List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Lebanon
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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Lebanon is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Lebanese Republic, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Lebanon.
Ambassadors to Lebanon
- 1941–1942: Major G. Sir Edward Louis Spears
- 1942–1947: Sir Terence Allen ShoneTerence ShoneSir Terence Allen Shone KCMG was a British diplomat who served as the United Kingdom's Minister to Syria and Lebanon from 1944, High Commissioner to India from 1946 and representative to the United Nations Security Council from 1949. He was educated at Winchester College and University College,...
- 1947–1951: Sir William Evelyn Houstoun-Boswall
- 1951–1956: Edwin Arthur Chapman-Andrews
- 1956–1958: Sir George MiddletonGeorge Humphrey MiddletonSir George Humphrey Middleton was a British diplomat. He served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Lebanon , Argentina and Egypt . He was also Chief Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Residency and Chargé d'affaires in Iran during the Abadan Crisis.-References:GeneralSpecific...
- 1958–1963: Sir Ponsonby Moore Crosthwaite
- 1963–1967: Sir Derek Martin Hurry Riches
- 1967–1970: Cecil Edward King
- 1970–1971: Alan John Edden
- 1971–1975: Paul Herve Giraud Wright
- 1975–1978: Peter WakefieldPeter Wakefield (diplomat)Sir Peter George Arthur Wakefield CMG KBE was a British diplomat and art fund director. He served as a diplomat in Amman, Nicosia, Cairo, Vienna, Tokyo and Benghazi and as the United Kingdom's Ambassador in Lebanon and Belgium...
- 1978–1981: Benjamin Strachan
- 1981–1983: Sir David Roberts
- 1983–1985: Sir David Miers
- 1985–1988: Sir John Walton David GrayJohn Gray (diplomat)Sir John Walton David Gray KBE CMG , was a senior British diplomat.In 1987, as the British ambassador to Beirut, Gray unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade Terry Waite from re-entering Beirut without proper protection, with the result that Waite was kidnapped and held for nearly five years.-Early...
- 1988–1990: Sir Allan John Ramsay
- 1990–1992: David Everard Tatham
- 1992–1996: Maeve Geraldine Fort
- 1996–2000: David Ross MacLennan
- 2000–2003: Richard Kinchen
- 2003–2006: James Wilfrid Watt
- 2006–2011: Frances Guy
- 2011–present:Thomas FletcherThomas FletcherThomas Fletcher was a minor English poet and priest of the Church of England. He was born in Avington, Hampshire, received his B.A., M.A., and D.D. from New College, Oxford. He received the doctorate in 1707. He was the parish priest for Fairfield Somerset in 1694 and moved on to be the...