List of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Venezuela
Encyclopedia
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Venezuela is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in Venezuela
, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Venezuela. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Venezuela.
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 Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, 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 Venezuela. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Venezuela.
List of heads of mission
- 1825–1835: Sir Robert Ker PorterRobert Ker PorterRobert Ker Porter , noted artist, author, diplomat and traveler. Known today for his accounts of his travels in Spain, Portugal and Russia, he also served as the British consul in Venezuela...
, Consul at Caracas - 1835–1841: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General
- 1841–1843: Sir Daniel Florence O'Leary, Acting Consul General
- February 1858: Sir Philip Edmund Wodehouse, Special Mission to Caracas
Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Venezuela
- 1842–1858: Belford Hinton Wilson
- 1858–1864: Frederic Doveton Orme
- 1864–1865: Hon. Richard Edwardes
Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela
- 1865–1869: George Fagan
- 1869–1873: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton
Minister Resident and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela
- 1873–1878: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton
Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela
- 1878–1881: Robert Bunch
- 1881–1884: Charles Edward Mansfield
Minister Resident to the Republic of Venezuela
- 1884–1888: Frederick Robert St John
- 1897–1902: William Henry Doveton Haggard
- 1902–1903: Henry George Outram Bax-Ironside
- 1908–1911: Sir Vincent Edwin Henry Corbett
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Venezuela
- 1913–: Frederic Dundas Harford
- 1923–1925: Andrew Percy Bennett
- 1925–1926: 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...
- 1926–1932: William Edmund O'Reilly
- 1932–1936: Edward Allis Keeling
- 1936–1939: Sir Ernest Frederick Gye
- 1939–1944: Donald St Clair Gainer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Venezuela
- 1944–1948: Sir George Arthur Drostan Ogilvie-Forbes
- 1948–1951: Sir John Hall MagowanJohn Hall MagowanSir John Hall Magowan, was a British diplomat. Raised in Mountnorris, Co. Armagh, he was educated at the Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin...
- 1951–1955: Sir Robert William Urquhart
- 1955–1961: John Walker
- 1961–1964: Sir Douglas Laird Busk
- 1964–1969: Anthony Handley Lincoln
- 1969–1973: Sir Donald Charles Hopson
- 1973–1975: Sir Alexander Lees Mayall
- 1975–1979: John Lang Taylor
- 1979–1982: Reginald Louis Secondé
- 1982–1985: Sir Hugh Carless, CMG
- 1985–1988: Michael Newington, CMG
- 1988–1994: Giles Eden FitzHerbert, CMG
- 1994–1997: John Gerrard FlynnJohn Gerrard FlynnJohn Gerrard Flynn, Esq, CMG is a former British Foreign Office diplomat.He joined the Foreign Office in 1965 and was sent to Lusaka the following year.He also served in the following positions:* Assistant Director, Canning House...
, CMG - 1997–2000: Richard D. Wilkinson, CVO
- 2000–2003: Dr. John E. HughesJohn Hughes (British diplomat)Dr. Edgar John Hughes is a British diplomat, the former British Ambassador to Argentina.Born in South Wales, Hughes went to the London School of Economics...
- 2003–2006: Donald Alexander Lamont
- 2006–2007: Susan Jane Breeze, Chargé d'Affaires from Dec-2006 until Jan-2007
- 2007–2010: Catherine Jane Royle
- 2010–Present: Catherine Elizabeth Nettleton, OBE