List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Uruguay

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Uruguay is head of the UK's diplomatic mission to Uruguay. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

History

Geoffrey Jackson, the British ambassador to Uruguay, was kidnapped in January 1971. He spent eight months in captivity before being released for a ransom in September 1971.

List of heads of mission

Early diplomats

• 1824–1839: Thomas Samuel Hood
• 1846–1847: Adolphus Turner Chargé d'Affaires[1]
  • 1848: William Gore Ouseley Special Mission[1]
• 1847–1851: Captain Robert Gore Chargé d'Affaires,[1] buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo
• 1851–1853: Hon. Frederick Bruce Chargé d'Affaires[2]
• 1853–1854: George John Robert Gordon Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General[3]
• Unknown: Theodore Lemm, buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo
• 1871: Major James St. John Munro consul, buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo
• 1879: Sir Clare Ford Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General[4]

Minister Resident and Consul-General

• 1879–1884: Hon. Edmund Monson[5][6]
• 1884–1888: William Palgrave[7]
• 1888–1893: Ernest Satow[8]
• 1893–1906: Walter Baring[9]
• 1906–1912: Robert Kennedy[10]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

• 1913–1919: Alfred Mitchell-Innes[11]
• 1919–1925: Sir Claude Mallet[12]
• 1925–1930: Ernest Scott[13]
• 1930–1933: Robert Michell[14]
• 1933–1941: Eugen Millington-Drake[15]
• 1941–1943: Ralph Stevenson[16]
• 1943: Gordon Vereker[17]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1944–1949: Sir Gordon Vereker[18]
• 1949–1953: Sir Douglas Howard[19]
• 1953–1955: Eric Lingeman
• 1955–1957: Sir Keith Jopson[20]
• 1957–1961: Sir Malcolm Henderson[21]
• 1961–1966: Norman Brain[22][23]
• 1966–1969: Sir Keith Unwin[24]
• 1969–1972: Geoffrey Jackson kidnapped 1971
• 1971–1972: James Hennessy[24] (Consul) chargé d'affaires
• 1972–1977: Peter Oliver[24]
• 1977–1980: William Peters[24]
• 1980–1983: Patricia Hutchinson
• 1983–1986: Charles Wallace[24]
• 1986–1989: Eric Vines
• 1989–1991: Colum John Sharkey
• 1991–1994: Donald Lamont[25]
• 1995–1998: Robert Hendrie
• 1998–2001: Andrew Murray
• 2001–2005: John Everard
• 2005–2008: Hugh Salvesen
• 2008–2012: Patrick Mullee
• 2012–2016: Ben Lyster-Binns[26][27]
• 2016–2020: Ian Duddy[26][28]
• 2020–present: Faye O'Connor[29]

References

1. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
2. G.C. Boase, Bruce, Sir Frederick William Adolphus Wright- (1814–1867), rev. H.C.G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
3. The London Gazette, 11 October 1853
4. Raymond A. Jones, The British Diplomatic Service: 1815-1914
5. The London Gazette, 1 July 1879
6. Bernard Sasso, Monson, Sir Edmund John, first baronet (1834–1909), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
7. The London Gazette, 25 January 1884
8. The London Gazette, 28 December 1888
9. The London Gazette, 11 August 1893
10. The London Gazette, 22 May 1906
11. The London Gazette, 26 August 1913
12. The London Gazette, 19 August 1919
13. The London Gazette, 6 January 1925
14. The London Gazette, 25 November 1930
15. The London Gazette, 30 January 1934
16. The London Gazette, 14 October 1941
17. The London Gazette, 3 March 1944
18. The London Gazette, 6 June 1944
19. The London Gazette, 10 January 1950
20. The London Gazette, 17 January 1956
21. The London Gazette, 14 January 1958
22. The London Gazette, 26 January 1962
23. BRAIN, Sir (Henry) Norman, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
24. Previous Ambassadors to Uruguay (1961–2005) via archive.org
25. Wilton Park – Biographies of Conference Directors and Chief Executive via archive.org
26. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Uruguay". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 6 May 2016.
27. Hoy es mi último día en Uruguay. Ha sido un placer. ¡Gracias a todos por todo! (Today is my last day in Uruguay. It has been a pleasure. Thanks to everyone for everything!), Ben Lyster-Binns on Twitter, 5 October 2016
28. "Ian Duddy, British Ambassador to Uruguay". gov.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

External links

• British Embassy Montevideo