List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chile

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Chile, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Chile. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Chile.

List of heads of mission

Consul-General and Plenipotentiary

• 1823–1837: Christopher Richard Nugent, Consul General^[1]
• 1837–1841: Colonel John Walpole^[2]

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General

• 1841–1849: Colonel John Walpole^[2][3]
• 1849–1852: Stephen Henry Sulivan^[4]
• 1853–1858: Edward Harris^[5]
• 1858–1872: William Taylour Thomson^[6]

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Chile

• 1872–1878: Sir Horace Rumbold^[7]
• 1878–1885: Francis Pakenham^[8]
• 1885–1888: Hugh Fraser^[9]
• 1888–1897: John Kennedy^[10]
• 1897–1901: Audley Gosling^[11]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile

• 1901–1905: Gerard Lowther^[12]
• 1905–1907: Arthur Raikes ^[13]
• 1907:          Sir Brooke Boothby, Bt (appointed^[14] but did not take up post due to poor health^[15])
• 1907–1909: Henry Bax-Ironside^[16]
• 1909–1913: Henry Lowther^[17]
• 1913–1918: Sir Francis Stronge
• 1918–1922: Tudor Vaughan^[18]
• 1923–1924: Sir Arthur Grant Duff^[19]
• 1924–1927: Sir Thomas Hohler
• 1928–1930: Archibald Clark Kerr^[20]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile

• 1930–1933: Sir Henry Chilton^[21]
• 1933–1936: Sir Robert Michell^[22]
• 1936:          Sir Joseph Addison (appointed but did not proceed due to ill health)^[23]
• 1937–1940: Sir Charles Bentinck
• 1940–1945: Sir Charles Orde
• 1945–1949: Sir John Leche
• 1949–1951: Sir Bertrand Jerram
• 1951–1954: Charles Stirling
• 1955–1958: Sir Charles Empson
• 1958–1961: Ivor Pink^[24]
• 1961–1966: Sir David Scott Fox
• 1966–1970: Sir Frederick Mason
• 1970–1973: David Hildyard
• 1973–1976: Reginald Secondé
• 1976–1980: (Ambassador withdrawn after torture of Sheila Cassidy)
• 1980–1982: John Heath
• 1982–1987: John Hickman
• 1987–1990: Alan White
• 1990–1993: Richard Neilson
• 1993–1997: Frank Wheeler
• 1997–2000: Glynne Evans
• 2000–2003: Gregory Faulkner
• 2003–2005: Richard Wilkinson
• 2005–2009: Howard Drake
• 2009–2014: Jon Benjamin
• 2014–present: Fiona Clouder^[25]

References

1. Edw Hertslet, The Foreign Office List, forming a complete British Diplomatic and Consular p 45
2. Darwin project from British diplomatic representatives 1789–1852. Edited by S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith, and C. K. Webster (London: Royal Historical Society. 1934).
3. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
4. The London Gazette: no. 20984. p. 1832. 5 June 1849.
5. The London Gazette: no. 21405. p. 201. 25 January 1853.
6. The London Gazette: no. 22106. p. 1208. 2 March 1858.
7. The London Gazette: no. 23913. p. 5059. 29 October 1872.
8. The London Gazette: no. 24563. p. 2010. 15 March 1878.
9. The London Gazette: no. 25447. p. 858. 27 February 1885.
10. The London Gazette: no. 25862. p. 5429. 2 October 1888.
11. The London Gazette: no. 26890. p. 5059. 10 September 1897.
12. The London Gazette: no. 27360. p. 6395. 1 October 1901.
13. The London Gazette: no. 27758. p. 579. 24 January 1905. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
14. The London Gazette: no. 28020. p. 3191. 10 May 1907. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
15. Obituary - Sir Brooke Boothby, The Times, London, 23 January 1913, p.9
16. The London Gazette: no. 28074. p. 7295. 1 November 1907. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
17. The London Gazette: no. 28225. p. 1306. 19 February 1909. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
18. The London Gazette: no. 31361. p. 6508. 27 May 1919 (appointment effective 11 October 1918). Retrieved 10 June 2012.
19. The London Gazette: no. 32789. p. 523. 23 February 1923. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
20. The London Gazette: no. 33379. p. 2973. 27 April 1928. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
21. The London Gazette: no. 33638. p. 5295. 26 August 1930. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
22. The London Gazette: no. 34019. p. 676. 30 January 1934. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
23. Sir Joseph Addison, The Times, London, 21 December 1936, page 12
24. The London Gazette: no. 41440. p. 4299. 8 July 1958. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
25. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Chile, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 18 July 2013

External links

• UK and Chile, gov.uk