Auckland, 1996-1999
SNELLGROVE, J. ANTHONY
(1922-1998): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Venezuela,
1973-1975
SNOXELL, DAVID R. (1944- Ambassador to Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Guinea Bissau and
Cape Verde, 1997-2000; High Commissioner to
Mauritius, 2000-2004
SOPER, ANDREW K. (1960- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Brazil, 2001-2004;
Head of Sustainable Development Group, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2004-2007; High Commissioner to
Mozambique, 2007-2010; Ambassador to Latvia, 2010-2013;
Minister Counsellor, Political and Press, High Commission,
India, 2014-2017; Ambassador to Venezuela, 2017-
SOULBURY
(see RAMSBOTHAM)
SPEAIGHT, RICHARD L. ,
C.M.G.(1906-1976): Counsellor, Embassy, Egypt, 1945-1948; Head of Information
Policy Department, Foreign Office, 1948-1950;
Ambassador to Burma, 1950-1953; Assistant Under-
Secretary for Foreign Affairs(Consular and American),
1953-1956; Minister to Bulgaria, 1956-1958
SPEARES, DENIS J. (1922-1970): Head of North and East Africa Department, Foreign Office,
1965-1968; Head of North Africa Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1970
SPEARMAN, CLEMENT,
C.B.E.(1919-1997): Commercial Counsellor, Philippines, 1972-1974;
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, 1975-1979
SPELLER, PAUL A. (1954- Deputy Governor, Gibraltar, 1998-2002; Counsellor and Deputy
Head of Mission, Indonesia, 2002-2005; Head of South-East
Asia and Pacific Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2005-08
SPRAKE, ANTHONY D.
(1944- Commercial Counsellor, the Netherlands, 1990-1994; Head of
Cultural Relations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1994-1996; Minister, China, 1996-2000; Head of
China and Hong Kong Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2000; Consul-General, Melbourne,
Australia, 2001-2003
STACPOOLE, JOHN W.
(1926-2012); Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, 1964-1965; Head of Constitutional Planning
Department, Colonial Office, 1965-1966; Head of
Constiitutions Department, Commonwealth Office,
1966-1968
STANLEY OF ALDERLEY
(see STANLEY)
STAPLETON, AUGUSTUS G.
(1800-1880): Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, 1824-1827
STAVELEY, THOMAS(1793-18 Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, 1839-1857, and Senior Clerk,
Slave Trade Department, 1845-1851, Senior Clerk,
Consular Department, 1851-1857
STAVELEY, THOMAS G.
(1825-1887): Senior Clerk, French Department, Foreign Office,
1860-1882; Senior Clerk, Western Department,
Foreign Office, 1882-1885
STEWART, WALTER A.
(1883-1937): Acting Senior Clerk, Treaty Department, Foreign Office,
1916-1920; Director, Foreign Division, Department of
Overseas Trade, 1920-1922; Counsellor, Embassy,
Brazil, 1922-1924
STRACHEY, GEORGE
(1828-1912): Secretary of Legation, Argentina, 1866 (did not proceed);
Secretary of Legation, Denmark, 1867-1873; Secretary
of Legation, Switzerland, 1873; Charge dAffaires
/Minister Resident, Saxony, 1873-1897
STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE,
Rt. Hon. 1st VISCOUNT, K.G.,
G.C.B.(1786-1880): Secretary of Embassy, Turkey, 1809-1812; Minister to
Switzerland, 1814-1820; Minister to the U.S.A.,
1820-1825; Ambassador to Turkey, 1825-1827;
Ambassador to Russia, 1832-1833(did not proceed);
Ambassador to Turkey, 1841-1858
SULIVAN, STEPHEN H.
(18 -1857): Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, 1833-1834;
Secretary of Legation, Sardinia, 1837-1839; Secretary of
Legation, Bavaria, 1839-1849; Charge dAffaires, Chile,
1849-1853; Charge dAffaires, Peru, 1853-1857
SUMMERHAYES, SIR
CHRISTOPHER H., K.B.E., C.M.G.
(1896-1988): Consul-General, Alexandria, 1946-1951; Ambassador
to Nepal, 1951-1955
SUMMERSCALE, PETER W.
(1935-2010): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Belgium,
1978-1979; Ambassador to Costa Rica and Nicaragua,
1983-1986; Deputy Leader, U.K. Delegation to the
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe/,
Head of Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1986-1989
SUTHERLAND(see GOWER)
SYDENHAM, THOMAS
(1780-1816): Minister to Portugal, 1814
TANFIELD, AMANDA S.: Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2003-2007; Head
of Drugs and International Crime Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2008-2011;
Ambassador to Eritrea, 2012-2014
TANSLEY, A. JAMES N.(1962- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Oman, 1998-2001;
Consul-General, Basra, 2005-2006; Deputy High
Commissioner, Nigeria, 2006-2008; Head of Africa
(Equatorial) Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2008-2009
TARLING, DEREK E. (1936- Head of Honours Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1992-1994
TATHAM, MICHAEL H.(1965- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Czech Republic,
2002-2005; Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina,
2008-2011; Counsellor(Political), U.K. Delegation to
the United Nations Organization, New York, 2011-2015;
Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2015-
TEMPLEWOOD
(see HOARE)
THOMAS, SIMON D.(1975- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Argentina, 2009-
THOMPSON, CHARLES A.
(1922-2002): Deputy High Commissioner, Trinidad and Tobago,
1967-1970; Consul-General, Philadelphia, 1970-1974;
Head of Training Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1975-1976
THORNTON, CHARLES
CONWAY(1851-1902): Secretary of Legation, Portugal, 1893-1899; Consul-General,
Buda-Pest, 1899-1902
TOLLINTON, RICHARD B.
BOYD, C.B.E.(1903-1978): Consul-General, Oporto, 1948-1952; Consul-General,
Leopoldville, 1952-1955; Ambassador to Nepal,
1957-1960; Ambassador to Honduras, 1960-1963
TORLOT, TIMOTHY A.
(1957- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Iraq, 2005-2006;
Ambassador to Yemen, 2007-2010
TOWNEND, WARREN D.
(1945- Consul-General, Shanghai, 1996-2000; Consul-General,
Washington, 2001-2004
TROTT, CHRISTOPHER J.(1966- Ambassador to Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and
Mali, 2006-2011; Consul-General, Cape Town,
2011-
TROTTER, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR HENRY, K.C.M.G., C.B.
(1841-1919): Consul-General, Beirut, 1890-1894
TURNER, ANDREW W.(1963- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Saudi Arabia,
2006-2009
TYLER-HAYWOOD, J. SANDRA
(1957- Ambassador to Eritrea, 2010-2012
VAUGHAN-RUSSELL, JOHN
F.R., C.B.E.(1895-1958): Consul-General, Buenos Aires, 1947-1952
WARD, EDWARD M.
(1789-1832): Secretary of Legation, Portugal, 1816-1823; Secretary of
Embassy, Russia, 1824-1825; Minister to Saxony,
1828-1832
WARD, THOMAS L. (17 -1867): Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, 1841-1859, and Senior Clerk,
Slave Trade Department, Foreign Office, 1851-1857; Senior
Clerk, Consular Department, Foreign Office, 1857-1859
WARREN-GASH, HAYDON
B. (1949- Deputy High Commissioner, Kenya, 1991-1994; Head of
Southern Europe Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1994-1997; Ambassador to Ivory Coast, Niger,
Burkino Faso and Liberia, 1997-2001; Ambassador to
Morocco and Mauritania, 2002-2005; Ambassador to
Colombia, 2005-2008
WARRINGTON, GUY M.
(1963- Minister-Counsellor, South Korea, 2005-2008; Consul-General,
Dubai, 2008-2012; Director, English Regions, U.K. Trade
and Investment, 2012-2016; High Commissioner to Sierra
Leone, 2016-
WATERFIELD, JOHN P.
(1921-2002): Ambassador to Mali, 1964-1965 and Guinea, 1965; Counsellor,
High Commission, India, 1966-1968; Head of Western
Organizations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1969-1971
WATT, IAN B., C.M.G.(1916-1988): Head of General Department, Colonial Office, 1956-1959;
Head of Aden and General Department, Colonial Office,
1959-1962; Deputy High Commissioner, Malta,
1962-1964; Head of United Nations, Western and Middle
East Department, Commonwealth Office, 1965-1966;
Head of Zambia Department, Commonwealth Office,
1966; High Commissioner to Lesotho, 1967-1970; Head of
Gibraltar and South Atlantic Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1970-1971; Head of Atlantic and
Indian Ocean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1971-1972; High Commissioner to Sierra Leone,
1972-1976
WELLESLEY, RICHARD G.
(1804-1861): Senior Clerk, French Department, Foreign Office, 1856-1860
WELLINGTON, Field-Marshal
Rt. Hon., ARTHUR, 1st DUKE
OF, K.G., G.C.B.(1769-1852): Ambassador to France, 1814-1815
WENBAN-SMITH, W. NIGEL,
C.M.G.(1936- Commercial Counsellor, Belgium, 1978-1980; Head of
East Africa Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1982-1985; Deputy High Commissioner,
Canada, 1986-1989; High Commissioner to Malawi,
1990-1993
WESTLAKE, P. A.GRANT
C.M.G., M.C.(1921-2003): Counsellor, Embassy, U.S.A., 1965-1967; Counsellor and Head
of Chancery, High Commission, Australia, 1967-1971;
Minister, Japan, 1971-1976
WETHERELL, GORDON G.
C.M.G. (1948- Counsellor and Head of Chancery/Deputy Head of Mission,
Poland, 1988-1992; Counsellor(Political), Embassy,
Germany, 1992-1994; Head of Personnel Services
Department,Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1994-1997;
Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1997-2000; Ambassador to
Luxemburg, 2000-2004; High Commissioner to Ghana
and Ambassador to Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso,
2004-2007; Governor of Montserrat, 2008-2011
WETHERELL, THOMAS F.
(1831-1908): Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, 1871-1874
WHITAMORE, C. ERIC,
O.B.E.(1890-1965): Consul-General, Boston, 1947-1950
WHITE, BRYAN O.(1929- Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Cuba, 1977-1979;
Counsellor(Aviation and Defence), Embassy, France,
1980-1982; Head of Mexico and Central American
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1982-1984; Ambassador to Honduras and El Salvador,
1984-1987; Consul-General, Lyon, 1987-1989
WHITE, C. JOHN B. (1946- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Israel, 1993-1997;
Head of South Atlantic and Antarctic/Overseas
Territories Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1997-2001; High Commissioner to Barbados,
2001-2005
WHITEHEAD, IAN R.
(1943-2014): Deputy High Commissioner, Tanzania, 1991-1993; Head of
Engineering Services Department/Business Unit, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 1994-1998; High
Commissioner to Guyana and Ambassador to
Surinam, 1998; Counsellor(Management), Embassy,
France, 1999-2003
WHITEHEAD, SIR J.
BEETHOM, K.C.M.G.
(1858-1928): Secretary of Legation, Japan, 1898-1901; Secretary of
Legation, Belgium, 1901-1902; Secretary of Embassy,
Turkey, 1902-1903; Secretary of Embassy(Counsellor),
Germany, 1903-1906; Minister to Serbia, 1906-1910
WHITEWAY, PAUL R.
(1954- Deputy High Commissioner, Uganda, 1990-1993; Counsellor
and Deputy Head of Mission, Syria, 1996-1999;
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Chile,
2000-2003
WHITTALL, LIONEL H.
(1907-1977): Commercial Counsellor, Burma, 1950-1952; Consul-
General, Berlin, 1952-1956
WIGAN, D.P. NEIL, O.B.E.: Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
2010-2013; Ambassador to Somalia, 2013-2015:
Director, Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office,2015-
WILES, C. IMOGEN (1963- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Switzerland, 2010-2013
WILKINSON-GUILLEMAND,
W. HUGH J., C.S.I., C.I.E.
(1874-1939): Minister to Nepal, 19 -1929
WILLIAMS, STEPHEN M.
(1959- Minister, Argentina, 2001-2003; Head of Latin America and
Caribbean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2003-2005; Director, Americas, 2005-2007;
Ambassador to Bulgaria, 2007-2011
WILLIAMSON, MARTIN C.
(1953- Head of Resource Planning/Resource Budgeting
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2000-2003; Deputy High Commissioner, New Zealand,
2004-2006; Head of Research Analysts, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2007-2010
WILLIAMSON NAPIER,
ALBERT N. (1894-1969): Consul-General, Zurich, 1947-1949; Consul-General,
Istanbul, 1949-1952
WILLOCK, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR HENRY(1790-1858): Charge dAffaires, Persia, 1815-1826
WILMSHURST, MICHAEL J.
(1934-2006): Permanent Representative to the International Atomic
Energy Agency, 1982-1987
WOLSTENHOLME, KAREN S.
(1962- Ambassador to North Korea, 2011-2012
WOOD, CHRISTOPHER T.
(1959- Director, Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2007-2008; Minister, China, 2008-2012; British
Representative, Taiwan, 2013-
WOOD, SIMON A.(1963- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Denmark, 2012-2014
WOODROW, GAYFORD W.
(1922-1999): Consul-General, Tangier, 1978-1980
WOODWARD, DAME
BARBARA J., D.C.M.G.,
O.B.E.(1961- Counsellor(Political and Economic), Embassy, China,
2003-2006; Minister, China, 2006-2009; International
Director, U.K. Border Agency, 2009-2011; Director-
General, Economic and Consular, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 2011-2014; Ambassador to
China, 2015-
WRANGHAM, DIGBY C.
(1805-1863): Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, 1827-1830
WRAXALL
(see GIBBS)
WRIGHT, J.H.(HARRY),
C.B.E.(1910-1984): Consul-General/Counsellor, Shanghai, 1958-1960; Consul-
General, Rotterdam, 1961-1963; Ambassador to
Honduras, 1963-1969
YAGHMOURIAN, PAUL B.
(1958- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Denmark,
1998-2002; Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro, 2002-2006
I: COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES
AUSTRALIA(from 1936):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
BANGLADESH(since 1972):
BARBADOS(from 1966):
BELIZE(from 1981):
BRUNEI(from 1959):
CANADA(from 1928):
Minister(Commercial):
Counsellor:
CYPRUS(from 1961):
GHANA(from 1957; Diplomatic Realtions broken off between 1965 and 1966):
GRENADA(from 1974; combined with Trinidad and Tobago until 1980; with
Barbados from 1980)
GUYANA(from 1966):
INDIA(from 1946):
Counsellor:
JAMAICA(from 1962):
KENYA(from 1963):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1985):
LESOTHO(from 1965 until 2005; BASUTOLAND until 1966; combined with South
Africa from 2005):
MALAWI(from 1964):
Counsellor(Commercial):
MALTA(from 1962):
MAURITIUS(from 1968):
NAMIBIA(from 1990):
Counsellor(Commercial):
NIGERIA(from 1960):
Counsellor(Commercial):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
RWANDA(combined with Burundi from 1962 until 1967, with Uganda from 1967 until 1976;
with Zaire from 1976 until 1995; Ambassador until 2009):
SEYCHELLES(from 1975):
SINGAPORE(from 1959; U.K. Commission for Singapore and South-East Asia until 1963):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Economic):
Deputy Commissioner-General(Political Adviser to Far East Command from 1963 until 1971):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
UGANDA(from 1962):
ZAMBIA(from 1964):
ZANZIBAR(from 1963 until 1964 when country merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania):
Counsellor:
Counsellor:
Consul-General, Algiers(from 1854 until 1940 and from 1942 until 1963):
ARGENTINA(Charge dAffaires until 1856; Ambassador from 1927; Minister and Charge
dAffaires from 1977 until 1980 due to downgrading of diplomatic relations):
Minister(Commercial)(until 1976):
Counsellor/Minister*:
Counsellor(Commercial):
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY(AUSTRIA from 1919; Ambassador from 1860 until 1914 and from
1951; High Commissioner from 1919 to 1920; Political Representative from 1945 to
1947):
Counsellor/Minister:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Consul-General, Budapest(from 1871 until 1914 and from 1921 until 1922):
BELGIUM(Ambassador from 1920; to the Belgian Government in exile from 1940 to 1944):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Consul-General, Antwerp(from 1883 until 1914, 1914 until 1940, 1944 until 1978 and from 1983
until 1985):
BENIN(DAHOMEY until 1975; combined with Ivory Coast until 1967; with Togo
from 1967 until 197 ; with Nigeria from 197 )
BHUTAN(with India)
BOLIVIA(Charge dAffaires until 1858; combined with Peru from 1903 until 1910; Ambassador
from 1947):
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA(from 1994):
Minister/Minister(Commercial)(until 1972)
Counsellor/Minister-Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial/Economic):
BULGARIA(Agent and Consul-General until 1909; High Commissioner from 1919 until 1920;
Political Representative from from 1944 to 1947; Ambassador from 1964):
BURKINA FASO(UPPER VOLTA from 1960 until 1984; combined with Ivory
Coast until 2004; with Ghana from 2004)
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
BURUNDI (combined with Uganda from 1967 until 1968 and from 1994 until 1997, with the
Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1968 until 1994, and with Rwanda from
1997):
CHAD(combined with Peoples Republic of the Congo from 1960 until 1966; with
Cameroon Republic from 1966 until 1970 and from 1990):
CHILE(Charge dAffaires until 1872; Minister Resident from 1872 until 1899; Ambassador from
1930; Charge dAffaires between 1976 and 1980):
Counsellor(Commercial):
CHINA(Ambassador from 1933 until 1949 and from 1972; Charge dAffaires from 1949 to
1972):
Minister(from 1991):
Counsellor:
Note:
The Head of the Far East Department of the Foreign Office and the Counsellor at the Legation in
China exchanged posts on a number of occasions immediately before and during the First World
War. Sir Beilby Alston, the Head of the Far East Department, acted as Counsellor in Peking
from January to July 1912, between May 1913 and November 1913 and from June 1916. During his
absence from London the Counsellor in Peking, Sir William Max Muller acted as Head of the Far
East Department from September 1911 until September 1912. In September 1916 Sir Ronald
Macleay was transferred to London, initially as Deputy Controller of the Foreign Trade
Department and from 1917 as Head of the Far East Department during Alstons absence in China.
Alston remained in the Far East, transferring from Peking to Vladivostock in 1918 and to Tokyo
in 1919.
Counsellor(Commercial):
Consul-General, Shanghai(from 1884 until 1941, from 1945 until 1958; Counsellor, Shanghai from
1958 until 19 and from 1985):
COMOROS(combined with Mauritius until 1991 and from 2005; with Madagascar
from 1991 until 2005)
Counsellor:
Consul-General, Leopoldville:
COSTA RICA(combined with Guatemala until 1908; with Panama from 1908 until
1945; Ambassador from 1956):
CROATIA(from 1992):
CUBA(Consul-General from 1898 until 1902; Minister Resident from 1902 until 1912; Consul-
General and Charge dAffaires from 1921 until 1925; Ambassador from 1950):
Counsellor(until 1997):
Consul-General, Havana:
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1994):
DJIBOUTI(from 1978; combined with Yemen until 1993; with Ethiopia from 1993)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC(combined with Haiti from 1871 until 1883 and with Cuba from 1913
until 1921; Minister Resident until 19 ; Ambassador from 1951; combined with Venezuela
from 1985 until 1995):
ECUADOR(Charge dAffaires until 1873; Minister Resident from 1872 until 1895; combined with
Peru from 1895 until 1935; Minister Resident from 1935 to 1943; Ambassador from 1950):
EGYPT(UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC from 1958 until 1971; Agent and Consul-General until
1914; High Commissioner from 1914 until 1936; Ambassador from 1936):
Minister:
Minister(Commercial):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1992):
EL SALVADOR(combined with Guatemala until 1945 and from 2003 until 2012, with Costa Rica
from 1980 until 1982 and with Honduras from 1982 until 1991; Ambassador from 1956):
Counsellor(until 1981):
FINLAND(from 1919; Political Representative from 1944 to 1947; Ambassador from 1954):
Counsellor:
FRANCE:
Minister:
Minister(Commercial/Economic)(until 1981):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Counsellor(Information):
Consul-General, Strasbourg(from 1920 until 1980; from 1952 until 1964 see Permanent
Representative to the Council of Europe):
GABON(combined with Republic of the Congo from 1960 until 1966; with
Cameroon Republic from 1966 until 1978 and from 1995; with Zaire from 1991 until 1995):
GERMANY(FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY from 1955 until 1990; PRUSSIA until 1868;
NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION from 1868 until 1871; Ambassador from 1864 until
1914, from 1920 until 1939 and from 1955; High Commissioner from 1949 to 1955):
Minister:
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Economic):
Counsellor(Information):
BAVARIA(and WURTTEMBERG from 1890; Charge dAffaires from 1871 until 1890; Minister
Resident until 1914):
Secretary:
Secretary:
Secretary:
SAXONY (AND COBURG from 1897; Charge dAffaires from 1867 until 1890; Minister Resident
from 1890 until 1914):
Secretary:
WURTTEMBERG(AND BADEN until 1871; Charge dAffaires from 1871 until 1890):
Secretary:
Consul-General, Berlin:
Consul-General, Frankfort(from 1882 until 1914, 1919 until 1939 and from 1946 until 2005):
Consul-General, Hamburg(from 1880 until 1914, 1921 until 1939 and 1945 until 2006):
Counsellor Commercial:
GREECE(Ambassador from 1942; to the Greek Government in exile from 1941 to 1944):
Counsellor:
Consul-General, Salonica(from 1879 until 1941 and from 1944 until 1970):
GUINEA(from 1959; combined with Liberia until 1960; with Mali from 1964 to
1965; with Senegal from 1970 until 2000; with Sierra Leone from 2000 until 2003):
HAITI(Charge dAfaires until 1872; Minister Resident from 1872 until 1883 and from 1935 until
1943; combined with Cuba until 1922; Ambassador from 1955; combined with Jamaica from
1966 until 1999; with Dominican Republic from 1999 until 2015):
HUNGARY(High Commissioner from 1920 until 1921; Political Representative from 1945 to 1947;
Ambassador from 1963):
Counsellor:
INDONESIA(from 1950):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
IRAN(PERSIA until 1935; Ambassador from 1943; Charge dAffaires from 1990 until 1999):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Economic)(until 1980):
Counsellor:
Consul-General, Basra(from 1942 until 1967 and from 2004 until 2012):
Counsellor:
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1980):
Consul-General, Jerusalem:
Minister:
Minister(Commercial)(until 1959):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Secretary:
TUSCANY(until 1859):
Secretary:
Consul-General, Genoa(from 1900 until 1945 and from 1945 until 1979):
Consul-General, Naples(from 1903 until 1940 and from 1944 until 1999):
JAPAN(from 1859; Ambassador from 1905; Political Representative from 1946 to 1952):
Minister:
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Consul-General, Kobe/Osaka-Kobe(from 1908 until 1941 and from 1953; Kobe only until 1938):
Counsellor:
KOSOVO(from 2008):
Counsellor:
KYRGYSTAN(from 1992; combined with Russia from 1992 until 1993; with
Kazakhstan from 1993 until 2011):
LAOS(combined with Vietnam from 1951 until 1954; from 1954 ; Ambassador
from 1955; Charge dAffaires from 1980 until 1982combined with Thailand from 1985
until 2012):
LATVIA(from 1921 until 1940 as Minister to the Baltic States; Ambassador from 1991):
Counsellor:
Consul-General, Beirut(from 1853 until 1914, from 1919 until 1941 and from 1944 until 1949):
LIBERIA(from 1946; Ambassador from 1952; combined with Ivory Coast from
1991 until 2003; with Sierra Leone from 2003 until 2013):
Counsellor:
MACEDONIA(from 1993):
MADAGASCAR(from 1960; combined with Tanzania from 1975 until 1980; with
Mauritius since 2005 until 2012):
MALI(from 1961 until 1965; combined with Senegal from 1969 until 2012):
MAURITANIA(from 1960; combined with Senegal until 1990; Diplomatic relations severed
between 1965 and 196 ; with Morocco from 1990)
Counsellor/Counsellor(Commercial)/Minister-Counsellor:
MICRONESIA(from 1986; combined with Kiribati from 1986 until 1994; with the
Philippines from 2007):
MIDDLE EAST OFFICE (from 1945 until 1956; POLITICAL ADVISER TO MIDDLE EAST
FORCES from 1956 until 1967):
MOLDOVA(from 1991; combined with Russia until 1999 and Romania from 1999
until 2002):
MONTENEGRO(Charge dAffaires from 1879 until 1897 and from 1906 until 1911; Minister
Resident from 1897 until 1906; and Ambassador from 2006):
Sir William Kirby Green, K.C.M.G.: 1879-1886
Walter Baring: 1886-1893
Sir Robert J. Kennedy, K.C.M.G.: 1893-1906
Sir Charles des Graz, K.C.M.G.: 1906-1908
Sir Henry H.D. Beaumont, K.C.M.G.: 1909-1911
Sir John F.C. de Salis, K.C.M.G., C.V.O.: 1911-1916
John A. Dyson, M.V.O.: 2006-2007
Kevin D. Lyne: 2007-2009
Catherine Knight-Sands: 2009-2013
Ian R. Whitting, O.B.E.: 2013-2017
Alison Kemp: 2017-
MOROCCO(Charge dAffaires until 1860; Minister Resident from 1860 to 1872; Agent from
1914 following country becoming a French Protectorate until 1924):
Consul-General, Casablanca:
Consul-General, Rabat(from 1924 until 1940 and from 1943 until 1956):
NETHERLANDS(Ambassador from 1942; to the Dutch Government in exile from 1940 until
1945):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Consul-General, Amsterdam:
Consul-General, Rotterdam(from 1913 until 1940 and from 1945 until 1980):
NIGER(from 1960; combined with Ivory Coast until 2004, with Ghana from 2004 until 2012,
and with Mali from 2012):
NORWAY(from 1905; Ambassador from 1942; to the Norwegian Government in exile from 1940
to 1945):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1992):
Counsellor(from 1987):
PALAU(combined with Kiribati from 1986 until 1994; with Micronesia from 1995
until 200 ; with the Philippines from 2007)
PARAGUAY(combined with Argentina until 1941 and from 2005 until 2013; Ambassador
from 1952):
PERU(Charge dAffaires until 1872; Minister Resident from 1872 until 1906; Ambassador from
1944):
Counsellor:
POLAND(from 1919; Ambassador from 1929; to the Polish Government in exile from
1939 until 1945):
Counsellor:
Counsellor (Commercial):
Consul-General, Danzig(from 1934 until 1939 and from 1945 until 1951):
Minister:
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
ROMANIA(Agent and Consul-General to Wallachia and Moldavia until 1878; Ambassador from
1963; Political Representative 1944 to 1947):
Counsellor/Counsellor(Commercial):
Minister:
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial/Economic):
Consul-General, St.Petersburg(from 1894 until 1903, 1931 until 1938 and from 1991):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Jolyon C. Kay: 1974-1977
Sir John W.D. Gray, K.B.E., C.M.G.: 1978-1980
Hon. Sir David A. Gore-Booth, K.C.M.G, K.C.V.O..: 1980-1983
Sir Jeremy Q. Greenstock, G.C.M.G.: 1983-1987
Peter W. Ford: 1987-1990
Christopher E.J. Wilton, C.M.G.: 1990-1994
Christopher M.J. Segar, C.M.G.: 1994-1997
Richard J. Northern, M.B.E.: 1997-2000
Philip J. Parham, C.M.G.: 2000-2003
Barry R. Lowen: 2003-2004
SENEGAL(from 1960):
SERBIA(YUGOSLAVIA from 1929 until 2003; Agent and Consul-General until 1879; Minister
Resident from 1879 to 1886; Minister from 1886; to the Yugoslav government in exile from
1942 until 1945; Ambassador from 1942):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1981):
Consul-General, Zagreb(from 1939 until 1941 and from 1945 until 1985):
SLOVAKIA(from 1993):
SLOVENIA(from 1992):
SOMALIA(from 1960):
Minister(from 1941 until 1944 and 1947 until 1951 and from 1959 until 2002):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Alexander A. Adams, C.B.E.: 1933-1935
Sir C. Bertrand Jerram, K.C.M.G.: 1937-1939
William Hough: 1939-1940
Sir John G. Lomax, K.B.E., C.M.G.: 1940-1941
Sir Stanley G. Irving, K.B.E., C.M.G.: 1941-1942
Herbert L. Setchell, C.B.E.: 1941-1944
Sir John Walker, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1947-1948
Sir G. Clinton Pelham, K.B.E., C.M.G.: 1948-1951
Sir John R. Cotton, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1951-1954
Thomas E. Rogers, C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1954-1958
Peter S. Stephens, C.M.G.: 1959-1962
Denzil I. Dunnett, C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1962-1967
Malcolm H.M. Reid: 1967-1971
Albert H. Spire, C.B.E.: 1971-1976
Alan White, C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1976-1980
Sir Anthony St. J. H. Figgis, K.C.V.O., C.M.G.: 1980-1982
John G. Flynn, C.M.G.: 1982-1987
Sir D. Robin Christopher, K.B.E.,C.M.G.: 1987-1991
David F.C. Ridgway, C.M.G., O.B.E: 1991-1995
Michael H. Connor: 1995-2000
John M. Hawkins: 2000-2004
Dominic J.R. Jermey, C.V.O., O.B.E.: 2004-2007
SUDAN(from 1956; Diplomatic Relations severed between 1965 and 1966 and 1967 until 1968):
Counsellor/Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1993):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Consul-General, Gothenburg(from 1916 until 1927 and from 1942 until 1980):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
Counsellor:
THAILAND(SIAM until 1939; Agent and Consul-General until 1885; Minister Resident from
1885 until 1901; Ambassador from 1947):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial):
TOGO(from 1960; combined with Senegal until 1962; with Ghana from 197 ):
TRUCIAL STATES:
TUNISIA(from 1956):
Consul-General, Tunis(from1855 until 1885 and from 1891 until 1940 and from 1943):
TURKEY(OTTOMAN EMPIRE until 1923; High Commissioner from 1918 until 1925):
Minister(from 1940 until 1944, from 1948 until 1951 and 1959 until 1968):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1984):
Consul-General, Istanbul(until 1893, from 1905 until 1914 and from 1920):
UKRAINE(from 1992):
Consul-General, Dubai:
Minister:
Minister(Commercial)(until 1994):
Counsellor(Political):
Counsellor(External Affairs):
Counsellor(Commercial):
Counsellor(Information)(until 1978):
Consul-General, Detroit(from 1943 until 1952 and from 1958 until 1979):
URUGUAY(Charge dAffaires until 1871; with Argentina from 1869 until 1871; Minister
Resident from 1879 until 1910; Ambassador from 1944):
VENEZUELA(Charge dAffaires until 1872; Minister Resident from 1872 until 1913; Ambassador
from 1944):
Counsellor:
Counsellor(Commercial)(until 1983):
Counsellor(Commercial):
Minister/Counsellor:
Counsellor(External Relations):
Counsellor:
Counsellor:
Minister/Counsellor:
Minister(until 1971):
Within the Foreign Office, the Dominions Office and their successor Offices senior gradings
remained relatively unchanged until the last decade of the twentieth century; the Permanent
Under-Secretary, Deputy Under-Secretaries and Assistant Under-Secretaries.
Foreign Office Heads of Department. Until 1919 heads of department within the Foreign Office
were Senior Clerks. In some cases, prior to World War One, Departments were headed for a
period of time by an official with the rank of Acting Senior Clerk.
After the merger of the Foreign Office and the Diplomatic Service heads of department were
briefly given the grade of Assistant Secretary but then were given the rank of Counsellor.
Heads of Departments within the Dominions Office and its successors were Assistant Secretaries,
in line with practice in the Home Civil Service.
I have included many-but not all-of the departmental heads within the Foreign Office up to 1965
and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office thereafter. In general Departments are arranged by
date of establishment within the broad groupings used in, for example, the Plowden Report of
1964. The exception is the arrangement of Departments dealing with Geographical areas of
responsibility which are grouped together by continent to provide a more logical overview.
Over the past ten to fifteen years there have been a very considerable number of changes within
the FCO to the names and functions of most departments reflecting changes in the international
situation and in management practice. In some cases departments were initially established as
Units and subsequently renamed. The bewildering nature and rapidity of these changes have
created a severe challenge to the chronological tracing of responsibilities attempted in this
Directory. It must be noted therefore that coverage of the departmental structure of the FCO
since 2006 is at best patchy.
Index:
Central Europe
(see Eastern Europe and Soviet)
Central and Southern Africa: page 958
China and Hong Kong
(see Far East)
China and Korea
(see Far East)
Claims: page 977
Climate Change and Energy
(see Energy, Science and Space)
Commercial and Economic Diplomacy: page 982
Commercial and Sanitary: page 975
Commercial Management and Exports
(see Trade Relations and Exports)
Commodities: page 980
Common Foreign and Security Policy: page 972
Commonwealth Liaison/Commonwealth
Co-ordination: page 984
Communications: page 993
Conference: page 998
Conference, Services and Supply: page 997
Conference and Supply
(see Home Estates)
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Unit
(see Organization for Security and Cooperation
In Europe and Council of Europe)
Consular: page 988
Consular and African
(see Consular)
Counter-Proliferation
(see Defence)
Counter-Terrorism Policy: page 974
Cultural Exchange
(see East-West Contacts)
Cultural Relations: page 985
Defence: page 971
Defence Policy
(see Defence)
Defence Supply: page 971
International Organizations
(see United Nations)
Ireland, Republic of: page 947
Japan and Pacific: page 962
Latin American
(see South American and also Mexico and
Caribbean)
Latin American and Caribbean
(see South American)
League of Nations and Western
(see Western)
Levant: page 949
Librarian: page 989
Library and Records
(see Librarian)
Malaysia/Indonesia, Joint: page 962
Management Review Staff/Management
Consultancy and Inspection: page 999
Marine and Transport
(see Aviation, Marine and
Telecommunications)
Maritime and General
(see Aviation, Marine and
Telecommunications)
Maritime, Aviation and Environment:
(see Aviation, Marine and
Telecommunications)
Mexico and Caribbean
(see Mexico and Central America)
Mexico and Central America: page 954
Middle East
(see Arabian)
Migration and Visa: page 992
Mutual Aid: page 977
Narcotics Control and Aids
(see Drugs and International Crime)
Nationality, Treaty and Claims
(see Treaty)
Near-Eastern
(see Eastern)
Chief Clerk(until 1933 and again from 1940); Principal Establishment Officer (from 1933
until 1940); Director-General of Corporate Affairs from 2002 until 2007; Director-General
Change and Delivery from 2007 until 2010; Chief Operating Officer from 2011);
(* Assistant Under-Secretary)
Deputy Under-Secretary(Americas-Asia/Africa-Americas-Asia/Trade-Asia-Africa;
Wider World from 2000 until 2002)
Deputy Secretary(Overseas and Defence Affairs), Cabinet Office( and Chairman, Joint
Intelligence Committee from 1993 until 2001:
Second Legal Adviser(from 1945 until 1953 and from 1971 until 1996):
Assistant Under-Secretary(Asia/Far East; Northern Asia from 1992, and Pacific from 1995,
/Director, Asia-Pacific from 1997):
Assistant Under-Secretary(Consular and Finance/ Consular and American from 1951 until
1967; Finance from 1982)(and Chief Inspector from 1988)/Director, Resources from 1997 until
200 ; Director/Director-General, Finance from 200 ):
Senior Inspector of Foreign Service Establishments(until 1965; Home Inspector from 1967):
Director, Migration:
Director of Communications:
Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps(Marshal of the Ceremonies until 1920; and Assistant
Under-Secretary(Protocol from 19 until 1999, Head of the Protocol and Conference
Department from 1951 until 1957 and from 1961 until 1983, Head of the Protocol
Department from 1983 until 1985, Head of Protocol Division from 1999 until 2006; Director
of Protocol from 2006):
(A): GEOGRAPHICAL
Head of French Department(subsumed into Western Department in 1882; responsibility also for
the U.S.A. and Central America until 1854; for Greece until 1857; for Switzerland, and Italy
from 1865; took over responsibility for Spain and Portugal in 1881):
Head of German Department (subsumed into Western Department in 1882; responsibility for
German States, Austria, Denmark, the Low Countries until 1856 and from 186 and Sweden
until 1856 and from 1865):
Head of Spanish Department(disestablished in 1881; responsibility for Spain, Portugal, and South
America, also for the Low Countries from 1856 until 186 ):
Head of Turkish Department(Russian and Turkish until 1857 and from 1865; subsumed into
Eastern Department in 1882; responsibility also for Persia, Italy and China until 1854, and
Greece from 1865 ):
Head of Russian Department(established in 1857; responsibility also for Italy, Greece and
Head of Western Department(established in 1882 with responsibility for all of Western, Central
and Northern Europe until 1914; merged with Eastern Department to form the War
Department from 1914 until 1919; League of Nations. General and Western Department
established in 1919 with responsibility for Western Europe; relinquished responsibility for
France and the Low Countries to the Central Department in 1933; disestablished in 1939
when responsibility for the Iberian Peninsula passed to the Central Department;
reestablished as the Western Department in 1944 and again in 1954; Western and Southern
from 1952 until 1954; responsibilities subsumed within the Central Department between
1962 and 1963; Western European Department from 1968 until 199 ; Central and North-
West Europe from 199 until 2003):
Head of Northern Department(established in 1919 with responsibility for relations with Russia,
Scandinavia and the Baltic States; disestablished in 1968):
Head of Central Department(established in 1919 with responsibility for relations with the countries
of Central Europe, including Germany, Italy and the Balkan States until 1933, from 1933
assumed responsibility for France and the Low Countries but relinquished Italy, Austria,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Balkans to the Southern Department; disestablished in
1945 but reconstituted from the German Political Department between 1952 and 1954 and
from 1962 until 1968):
Head of Eastern European and Soviet Department(from 1968 until 1983; Eastern European
from 1983 until 1991; Central European from 1991 until 1999):
Head of Soviet Department(from 1983 until 1992; Eastern Department from 1991):
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Balkan States; disestablished in 1952 but reformed in
1954; disestablished again in 1961; Southern Europe from 1968 until 1974 and from 1975
until 2001; South East European from 1974 until 1975):
Head of Eastern Adriatic Department (from 1993; Western Balkans from 2006):
Head of Eastern Department(responsibility for relations with Russia, the Balkan States, Turkey,
Persia, Egypt, Abyssinia and Central Asia until 1914; merged with Western Department in
1914 as the War Department; reestablished in 1919 with responsibility for Turkey, Persia
and the independent Arab States of the Middle East; relinquished responsibility for Iraq,
Israel, Jordan, the Lebanon and Syria to the Levant Department in 1953 and for the
Independent Arab States to the Arabian Department in 1958; Near Eastern from
1968 until 1972; Near East and North Africa from 1972 until 200 ; an Eastern Department was
reestablished in 1992 but with responsibility for Eastern Europe-see above ):
Head of Egyptian Department(established in 1924 with responsibility for Egypt, Abyssinia, Libya,
Somaliland and Liberia; disestablished in 1948):
Head of Levant Department(established in 1953 with responsibility for relations with Iraq, Israel,
Jordan, the Lebanon and Syria; Iraq transferred to Eastern Department in 1958;
disestablished in 1961):
until 200 ):
Head of American Department(established in 1854 with responsibility also for China, Central
America, Italy from 1854 until 1857 and Sweden from 1856 until 1857; and American and
Asiatic from 1881 until 1899; American and African from 1920 until 1930; North American
from 1941 until 1949 and from ; North American and Caribbean from 1968 until
1969):
Head of South American Department(from 1941 until 1949; from 1977 until and from 2005;
Latin American from 1968 until 1969, from 1971 until 1977 and from 1990 on merger with
Mexico and Central America Department; Latin American and Caribbean from 1998 until 200):
Head of West Indies Department(West Indies and Atlantic Department from 1971 until 1998;
Head of Mexico and Central American Department(from 1982 until 1990; Caribbean Department
from 1969 until 1977; Mexico and Caribbean Department from 1977 until 1982; merged
with South American Department in 1990; Caribbean, Mexico and Central America from
2005 ):
Head of South Atlantic and Antarctic Department(Falkland Islands Department from 1982
until 1990; Overseas Territories from 1997):
Department with responsibility for West and South Africa; disestablished in 1913;
re-established in 1948 and assumed the responsibilities of the Egyptian Department; Egypt
transferred to Levant Department in 1958; North and East African Department from
1961 until 1968; North African from 1968 until 1972):
Head of West Africa Department(West and Central African from 1961 until 1968; until 1992):
Head of East African Department(from 1968 until 1992; Equatorial Africa from 1992 until 2009):
Head of Central and Southern Africa Department(Central Africa from 1968 to 1969,
from 1979 until 1990 and from 201 ; disestablished in 1993):
Head of Southern Africa Department(from 1979 until 1990 and from 1993 until 200 ; Central and
Southern Africa from 2009 until 20 ; Southern, Central and Western Africa from 20 until
2014; East and West Africa from 2014 ):
Head of Far East Department(established in 1899 out of the former American and Asiatic
Department; China and Korea from 1947 until 1948 and from 1951 until 1954; Far East and
Pacific from 1994 until 1998; China and Hong Kong Department from 1998 until 2004 and
from 200 ):
Head of South-East Asia Department(from 1946; South-East Asia and Pacific from 2005):
Head of Japan and Pacific Department(from 1947 until 194 and from 1951 until 1954):
Head of Hong Kong Department(from 1968 until 1972, from 1976 until 1977 and from 1983 ; Hong
Kong and Indian Ocean Department from 1972 until 1976; Hong Kong and General
Department from 1977 until 1983; merged with Far East and Pacific Department in 1998):
Head of South-West Pacific Department(from 1968 until 1978; South Pacific Department from
1978; merged with Far East Department in 1994):
Head of Pacific Dependent Territories Department(from 1968 until merged with South-West
Pacific Department in 1978):
Head of Afghanistan Department(from 2003; Pakistan and Afghanistan Department from 201 ):
(B) FUNCTIONAL
Head of Prisoners of War Department(Prisoner and Aliens from 191 until 191 ; until 19 , and
from 194 until 1946):
Head of General Department(from 1939 until 1968; responsible for a range of issues including
Civil Aviation, Shipping, Telecommunications, Postal Services, Meteorology, Safety at
Sea, Fishing):
Head of United Nations(Economic and Social) Department(from 1947 until 1954 and from 1964
until 1972):
Lord Gore-Booth, G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.: 1947-1948
Sir Francis B.A. Rundall, G.C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1948-1949
E. Basil Boothby, C.M.G.: 1949-1950
Sir Alan A. Dudley, K.B.E., C.M.G.: 1950-1953
Sir Edward Redston Warner, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1953-1954
Kenneth R.C. Pridham, C.M.G.; 1964-1968
Hilary W. King, C.B.E.: 1968-1971
Thomas W. Keeble: 1971-1972
Head of Western Organizations Department(from 1950 until 1956; and from 1961 until 1975;
responsible for matters relating to N.A.T.O. and the Council of Europe; diestablished 1975):
Head of Planning Staff(from 1964; Policy Planning Staff from 1987 until 2002):
Head of Defence Department(from 1966 until 1968 and from 1970; Defence Policy from 1968 until
1970; Non-Proliferation and Defence from 1990 until 1992;Non-Proliferation/Counter-
Proliferation from 1992):
Head of Defence Supply Department(from 1967 until 1968; Defence Training and Supply from
1968 until 1970):
Timothy L. Crosthwait, C.M.G., M.B.E.: 1967-1970
Head of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Council of Europe
Department(from 1995 until 2004; Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe Unit from 1986 until 1995):
Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Department(Unit from 1992 until 1996):
Head of Human Rights Policy Department(from 1992 as Unit, Department from 1993: Human
Rights, Democracy and Good Governance from
Head of Drugs and International Crime Department(Narcotics Control and Aids from
1987 until 1993; Drugs, International Crime and Terrorism from 1995 to 1996):
Head of Royal Matters Department(Regal Matters Unit from 1994 until 1995; Unit until 1996):
(C) ECONOMIC
Head of Slave Trade Department(Superintendent from 1824 until 1845; disestablished in 1871;
briefly reestablished in 1880 and disestablished in 1882):
Head of Commercial (and Sanitary Department from 1883; Commercial Department from 1865
until 1866; Commercial and Consular from 1866 until 1871; disestablished in 1920):
Head of Economic Relations Department(from 1934 until 1939, from 194 until 1968, from 1980
until 1997 and from 1999 until 2000; Economic and Reconstruction from 1942 until 194 ;
Financial Policy and Aid Department from 1968 until 1973; Financial Relations Department
from 1973 until 1980; Economic, Financial and Development Department from 1997 until 2000;
Economic Policy from 2000):
Head of Claims Department(from 1946 until 1958 and from 1960 until 1990 when merged with
Nationality and Treaty Department):
Head of Mutual Aid Department(Supply and Relief from 1945 until 1947; from 1950 until 1960):
Head of Energy, Science and Space Department( from 1977 to 1988; Scientific Relations
Department from 1964 until 1968; Science and Technology Department from 1968 until 1972
and from 1973 until 1977; Industry, Science and Energy Department from 1972 until 1973;
Science, Energy and Nuclear Department from 1988 until 1990; Environment, Science and
Energy Department from 1990 until 199 ; Environmental Policy from 199 until 2004;
Climate Change and Energy from 2004):
Head of Trade Policy Department(from 1968 until 1973; Trade Relations Department 1973):
(D) INFORMATION
Head of News Department (established in 1915; responsible for relations ith the Press and the
B.B.C.):
Head of Commonwealth Liaison/Co-ordination Department(from 1947 until 1953 and from 1968;
Dominions Information from 1926 until 1933; Dominions Intelligence from 1939 until 1947;
Sustainable Development and Commonwealth from 2004):
Head of Information Policy Department(from 1946 until 1965 and from 1977 until 1981; Guidance
and Information Policy from 1970 until 1977; responsible for Information Services abroad):
Head of Information Services Department(from 1947 until 1954 and from 1966 until 1968):
Head of Information Research Department(from 1948 until 1977 Overseas Information from 1977
until 1980; Information from 1980 until 2000; Public Diplomacy from 2000):
responsible for provision of research material on special subjects ):
Head of East-West Contacts Department(from 1968 until 1971; Cultural Exchange from 1971 until
1977; disestablished 1977)
Head of Consular Department(Consular and Slave Trade from 1871 until 1883; Consular and
African from 1883 until 1893; Consular Division from 1996 until 2000):
John Bidwell, sen.: 1826-1851
Thomas Staveley: 1851-1857
Thomas L. Ward: 1857-1859
John Bidwell, jun.: 1860
Augustus L. Coles: 1860-1866
Hon. C.W. Thomas Spring Rice: 1866-1869
William H. Wylde, C.M.G.: 1869-1880
William Owen: 1880-1882
Victor Buckley: 1882
Sir H. Percy Anderson, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.: 1882-1893
William A. Cockerell: 1893-1906
Charles A. Hopwood, C.B.: 1906
Rt.Hon.Sir Beilby F.Alston,K.C.M.G.,C.B.: 1906-1907
Marquess of Dufferin and Ava: 1907-1918
Ernest F. Gye, C.M.G.; 1918-1933
Sir David J. Montagu-Douglas-Scott, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1933-1938
Sir Alexander B. Hutcheon, K.B.E., C.M.G.: 1938-1943
Sir Geoffrey C. Allchin, K.B.E., C.M.G., M.C.: 1943-1946
John W.O. Davidson, C.M.G., O.B.E.: 1946-1948
Christopher G. Kemball, C.M.G., C.V.O.: 1948-1956
Frederic F. Garner, C.M.G.: 1956-1958
Dudley J. Cheke, C.M.G.: 1958-1961
Richard P. Heppel, C.M.G.: 1961-1963
Ronald G. Watts, C.B.E.: 1963-1965
John M. Hunter, C.B., M.C.: 1966-1967
Harry G.M. Bass, C.M.G.: 1967-1970
C. Grace Thornton, C.B.E., M.V.O.: 1970-1973
Oliver R. Blair: 1973-1975
Frederick C. Hensby, O.B.E.: 1976-1977
Stanley F. St.C. Duncan, C.M.G.: 1977-1980
William K. Slatcher, C.M.G., C.V.O.: 1980-1982
Michael W. Atkinson, C.M.G., M.B.E.: 1983-1985
John C. Harrison, L.V.O.: 1985-1989
Christopher J.A. Denne, C.M.G.: 1989-1992
Stephen F. Howarth: 1993-1997
Duncan J.R. Taylor, C.B.E.: 1997-2000
Librarian ( and Director of Research from 195 until 1965; Head of Library and Records
Department from 1969):
Director of Research (from 1965; Research and Analysis from 1990; Research Analysts from 1996
until 1997 and from 20 ; Research Analysis from 1997 until 20 ):
Head of Treaty and Nationality Department(Treaty Department until 1953; from 1951 until 1953
responsibility held by the Protocol Departament; Nationality,Treaty and Claims Department
from 1990 until 1996: Superintendant of the Treaty Department until 1841 and from 1854
until 1913):
Head of the Protocol Department(from 1983; Protocol and Conference Department until 1983;
and see above under Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps):
(F) ADMINISTRATIVE
Head of Finance Department(until 1993; Finance Officer from 1922 until 1933; Resource and
Finance Department from 1992 until 1993; Resource Management Department from
1993 until 1994; Resource Planning Department from 1996 until 2000):
Head of Home Estates Department(from 1994 until 1997; Accommodation Department from 1965
until 1971; Accommodation and Services Department from 1971 until 1982; Office Services
and Transport Department from 1982 until 1990; Home Estate and Services from 1990 until
1994 and from 1997; Estate Department from 1997 until 2000; Estate Strategy Unit from
2000 until 2004; see further page 41):
Head of Conference, Services and Supply Department(Conference and Supply Department from
1945until 1965; Office Services and Supply Department from 1966 until 1971;
Head of Overseas Estate Department(from 1982 until 1997; merged with Home Estate and Services
Department in 1997):
Head of Personnel Operations Department( from 1966; Personnel Management from 1992 until
1998; Assistant Director, Personnel Management from 2000):
Head of Personnel Policy Department(from 1969; Unit from 1995; Assistant Director of
Personnel(Personnel Policy) from 1998):
Senior Civilian Instructor, Imperial Defence College(Royal College of Defence Studies from 1970):
NOTE:
Between 1963 and 1968 the responsibilities of the Deputy and Assistant Under-Secretaries at the
Commonwealth Relations Office(Commonwealth Office from 1966) changed regularly. These
changes were the consequence of the rapidly evolving nature of the Commonwealth as more of
Britains former colonies were granted independence, of the increasing importance given to
economic development and aid and of the merger of the Colonial Office with the Commonwealth
Relations Office in 1966. In addition, the Dominions Office and Colonial Office List(1925-1947) is
silent on the specific departmental responsibilities of the Assistant Secretaries serving in the
Dominions Office. It is extremely difficult therefore to produce any form of meaningful and
consistent list of postholders with areas of responsibility. These lists therefore should be treated
with considerable caution during this period and cannot claim to be definitive.
Deputy Under-Secretary:
Deputy Under-Secretary(Africa):
Assistant Under-Secretary(Africa and General; Africa from 1961 until 1962; Africa and Political
from 1962):
Assistant Under-Secretary(Aid):
Assistant Secretaries:
Head of Western and United Nations Department(United Nations Department from 1957
until 1963; Western, United Nations and Middle East from 1963):
Head of West and General Africa Department(from 1960 and from 1964; West Africa Department
from 1961 until 1964; West and General African Political Department from 1965):
Head of East and General African Department(East African from 1963 until 1964; East African
Political Department from 1964 until 1965; East and Southern African Department from
1965):
Head of Central Africa Department(and Territories until 1959; Territories until 1952):
Head of Zambia Department(from 1964; Malawi and Zambia Department from 1965):
Head of Malawi and Central African Economic Development Department(from 1964 until 1965):
Head of South Asia Department(and Middle East from 195 until 195 ; and Far East from 1957
until 1960) :
Head of Far East Department(until 1957; Far East and Pacific from 1960):
Head of Political Affairs Department(from 1950 until 1954 and from 1965 until 1967):
Head of Food and Development Department(until 1952; Development Department from 1952
until 1954):
Head of Common Market Department(from 1961 until 1963 and from 1967):
Head of Financial Policy Department(from 1963; Development and Financial Policy and
West African Economic Development from 1964):
The sections of the Directory dealing with the British colonies include information on both
Colonial Governors and on Colonial and Chief Secretaries.
Colonial Secretaries should not be confused with the Secretary of State for the Colonies-the
political head of the Colonial Office. The Colonial Secretary of a colony was the chief
administrative officer to the Governor and would serve as Acting Governor in the absence on
leave of the Governor or during the interim between the departure of a Governor and the arrival
of his successor. In some Colonies however-in Africa in particular-this official had the title of Chief S
Secretary. In colonies which became internally self-governing the post of Colonial Secretary was
renamed Chief Secretary. In the years immediately before the granting of independence to a
colony the post was often renamed again as Lieutenant-Governor.
The office of Lieutenant-Governor was, however, used throughout the period of this Directory in
Malta and, at various times in Ceylon and the Straits Settlements. It was also used in a number of
colonies before the office was raised to Governor status.
I believe that this is the first time that an attempt has been made to list all Colonial Secretaries.
Although in the interests of continuity the Governors-General of the Dominions: Australia, Canada,
New Zealand and South Africa have been listed these individuals have not been included in
Section E.
I am aware that Colonial officials were not Diplomats and that to include them in A Directory of
British Diplomats may be seen as inappropriate. It was convenient for me to collect the fruits of
my research into one consolidated document and publish it as such. I can only apologise to those
who worked in the British Colonies and who might well feel aggrieved by my decision.
NOTE: This list excludes those Governors of Bermuda, Gibraltar and Malta and High
Commissioners in Palestine and Transjordan which were military appointments of
senior serving or recently retired officers and those Governors of Australian States who
were Australian citizens. Senior diplomatic posts held by individuals are included in this
section.
ALTRINCHAM(see GRIGG)
BAILLIE, ALASTAIR T.
(1932-2009): Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Ethiopia,
1980-1981; Commercial Counsellor, Venezuela,
1981-1983; Governor of Anguilla, 1983-1987; Deputy
High Commissioner, Calcutta, India, 1987-1991
BAILLIE-HAMILTON, KER,
C.B.(1804-1889): Governor of Newfoundland, 1852-1855; Governor of
Antigua, 1855-1863
BAILLIE-HAMILTON, SIR
WILLIAM A., K.C.M.G., C.B.
(1844-1920): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
1886-1892; Head of West Indies Department,
Colonial Office, 1894-1895; Head of North American
and Australian Department, Colonial Office,
1895-1897; Head of Eastern Department, Colonial
Office, 1897-1900; Head of West Africa(1) Department,
Colonial Office, 1900-1906; Chief Clerk, Colonial
Office, 1896-1909
BALDWIN OF BEWDLEY,
OLIVER, 2nd EARL(1899-1958): Governor of Leeward Islands, 1948-1950
BARRY, Lieutenant-Colonel
EDWARD. C.M.G.,O.B.E.
(1896-1952): Chief Secretary, British Somaliland, 1947-1950
BASTYAN, Lieutenant-General
SIR EDRIC M., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.,
K.B.E., C.B.(1903-1980): Governor of South Australia, 1961-1968; Governor of
Tasmania, 1968-1973
BEATTIE, Lieutenant-Colonel
ALEXANDER E., C.M.G., C.B.E.,
M.C.(1888-1951): Colonial Secretary, Gibraltar, 1930-1941
BERESFORD-STOOKE, SIR
GEORGE, K.C.M.G.(1897-1983): Chief Secretary, Northern Rhodesia, 1942-1945; Chief
Secretary, Nigeria, 1945-1947; Governor of Sierra
Leone, 1947-1952
BICKERSTETH, ROBERT
(1847-1916): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
1880-1882; Private Secretary to the Secretary of State
for India, 1882-1885
BLACKWOOD, ARTHUR J.
(1808-1874): Senior Clerk, Colonial Office, 1840-1867; Senior Clerk,
North America Department, Colonial Office, 18 -1867
BRANDFORD GRIFFITH,
HORACE M., C.M.G.(1863-1909): Colonial Secretary, Gambia, 1902-1909
BRIDGES, Lieutenant-General
SIR G. TOM M., K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,
D.S.O.(1871-1939): Governor of South Australia, 1922-1927
BUTTERWORTH, Major-General
WILLIAM J.(1891-1856): Governor of Straits Settlements, 1843-1855
BYRNE, Brigadier-General
SIR JOSEPH A., G.C.M.G.,
K.B.E., C.B.(1874-1942): Governor of Seychelles, 1922-1927; Governor of Sierra
Leone, 1927-1930; Governor of Kenya, 1931-1936
CALLAGHAN, JEREMIAH T.
FITZGERALD, C.M.G.
(183 -1881): Governor of Falkland Islands, 1876-1880; Governor of the
Bahamas, 1880-1881
CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD,
C.M.G.(1914-1994): Head of Defence Department, Colonial Office, 1956-1959; Chief
Secretary, Malta, 1959-1962; Head of South Africa
Department, Colonial Office, 1962-1966
CARDEW, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR FREDERIC, K.C.M.G.
(1839-1921): Governor of Sierra Leone, 1894-1900
CARTMEL-ROBINSON, SIR
HAROLD F., C.M.G., O.B.E.
(1889-1957): Chief Secretary, Northern Rhodesia, 1945-1947
CATHCART, Lieutenant-General
Hon. SIR GEORGE, G.C.B.
(1794-1854): Governor of Cape Colony, 1852-1853
CHANCELLOR, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR JOHN R., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.,
G.B.E., D.S.O.(1870-1952): Governor of Mauritius, 1911-1916; Governor of Trinidad
and Tobago, 1916-1921; Governor of Southern
Rhodesia, 1923-1928; High Commissioner, Palestine
and Transjordan, 1928-1931
CHERMSIDE, Lieutenant-General
SIR HERBERT C., G.C.M.G., C.B.
(1850-1929): Governor of Queensland, 1902-1904
CLARKE, Lieutenant-General
SIR ANDREW, G.C.M.G., C.B.,
C.I.E.(1824-1902): Governor of the Straits Settlements, 1873-1875
CLAYTON, Brigadier-General
SIR GILBERT F., K.C.M.G.,
K.B.E., C.B.(1875-1929): Chief Secretary, Palestine, 1922-1925
CUMMING-BRUCE, Hon.
ALEXANDER P. HOVELL-
THURLOW-, O.B.E.
(1917-2002): Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, 1965-1967
DANIEL, Lieutenant-Colonel
ROWLAND M., C.B.E.
(1873-1957): Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland, 1928-1930
DARNLEY, E. ROWLAND
(1875-1944): Head of West Indies Department, Colonial Office,
1919-1931; Head of Pacific and Mediterranean
Department, Colonial Office, 1931-1932
DAVIDSON-HOUSTON, Lieutenant-
Colonel WILFRED B., C.M.G.
(1870-1960): Chief Secretary, Nyasaland, 1927-1930
DELACOMBE, Major-General
SIR ROHAN, K.C.M.G., K.B.E.,
C.B., D.S.O.(1906-1991): Governor of Victoria, 1963-1974
DOUGLAS OF BARLOCH,
FRANCIS, 1st LORD, K.C.M.G.
(1889-1980): Governor of Malta, 1946-1949
ELLENBERGER, Lieutenant-Colonel
JULES, C.M.G.,I.S.O.(1871-1973): Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland, 1923-1927
FIDDIAN, ALEXANDER
(1875-19 Head of West Indies Department, Colonial Office, 1917-1919;
Head of General Department, Colonial Office, 1919-1926;
Head of Gold Coast and Mediterranean Department,
Colonial Office, 1926-1928; Head of General Department,
Colonial Office, 1928-1930; Head of West Africa
Department, Colonial Office, 1931-1935
FORSYTH-THOMPSON, AUBREY
D., C.M.G., C.V.O., C.B.E.
(1897-1982): Resident Commissioner, Bechuanalaland, 1942-1946;
Resident Commissioner, Basutosland, 1946-1951
GALWEY, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR HENRY L., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.
(1849-1949): Governor of St. Helena, 1902-1911; Governor of Gambia,
1911-1914; Governor of South Australia, 1914-1920
GORE, Lieutenant-Colonel
JAMES C.(1852-1926): Colonial Secretary, Sierra Leone, 1894-1901
GRATTAN-BELLEW, SIR
ARTHUR J.,C.M.G.(1903-1985): Chief Secretary, Tanganyika, 1956-1959
GUGGISBERG, Brigadier-General
SIR F. GORDON, K.C.M.G., D.S.O.
(1869-1930): Governor of Gold Coast, 1919-1927; Governor of British
Guiana, 1928-1940
HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD,
LORD I. BASIL G.(1870-1917): Colonial Secretary, Barbados, 1907-1910
HARRISON, W. ALISTAIR,
C.M.G., C.V.O.(1954- Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Poland, 1995-1998;
Counsellor and Head of Chancery, U.K. Delegation to
the United Nations Organization, 2000-2003; Head of
United Nations Organization/International Organizations
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2003-2005; High Commissioner to Zambia, 2005-2008;
Head of Zimbabwe Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 2008-2009; Governor of Anguilla, 2009-2013
HAWKESWORTH, SIR E.
GERALD, K.C.M.G., M.C.
(1897-1949): Governor of British Honduras, 1947-1948
HAY-DRUMMOND-HAY, SIR
EDWARD(1815-1884): Governor of St. Helena, 1856-1863
HENNIKER-HEATON, SIR
HERBERT, K.C.M.G.(1880-1961): Colonial Secretary, Gambia, 1917-1921; Colonial
Secretary, Bermuda, 1925-1929; Colonial Secretary,
Cyprus, 1929-1934; Governor of Falkland Islands,
1935-1941
HORE-RUTHVEN, Brigadier-
General the Hon. SIR ALEXANDER
G.A., V.C., G.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.
(later Rt. Hon. the 1st EARL OF
GOWRIE) (1872-1955): Governor of South Australia, 1928-1934; Governor of New
South Wales, 1934-1935; Governor-General of
Australia, 1936-1944
HOUSSEMAYNE DU BOULAY,
SIR ROGER, K.C.V.O., C.M.G.
(1922- Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, France,
1971-1973; Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides,
1973-1975; Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps and
Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, 1975-1982
HUCKLE, ALAN E.(1948- Deputy Head, U.K. Delegation to Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe, 1992-1996; Head of OSCE/Council
of Europe Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1998-2001; Head of Overseas Territories
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2001-2004; Governor of Anguilla, 2004-2006; Governor of
the Falkland Islands, 2006-2010
HUDDLESTON, Major-General
SIR HUBERT J., G.C.M.G., G.B.E.,
C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (1880-1950): Governor-General of the Sudan, 1940-1947
JENKINS, Lieutenant-Colonel
FRANCIS, C.M.G.(1877-1927): Colonial Secretary, Barbados, 1919-1921
JERROM, THOMAS C.
(DAVID) (1911- Head of International Relations/International Relations and
General Department, Colonial Office, 1957-1966; Head of
International and General Department, Commonwealth
Office, 1966-1968; Head of Pacific and Indian Ocean
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1969
JERVOIS, Lieutenant-General
SIR WILLIAM F.D.,G.C.M.G.,
C.B.(1821-1897): Governor of Straits Settlements, 1875-1877; Governor of
South Australia, 1877-1883; Governor of New Zealand,
1883-1889
KENDALL, Captain JOHN J.: Colonial Secretary, West African Settlements, 1868-187
KIRKNESS, DONALD J., C.B.(1919- Head of Finance Department, Colonial Office, 1963-1966;
Deputy Secretary, Overseas Development
Administration, 1977-1980
LAMONT, DONALD A.(1947- Political Adviser and Head of Chancery, British Military
Government, Berlin, 1888-1991; Ambassador to
Uruguay, 1991-1994; Head of Republic of Ireland
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1994-1997; Governor of the Falkland Islands,
1999-2002; Ambassador to Venezuela, 2003-2006
LE MARCHANT, Lieutenant-General
SIR JOHN G., G.C.M.G., K.C.B.
(1803-1874): Governor of Newfoundland, 1847-1854; Governor of
Malta, 1858-1865
MACDONALD, Rt.Hon.
MALCOLM J., O.M.(1901-1981): High Commissioner to Canada, 1941-1946; Governor-
General of Malaya, 1946-1948; Commissioner-
General for South-East Asia, 1948-1955; High
Commissioner to India, 1955-1960; Governor of
Kenya, 1963; High Commissioner to Kenya,
1965-1966
MACKINTOSH, ROBERT J.
(1806-1864): Governor of Antigua, 1850-1855
MACLEHOSE OF BEOCH
(see MACLEHOSE)
MACPHERSON, Lieutenant-Colonel
RONALD(1837-1869): Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, 1867-1869
MALCOLM, WILLIAM R.
(1840-1923): Assistant Under-Secretary for the Colonies(North America,
Australia and South Africa), 1874-1878
MANNING, Brigadier-General
SIR WILLIAM H., G.C.M.G.,
K.B.E., C.B.(1863-1932): Governor of Nyasaland, 1910-1913; Governor of Jamaica,
1913-1918; Governor of Ceylon, 1918-1925
MASEFIELD, J. THOROLD,
C.M.G.(1939- Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Pakistan,
1979-1982; Head of Personnel Services Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1982-1985; Head
of Far Eastern Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1985-1987; High
Commissioner to Tanzania, 1989-1992; Assistant Under-
Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(Southern Asia), 1992-1994; High Commissioner to
Nigeria and Ambassador to Benin and Chad, 1994-1997;
Governor of Bermuda, 1997-2001
MASTERTON-SMITH, SIR
JAMES E., K.C.B.(1878-1938): Joint Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour,
1920-1921; Permanent Under-Secretary for the
Colonies, 1921-1924
MILVERTON(see RICHARDS)
PANZERA, Lieutenant-Colonel
FRANCIS W.(1851-1917): Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland, 1906-1916
PIPER, REUBEN W.
(1919-1971): Head of West Indies B Department, Colonial/
Commonwealth Office, 1961-1968; Counsellor,
Embassy, Ireland, 1968-1971
POSTON, JAMES, C.B.E. (1945-2007): Head of Narcotics and Aids Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1987-1988; Counsellor and
Head of Chancery/Deputy Head of Mission, South
Africa, 1988-1990; Minister, South Africa,
1990-1992; Head of Personnel Policy Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1992-1995;
Consul-General, Boston, 1995-1999; Governor of the
Turks and Caicos Islands, 2002-2005
QUANTRILL, WILLIAM L.
(1939- Commercial Counsellor, Nigeria, 1980; Head of Training
Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
1980-1981; Counsellor and Head of Chancery,
Embassy, Venezuela, 1984-1988; Deputy Governor of
Gibraltar, 1988-1990; Ambassador to Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and
Chad, 1991-1995
ST. QUINTIN, FREDERICK S.: Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
1892-1895
SELWYN-CLARKE, SIR
SELWYN, K.B.E., C.M.G., M.C.
(1893-1976); Governor of Seychelles, 1947-1951
SHARWOOD-SMITH, SIR
BRYAN E., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.,
K.B.E.(1899-1983): Governor of Northern Rhodesia, 1954-1957
SOUTHBOROUGH
(see HOPWOOD)
SPELLER, PAUL A. (1954- Deputy Governor, Gibraltar, 1998-2002; Counsellor and Deputy
Head of Mission, Indonesia, 2002-2005; Head of South-East
Asia and Pacific Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
2005-20
SPENCER-CHURCHILL, JOHN
K.G.T., C.M.G.(1835-1913): Colonial Secretary, Bahamas, 1895-1905
STACPOOLE, JOHN W.
(1926-2012); Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, 1964-1965; Head of Constitutional Planning
Department, Colonial Office, 1965-1966; Head of
Constiitutions Department, Commonwealth Office,
1966-1968
STEWART, DUNCAN G.
(1904-1949): Governor of Sarawak, 1949
STEWART, FREDERICK
(1836-1889): Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, 1887-1889
SWETTENHAM, SIR J.
ALEXANDER,K.C.M.G.(1846-1933): Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, 1895-1901;
Governor of British Guiana, 1901-1904; Governor of
Jamaica, 1904-1907
THOMPSON, J.KENNETH,
C.M.G.(1913-1985): Head of Social Services A Department, Colonial
Office, 1953-1959
TWISTLETON-WYKEHAM-FIENNES,
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. SIR
EUSTACE E., Bt., T.D.
(1864-1943): Governor of Seychelles, 1918-1921; Governor of
Leeward Islands, 1921-1929
WATT, IAN B., C.M.G.(1916-1988): Head of General Department, Colonial Office, 1956-1959;
Head of Aden and General Department, Colonial Office,
1959-1962; Deputy High Commissioner, Malta,
1962-1964; Head of United Nations, Western and Middle
East Department, Commonwealth Office, 1965-1966;
Head of Zambia Department, Commonwealth Office,
1966; High Commissioner to Lesotho, 1967-1970; Head of
Gibraltar and South Atlantic Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, 1970-1971; Head of Atlantic and
Indian Ocean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, 1971-1972; High Commissioner to Sierra Leone,
1972-1976
WETHERELL, GORDON G.
C.M.G. (1948- Counsellor and Head of Chancery/Deputy Head of Mission,
Poland, 1988-1992; Counsellor(Political), Embassy,
Germany, 1992-1994; Head of Personnel Services
Department,Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1994-1997;
Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1997-2000; Ambassador to
Luxemburg, 2000-2004; High Commissioner to Ghana
and Ambassador to Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso,
2004-2007; Governor of Montserrat, 2008-2011
WHITTLE, R.A., C.B.E., M.C.: Head of Colonial Service B Department, Colonial Office,
194 -1948; Head of Colonial Service D Department,
Colonial Office, 1948-1953; Head of Colonial Service B
Department, 1953-1955
WILLIAM-POWLETT, Vice-Admiral
SIR PEVERIL B.R.W., K.C.B.,
K.C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.
(1898-1985): Governor of Southern Rhodesia, 1854-1959
ANGUILLA(from 1982):
AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND(from 1859):
SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
TASMANIA(from 1855):
VICTORIA(from 1855):
WESTERN AUSTRALIA:
BAHAMAS(until 1973):
BARBADOS(until 1966):
BERMUDA:
Colonial Secretary:
Colonial Secretary:
Government Secretary:
CANADA: Governor-General:
CEYLON(until 1948):
Lieutenant-Governor/Chief Secretary:
FALKLAND ISLANDS:
GIBRALTAR:
Colonial Secretary:
JAMAICA(until 1962):
MALTA(until 1964):
Lieutenant-Governor/Chief Secretary:
MAURITIUS(until 1968):
Colonial Secretary(Chief Secretary from 1961 until 1967; Deputy Governor from 1967):
MONTSERRAT(from 1971):
NEWFOUNDLAND(until 1949):
NORTHERN NIGERIA(from 1908 until 1914 and from 1954 until 1957):
Chief Secretary:
Chief Secretary:
Chief Secretary:
Chief Secretary:
SIERRA LEONE(until 1961; West African Settlements from 1865 until 1888):
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTHERN RHODESIA(from 1923 until 1969 and from 1979 until 1980;
RHODESIA from 1964):
ST. HELENA:
Chief Secretary(Malaya):
SUDAN(until 1956):
Civil Secretary:
Colonial Secretary:
BECHUANALAND(Resident Commissioner):
SWAZILAND(Resident Commissioner):
NEW HEBRIDES:
NOTE:
The Colonial Office List(Dominions and Colonial Office List from 1925 to 1947) is an immensely
valuable resource. There are however two particular problems which have made my research
difficult. Unlike the Foreign Office List, the Colonial Office Lists biographical section gives no
indication of the departmental responsibilities of the Senior Clerks/Assistant Secretaries. These
responsibilities can be identified from the information contained in the Lists in a given year but
the exact dates when an individual took up or left the post within the Colonial Office is not clear.
In addition, the Colonial Office List was not published between 1941 and 1945 or in 1947. This has
made it almost impossible to identify Heads of Department during the Second World War.
Permanent Under-Secretary:
Deputy Under-Secretary:
Assistant Under-Secretary:
Chief Clerk:
Assistant Under-Secretary(Mediterranean and Far East; and Aden and Gambia from 1961
until 1962; Mediterranean and Atlantic, Aden, International Relations, Social
Service and General from 1962 until 1963; Mediterranean and Atlantic,Defence, Intelligence
and Security, International Relations and General from 1963 until 1964; Defence,
Intelligence and Security, International Relations and General and Atlantic from 1964 until
1966):
Assistant Under-Secretary(West Africa and Eastern) until 1947; West Africa from 1954;
and Gulf of Aden, General and International Relations from 1959 until 1961;):
Assistant Under-Secretary(East and Central Africa, General and West Indies)(until 1947):
Assistant Under-Secretary(West Indies, Eastern and General from 1947 until 1950; West Indies
and General from 1950 until 1953; West Indies from 1953;West Indies and Pacific from
1956 until 1958; and Pacific Ocean and Falkland Islands and Antarctic from 1958 until
1964; and Hong Kong from 1964):
Assistant Under-Secretary(South-East Asia, Hong Kong and Pacific; and Colonial Service
until 1949; and Far East from 1954 until 1956):
Assistant Under-Secretary(International Relations and Social Service; and General from 1956)
(from 1954 until 1959):
Assistant Under-Secretary(Economic General and Finance; and Pacific and Indian Oceans
from 1963):
Legal Adviser(and Head of the General Department from 1907; and Legal Adviser to the
Dominions Office/Commonwealth Relations Office from 1925 until 1960):
Senior Clerks:
Head of North America and Australia Department(until 1907; North America Department
until 1867; North America, Australia, Africa and Mediterranean Department from
1872 until 1874):
Head of West Indies Department(West Indies and Eastern Department from 1872 until 1879;
West Indies A Department from 1948):
Head of Africa and Mediterranean Department(from 1867 until 1872 and from 1874 until 188 ;
Africa and Cyprus from 188 until 1890):
Head of West Africa Department(and Mediterranean from 1909 until 1918; Gold Coast and
Mediterranean Department from 1918; disestablished 1928):
Head of Nigeria Department( from 1909; West Africa Department from 1928; West Africa A
Department from 1948 until 1961):
Head of Central Africa and Aden Department(Central Africa Department from 19 until
1959):
Head of East Africa Department(East Africa and Mediterranean Department from 1907 until
1909; East Africa and Central Africa Department from 194 until 19 ; East Africa A
Department from until 1963):
Head of South African Department(from 1896 until 1907 and from 1961):
Head of Aden Department(Aden and General Department from 1959 unttil 1962; Aden and
Social Service Department from 1962 until 1963):
Head of Eastern Department(Australia and Eastern Department until 1867; Eastern from
1867 until 1872, from 1879 until 1888 and from 1896 until 1920; Eastern and South African
from 1888 until 1896; Far Eastern Department from 1920 until 1931; Pacific and
Mediterranean Department from 1931 until 194 ):
Head of Ceylon and Mauritius Department(from 1920; Ceylon and Mediterranean Department
from 1929 until 1932; Eastern Department from 1931):
Head of Eastern A Department(from 194 ; South-East Asia Department from 1949 until 1954):
Head of Hong Kong (and Pacific Department from 1949 until 1959; Pacific and Indian Ocean
Department from 1959):
Head of Far East Department(Hong Kong and Defence and General Department from 1963
until 1965; Hong Kong and West Indies C Department from 1965):
Head of Defence Department( Defence, Intelligence and Security Department from 1961 until
1963; Defence and Intelligence Department from 1965 until 1966:
Head of Economic Department(from 1934 until 194 ; Economic Intelligence and Planning from
1947 until 1948; Economic General Department from 1948 until 195 , from 1961 until 1963
and from 1964 until 1965; Economic General A Department from 1957 until 1962; Economic
General and Social Services Department from 1963 until 1964; Economic Department from
1965 until 1966):
Head of Economic Relations Department(from 1948 until 1949 and from 1962 until 1964;
Economic Relations A Department from 1949 until 195 until 1964):
Head of Production Department (from 194 ; Production and Marketing Department A from
19 until 1961):
Head of Commercial Relations and Supplies Department(until 1955; Supplies Department until
1954):
T.W.Davies: 19 -1948
William A. Morris, C.M.G.: 1948-1950
F. Kennedy, O.B.E.: 1950-1955
Head of Social Services Department(from 1939 until 1940, from 1943 until 1948 and from 1961
until 1963; Colonial Development and Social Services Department from 1940 until 1943 ;
Social Services A Department from 1948 until 1961):
BENTHALL, WILLIAM H.
(1837-1909): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India,
1868-1874
BICKERSTETH, ROBERT
(1847-1916): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
1880-1882; Private Secretary to the Secretary of State
for India, 1882-1885
BOURDILLON, EDMUND D.
(1814-1900): Secretary, Public, Educational and Ecclesiastical Department,
India Office, 1858-1867
CLAUSON, MILES J. C.I.E.: Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India,
1937-1941; Secretary, Political Department(States),
India Office,1944-1947
CLYDESMIR(see COLVILLE)
DUMBELL, PERCY H.: Secretary, Services and General Department, India Office, 1924-1929
DURAND, Major-General
SIR HENRY M., K.C.S.I.,
C.B.(1812-1871): Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, 1870-1871
EASTWICK,
EDWARD B., C.B.(1814-1883): Secretary of Legation, Persia, 1860-1863; Private Secretary
to the Secretary of State for India, 1866-1867
FIELD, ROBERT E.: Secretary, Services and General Department, India Office,
1940-1947
GRENFELL, HENRY R.
(1824-1902): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India, 1859-1862
GRIFFITH, Lieutenant-Colonel
SIR RALPH E.H., K.C.S.I.,
C.I.E.(1882-1963): Governor of North-West Frontier Province, 1932-1937
HAINES, HERMANN A.: Secretary, Public Works Department, India Office, 1911-1919
HASTINGS, FRANCIS T.C.: Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India, 1902-1903
HOLDERNESS, SIR
THOMAS W., Bt., G.C.B.,
K.C.S.I.(1849-1924): Secretary, Revenue and Statistics Department, India Office,
1901-1912; Permanent Under-Secretary for India, 1912-1920
JACKSON, Lieutenant-Colonel
Rt. Hon. SIR F. STANLEY,
G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.(1870-1947): Governor of Bengal, 1927-1932
MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA,
Admiral of the Fleet Rt. Hon.
LOUIS F.A.V.N., 1st EARL,
K.G., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I.,
G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., D.S.O.
(1900-1979): Viceroy of India, 1947; Governor-General of India, 1947-1948
MOORE, ADOLPHUS W.
(1841-1887): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India, 1885-1886
NORTHCOTE, WALTER S.
(later 2nd EARL OF IDDESLEIGH)
(1845-1927): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India,
1867-1868
POTTINGER, Lieutenant-General
Rt. Hon. SIR HENRY E., Bt.,
G.C.B.(1789-1856): Governor of Hong Kong, 1843-1844; Governor of Cape
Colony, 1847; Governor of Madras, 1848-1854
PRIDEAUX, FRANCIS W.
(1806-1871): Secretary, Revenue Department, India Office, 185 -1871
STANLEY, Lieutenant-Colonel
Rt. Hon. SIR GEORGE F.,
G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.M.G.
(1872-1938): Governor of Madras, 1929-1934
THOMPSON, FREDERICK C.
(18 -1919): Secretary, Public Works Department, India Office, 1901-1911
WAVERLEY(see ANDERSON)
WILLIAMS-WYNN, ARTHUR W.
(1856-1946): Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India, 1892
ZETLAND(see RONALDSHAY)
BIHAR(AND ORISSA until 1936; Lieutenant-Governor from 1912 until 1920; Governor from
1920):
BOMBAY:
BURMA(Lieutenant-Governor from 1897 until 1923; Governor from 1923 until 1948):
MADRAS:
ORISSA(from 1936):
SIND(from 1936):
Deputy Under-Secretary:
Assistant Under-Secretary:
Legal Adviser:
Secretary, Public and Judicial Department(until 1941; Judicial Department from 1858 until
1867; Judicial, Public and Revenue Department from 1872 until 1879; Judicial and Public
Department until 1924):
Secretary, Revenue and Statistics Department(Revenue Department until 1871; Statistics and
Commerce Department from 1874 until 1879; Revenue, Statistics and Commerce Department
from 1879 until 188; Commerce and Revenue Department from 1921 until 1924; Economic and
Overseas Department from 1924 ):