List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia
Encyclopedia
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in Saudi Arabia
, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Saudi Arabia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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 Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, 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 Saudi Arabia. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia
- May 1930 Sir Andrew Ryan
- 1955: Sir Harold BeeleyHarold BeeleySir Harold Beeley KCMG, CBE was a British diplomat, historian, and Arabist. He began his career as a historian and lecturer, but then entered the diplomatic field after World War II, and served in a variety of posts and ambassadorships related to the Middle East...
- 1955–1956: Sir Roderick ParkesRoderick ParkesSir Roderick Parkes, KCMG, OBE, was a British diplomat and colonial administrator.After entering the Indian Civil Service in 1932, he served in the Punjab until 1935...
- 1968: Sir Horace PhillipsHorace Phillips (diplomat)Sir Horace Phillips, KCMG was a British diplomat.After seven years in the Army in the second World War, he served in a number of postings in East Africa, the Middle East, and Indonesia from 1947 though 1977, the year he retired...
(rejected by Saudi government) - 1968–1972: Sir Willie MorrisWillie Morris (diplomat)Sir Willie Morris KCMG was a British diplomat from Yorkshire. He joined the Foreign Office in 1947 and retired in 1979. He spent most of his career in the Middle East, and served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Saudi Arabia , Ethiopia and Egypt...
- 1972–1976: Sir Alan Rothnie
- 1976–1979: Sir John WiltonJohn Wilton (British diplomat)Sir Arthur John Wilton KCMG KCVO MC , known as John Wilton, was a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Kuwait and to Saudi Arabia ....
- 1979–1984: Sir James Craig
- 1984–1986: Sir Patrick WrightPatrick Wright, Baron Wright of RichmondPatrick Richard Henry Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond GCMG is a retired British diplomat and former Head of HM Diplomatic Service.-Background:Patrick Wright, the son of Herbert and Rachel Wright, was educated at Marlborough College...
- 1986–1989: Sir Stephen EgertonStephen Egerton (diplomat)Sir Stephen Loftus Egerton KCMG was a British diplomat.Egerton was born in Indore, India, returning to England aged 11 to be educated at Eton College...
- 1989–1993: Sir Alan Munro
- 1993–1996: Sir David Gore-BoothDavid Gore-BoothSir David Alwyn Gore-Booth, KCMG, KCVO was a British diplomat.-Family and education:Twin son of late Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth, GCMG, KCVO...
- 1996–2000: Sir Andrew Green
- 2000–2003: Sir Derek PlumblyDerek PlumblySir Derek Plumbly KCMG is a British diplomat who has served throughout the Arab world.-Early life:Plumbly was born in New Forest and studied politics and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford...
- 2003–2006: Sir Sherard Cowper-ColesSherard Cowper-ColesSir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO is a British diplomat. From 2009 to 2010 the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, he is now BAE Systems' international business development director, focusing on the Middle East and south-east Asia...
- 2006–2010: Sir William PateyWilliam PateySir William Charters Patey KCMG is the British Ambassador to Afghanistan. Patey previously served as Ambassador to Sudan, Ambassador to Iraq and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.-Early life:...
- 2010– Sir Tom Phillips