List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Liberia

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Liberia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Liberia.

Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia
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Liberia has been an independent state since 1847, but until 1946 the UK mission was only at the level of Consul or Consul-General. From 1991 to 2003 the British Ambassador to Ivory Coast was non-resident ambassador to Liberia, and from 2003 to 2013 the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone was non-resident ambassador. From 2013 the UK again has a resident ambassador at Monrovia.[1]

List of Heads of Mission

Consuls

• 1847
• 1902–1905: Capt Charles Francis Cromie, for Republic of Liberia, and for French Western Africa[2]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

• 1946–1949: John Bowering[3]
• 1949–1951: John Baillie[4]
• 1951–1952: Charles Capper[5]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1952–1957: Charles Capper[6]
• 1957–1960: Guy Clarke[7]
• 1960–1963: Harold Brown[8]
• 1963–1967: Malcolm Walker[9]
• 1967–1970: John Curle[10]
• 1970–1973: Martin Moynihan[11]
• 1973–1978: John Reiss[12]
• 1978–1980: John Gordon Doubleday[13]
• 1980–1985: Dougal Reid[14]
• 1985–1987: Alec Ibbott[15]
• 1988–1990: Michael Gore[16]
• 1990–1997: Margaret Rothwell (non-resident)[17]
• 1997–2001: Haydon Warren-Gash (non-resident)[18]
• 2001–2003: Francois Gordon (non-resident)[19]
• 2003–2006: John Mitchiner (non-resident)[20]
• 2006–2008: Sarah MacIntosh (non-resident)[21]
• 2009–2013: Ian Hughes (non-resident)[22]
• 2013–2015: Fergus Cochrane-Dyet[23][24]
• 2015–present: David Belgrove[25]

References

1. Two Ambassadors Present Credentials, The News, Monrovia, 20 March 2013
2. "No. 27401". The London Gazette. 28 January 1902. p. 581.
3. The London Gazette, 24 December 1946
4. The London Gazette, 11 October 1949
5. The London Gazette, 14 March 1952
6. The London Gazette, 27 January 1953
7. The London Gazette, 22 March 1957
8. The London Gazette, 19 August 1960
9. The London Gazette, 4 June 1963
10. The London Gazette, 19 December 1967
11. The London Gazette, 3 July 1970
12. The London Gazette, 6 November 1973
13. The London Gazette, 3 October 1978
14. The London Gazette, 8 January 1981
15. IBBOTT, Alec, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
16. GORE, Michael Edward John, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
17. ROTHWELL, Margaret Irene, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
18. WARREN-GASH, Haydon Boyd, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
19. GORDON, (Jean) François, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
20. MITCHINER, Dr John Edward, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
21. MacINTOSH, Sarah, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
22. HUGHES, Ian Noel, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
23. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Liberia – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1 February 2013
24. Farewell message from British Ambassador to Liberia – British Embassy Monrovia, 24 March 2015
25. Statement by British Ambassador to Liberia on presentation of credentials – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 15 June 2015

External links

• UK and Liberia – gov.uk