List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Uruguay
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Uruguay is in charge 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
- 1851-1853: Hon. Frederick Bruce Chargé d'Affaires[3]
- 1853-1854: George John Robert Gordon Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General[4]
- 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[5]
- 1879-1884: Hon. Edmund Monson[6]
- 1884-1888: William Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888). In 1884 he was appointed Minister Resident and Consul-General to Uruguay, where he served until his death in 1888
- 1888: Charles John Ayre, buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo
- unknow: Allan McDonald, Consul to HM Government at Montevideo, buried at The British Cemetery, Montevideo
- 1897: E Thornton, Chargé d'Affaires
- 1903: Walter Baring - British Minister & Consul General at Montevideo
- 1903: Herbert A R Harvey - British Consul at Montevideo
Ambassadors to Uruguay
- 1949–1953: Sir Douglas Howard
- 1955 November 12: Reginald Keith Jopson [7]
- 1961: Sir Malcolm Sibourne Henderson [8]
- 1961–1966: Henry Norman Brain[9]
- 1966–1969: Sir Keith Unwin[10]
- 1969–1972: Geoffrey Jackson
- 1971–1972: James Hennessy[10] (Chargé d'Affaires)
- 1972–1977: Peter Oliver[10]
- 1977–1980: William Peters[10]
- 1980–1983: Patricia Hutchinson
- 1983–1986: Charles Wallace[10]
- 1986–1989: Eric Vines
- 1989–1991: Colum John Sharkey
- 1991–1994: Donald Lamont [11]
- 1995–1998: Robert Hendrie
- 1998–2001: Andrew Murray
- 2001–2005: John Everard
- 2005–2008: Hugh Salvesen
- 2008–present: Patrick Mullee
References
- ^ a b c J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
- ^ thepeerage.com
- ^ 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) [1], accessed 21 Dec 2008.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 21484. p. 2735. 11 October 1853. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
- ^ [2]
- ^ Bernard Sasso, ‘Monson, Sir Edmund John, first baronet (1834–1909)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [3], accessed 24 Sept 2010
- ^ The Diplomatic service list, 1976
- ^ The Statesman's Year-book
- ^ "BRAIN, Sir (Henry) Norman". Who Was Who. A & C Black. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U8517. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Previous Ambassadors to Uruguay". http://ukinuruguay.fco.gov.uk/en/our-office-in-uruguay/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ Biographies of Conference Directors and Chief Executive
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