List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Mongolia

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

Britain was the first Western country to recognise an independent Mongolia when diplomatic relations were established in January 1963 with appointment of the British Chargé d'Affaires in Peking, Mr Terence Garvey, to Ulaanbaatar as non-resident Ambassador. In 1964 Mr (later Sir) Reginald Hibbert became resident Chargé d'Affaires in Ulaanbaatar. He was succeeded by Mr Heath Mason, who was appointed as the first resident British Ambassador in 1966. In 1968 the Embassy moved to a new building on Peace Avenue where it is still located today.^[1]

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors

• 1963–1964: Terence Garvey (non-resident)^[2]
• 1964–1966: Reginald Hibbert (chargé d'affaires)
• 1966–1967: Heath Mason^[3]
• 1967–1968: Oliver Kemp^[4]
• 1969–1971: Roland Carter
• 1971–1974: John Colvin
• 1974–1977: Myles Ponsonby^[5]
• 1977–1979: Julian Hartland-Swann^[6]
• 1979–1982: Thomas Haining
• 1982–1984: James Paterson^[7]
• 1984–1987: Allan Butler^[8]
• 1987–1989: Guy Hart^[9]
• 1989–1991: David Sprague^[10]
• 1991–1993: Anthony Morey^[11]
• 1994–1997: Ian Sloane^[12]
• 1997–1999: John Durham^[13]
• 1999–2001: Kay Coombs^[14]
• 2001–2004: Philip Rouse
• 2004–2006: Richard Austen^[15]
• 2006–2008: Christopher Osborne^[16]
• 2008–2009: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt^[17]
• 2009–2011: William Dickson^[18]
• 2011–2012: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt^[19]
• 2012–2015: Christopher Stuart^[20]
• 2015–present: Catherine Arnold^[21][22]

References

1. Embassy history, British Embassy Ulaanbaatar (via UK National Archives)
2. "GARVEY, Sir Terence Willcocks". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
3. The London Gazette: no. 44148. p. 11379. 21 October 1966.
4. The London Gazette: no. 44516. p. 1355. 2 February 1968.
5. "PONSONBY, Myles Walter". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
6. "HARTLAND-SWANN, Julian Dana Nimmo". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
7. "PATERSON, James Rupert". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
8. "BUTLER, Allan Geoffrey Roy". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
9. "HART, Guy William Pulbrook". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
10. "SPRAGUE, David Keith". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
11. "MOREY, Anthony Bernard Nicholas". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
12. "SLOANE, Ian Christopher". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
13. "DURHAM, John Clive Pulbrook". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
14. "COOMBS, Kay". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
15. "AUSTEN, Richard James". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
16. "British Ambassador to Macedonia". Retrieved 2008-10-12.
17. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mongolia". Retrieved 2012-01-01.
18. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mongolia". Retrieved 2012-01-01.
19. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mongolia". Retrieved 2012-01-01.
20. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mongolia". Retrieved 2012-01-01.
21. Catherine Arnold, gov.uk
22. UK Ambassador Presents Credentials, Montsame News Agency, 16 June 2015

External links

• UK and Mongolia, gov.uk
• Previous ambassadors to Mongolia