List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Brunei
The High Commissioner from the United Kingdom to Brunei is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brunei, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Brunei.
Brunei was a British protectorate from 1888 until the state gained full independence on 1 January 1984. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and Brunei exchange High Commissioners rather than ambassadors.
List of heads of mission
British Consuls-General in Brunei
- 1847: James Brooke, commissioner and consul general.
- 1851: Spenser St. John, acting commissioner and consul general
- 1861: Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, acting consul general [1]
British High Commissioners to Brunei
- 1950–1959: Anthony Abell
- 1959–1963: Sir Dennis White
- 1963–1965: Edgar O. (Michael) Laird
- 1965–1967: Fernley Webber
- 1967–1972: Arthur Adair
- 1972–1975: Peter Gautrey
- 1975–1978: James Davidson
- 1978–1983: Arthur Watson
- 1983–1986: Francis Cornish[2]
- 1986–1991: Roger Westbrook[2]
- 1991–1994: Adrian Sindall[2]
- 1994–1998: Ivan Callan[2]
- 1998–2002: Stuart Laing[3]
- 2002–2005: Andrew Caie[3]
- 2005–2009: John Saville
- 2009–2013: Rob Fenn
- 2013–2017: David Campbell[4]
- 2017-2020: Richard Lindsay[5][6]
- 2020–present: John Virgoe[7]
References
- Edw Hertslet, The Foreign Office List, forming a complete British Diplomatic and Consular p 45
- The Diplomatic Service list 2006. p. 75.
- "Ambassadors". Hansard. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- Change of High Commissioner to Brunei Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 23 May 2013
- "Change of British High Commissioner to Brunei". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 19 December 2016.
- "Foreign diplomats express delight at Istana invitation". Borneo Bulletin. 28 June 2017.
- "Change of British High Commissioner to Brunei: August 2020". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 11 June 2020.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.