List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Estonia

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

The United Kingdom first recognised Estonian independence during the Russian Civil War, and the two countries exchanged envoys for over twenty years. The United Kingdom refused to recognise the Soviet Union's unilateral annexation of Estonia in 1940, but the de facto non-independence caused the UK to close its mission and sever diplomatic ties with Estonia as a result. In 1991, upon restoration of de facto independence, the United Kingdom reestablished diplomatic links with Estonia, and the two countries resumed their exchange of ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

The following were accredited to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania:

• 1919-1923: Ernest Wilton
• 1923-1927: ?
• 1927-1931: Joseph Addison^[1]
• 1931-1934: Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen (based in Riga, Latvia).
• 1935-1937: Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet.^[2]
• 1937-1940: Charles William Orde^[3]

Ambassadors to Estonia

• Brian Buik Low (1991–1994)
• Charles Richard Lucien de Chassiron (1994–1997)
• Timothy James Craddock (1997–2000)
• Sarah Squire (2000–2003)
• Nigel Robert Haywood (2003–2007)
• Peter Leslie Carter (2007 - )

External links

• British Embassy in Estonia

References