List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Colombia
Encyclopedia
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Colombia is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in Colombia
, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Colombia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Colombia.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's foremost diplomatic representative
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
in Colombia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Colombia.
Diplomats to Colombia
- 1825: John Potter Hamilton and Patrick CampbellPatrick Campbell (British Army officer)Major-General Patrick Campbell was a Scottish army officer and diplomat born in Duntroon.Patrick Campbell was born into a military family. His father was Neil Campbell , and his two older brothers were James Campbell and Neil Campbell , all of whom served in the military...
Plenipotentiaries - 1826–1829: Alexander Cockburn (diplomat) Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- 1829: James Henderson Consul general in Bogotá
- 1829–1831: William Turner Envoy Extraordinary
Diplomats to New Granada
- 1831–1838: William Turner Envoy Extraordinary until 1837; then Envoy Extraordinary and Minster Plenipotentiary
- 1838–1842: William Pitt Adams Chargé d'Affaires
- 1841–1843: Robert StewardRobert StewardRobert Steward was an English Benedictine prior of Ely, and the first dean of Ely.-Life:He is said to have been born at Wells, Norfolk, and was the eldest son of Simeon Steward and his wife Joan, daughter and heiress of Edward Besteney of Soham, Cambridgeshire. Robert became a monk at Ely, when...
Chargé d'Affaires - 1843–1854: Daniel Florence O'Leary Chargé d'Affaires
Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of Colombia
- 1866–1873: Robert Bunch
Minister Resident and Consul-General to the United States of Colombia
- 1873–1878: Robert Bunch
- 1878–1881: Charles Edward Mansfield
- 1881–1882: Augustus Henry Mounsey
- 1882–1884: James Plaister Harriss-Gastrell
- Mar – Dec 1884: Frederick Robert St John
- 1885–: William John Dickson
Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Colombia
- Jul – Nov 1898: Sir Charles Bean Euan-Smith
- 1898–1906: George Earle Welby
- 1906–1911: Francis William Stronge
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia
- 1911–1919: Percy Charles Hugh Wyndham
- 1919–1923: Lord Herbert Arthur Robert HerveyHerbert Hervey, 5th Marquess of BristolHerbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol , styled Lord Herbert Hervey from 1907 to 1951, was a British peer...
- 1923–1926: William SeedsWilliam SeedsSir William Seeds KCMG was a British diplomat. He served as Ambassador to both Russia and Brazil.-Background and education:Sir William Seeds was born in Dublin, Ireland, on the 27th June 1882, to an Ulster Protestant family. He was the only son of Lady Kaye and Robert Seeds QC, the Queen’s...
- 1926–1930: Edmund St John Debonnaire John MonsonSir Edmund Monson, 3rd BaronetSir Edmund St. John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet, K.C.M.G. was a British diplomat.Monson was the second son of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet and succeeded his elder brother to the baronetcy created in 1905 for his father...
- 1930–1936: Spencer Stuart Dickson
- 1936–: Montague Bentley Talbot Paske Smith
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Colombia
- 1945–1947: Philip Mainwaring Broadmead
- 1947–1953: Gilbert MacKerethGilbert MackerethSir Gilbert Mackereth KCMG MC was a decorated British Army officer of the First World War who subsequently served as a British diplomat, most notably as Ambassador to Colombia from 1947 to 1953....
- 1953–1956: Reginald Keith Jopson
- 1956–1960: Edgar James Joint
- 1960–1964: Alfred Stanley Fordham
- 1964–1966: Sir George Edgar Vaughan
- 1966–1970: William Hilary Young
- 1970–1973: Thomas Edward Rogers
- 1973–1977: Geoffrey Allan Crossley
- 1987–1990: Richard Alvin Neilson
- 1990–1994: Sir Keith Morris
- 1994–1998: Arthur Leycester Scott ColtmanArthur Leycester Scott ColtmanSir Arthur Leycester Scott Coltman , published as Leycester Coltman, was the British ambassador to Cuba from 3 March 1991 to 1994....
- 1998–2001: Jeremy Thorp
- 2001–2004: Sir Thomas Duggin
- 2004–2008: Haydon Warren-Gash
- 2008–present: John Dew