List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to South Korea
Encyclopedia
The British Ambassador to South Korea is in charge of the United Kingdom
's diplomatic mission
to South Korea
. The official title is "Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (ROK).
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 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...
to South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. The official title is "Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Korea" (ROK).
Consul-General to Korea
- William George AstonWilliam George AstonWilliam George Aston was a British diplomat, author and scholar-expert in the language and history of Japan and Korea.-Early life:...
, 1884–1885. - Sir Walter HillierWalter HillierSir Walter Caine Hillier KCMG CB was a British diplomat, academic, author, Sinologist and lProfessor of Chinese at King’s College London.-Early life:...
, 1889–1896
Ministers to Korea
- Sir Harry Smith ParkesHarry Smith ParkesSir Harry Smith Parkes was a 19th century British diplomat who worked mainly in China and Japan...
, 1884 - Sir John Walsham, 2nd Baronet, 1885
- Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor, 1892
- Sir Claude MacDonald, 1896
- Sir John Newell Jordan, 1898
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary in Korea
- Hubert Evans
Ambassadors to South Korea
- Hubert Evans, 1957
- Sir Walter Godfrey, 1961–1966.
- Sir Nigel Trench, 7th Baron AshtownNigel Trench, 7th Baron AshtownNigel Clive Cosby Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, KCMG was a British diplomat.Trench was the son of son of Clive Newcome Trench and Kathleen Maud Marion McIvor. He was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge...
, 1969–1971 - Sir Jeffrey C. Petersen, 1971-1974.
- Sir Thomas Harris, 1993-1998.
- Warwick Morris, 2003–2008
- Martin UdenMartin UdenMartin Uden is a British diplomat.Uden is the current British ambassador to South Korea. Ambassador Martin Uden has been serving in Seoul since February 2008. Previous diplomatic postings in Korea were as the British embassy's Second Secretary , and as Political councillor .-Notes:...
, 2008–present
See also
- United Kingdom-Korea Treaty of 1883United Kingdom-Korea Treaty of 1883The United Kingdom-Korea Treaty of 1883 was negotiated between representatives of the United Kingdom and Korea.-Background:In 1876, Korea established a trade treaty with Japan after Japanese ships approached Ganghwado and threatened to fire on the Korean capital city...
- List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
- List of diplomatic missions in South Korea
- List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to North Korea