List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Gambia

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

Until October 2013 The Gambia was a member of the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom representative was a High Commissioner. On 2 October 2013 the Gambian government announced that the country was to withdraw from the Commonwealth.^[1] On 20 November the British High Commission formally became the British Embassy and the British High Commissioner became the British Ambassador.^[2]

List of heads of mission

High Commissioners

• 1965–1967: George Crombie^[3]
• 1968–1971: Granville Ramage^[4]
• 1972–1975: James Roland Walter Parker^[5]
• 1975–1979: Martin Rogers^[6]
• 1979–1981: Eric Smith^[7]
• 1981–1984: David Francis Battye Le Breton^[8]
• 1984–1987: John Garner^[9]
• 1988–1990: Alec Ibbott^[10]
• 1991–1993: Alan Pover^[11]
• 1994–1995: Michael Hardie^[12]
• 1995–1998: John Wilde^[13]
• 1998–2000: Tony Millson^[14]
• 2000–2002: John Perrott^[14]
• 2002–2006: Eric Jenkinson^[14]
• 2006–2011: Philip Sinkinson^[15]
• 2011–2013: David Morley^[16]

Ambassadors

• 2013–2014: David Morley^[17]
• 2014–present: Colin Crorkin^[18]

References

1. The Gambia to withdraw from Commonwealth, BBC News, 3 October 2013
2. British High Commission Banjul becomes British Embassy, British Embassy Banjul, 20 November 2013
3. "CROMBIE, George Edmond". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
4. "RAMAGE, (James) Granville (William)". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
5. "PARKER, James Roland Walter". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
6. "ROGERS, Martin Hartley Guy". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
7. "SMITH, Eric Norman". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
8. "LE BRETON, David Francis Battye". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
9. "GARNER, John Donald". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
10. "IBBOTT, Alec". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
11. "POVER, Alan John". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
12. "HARDIE, Michael John". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
13. "WILDE, John". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
14. "Ambassadors". Hansard. 1 Sep 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
15. "SINKINSON, Philip Andrew". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
16. "Our High Commissioner". Retrieved 2013-01-07.
17. "Mr David Morley". gov.uk.
18. "Colin Crorkin MBE". gov.uk.

External links

• UK and Gambia, gov.uk