List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to South Africa
Encyclopedia
This is a list of British
High Commissioners
to South Africa
. From 1961 to 1990 South Africa was not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations
and the British head of mission was an ambassador
.
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...
High Commissioners
High Commissioner (Commonwealth)
In the Commonwealth of Nations, a High Commissioner is the senior diplomat in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.-History:...
to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. From 1961 to 1990 South Africa was not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
and the British head of mission was an ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
.
High Commissioners
- Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount MilnerAlfred Milner, 1st Viscount MilnerAlfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner KG, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played an influential leadership role in the formulation of foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s...
(1897 - 1905) - William Palmer, 2nd Earl of SelborneWilliam Palmer, 2nd Earl of SelborneWilliam Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG, GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Wolmer between 1882 and 1895, was a British politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...
(1905 - 1909) - Sir Walter Hely-HutchinsonWalter Hely-HutchinsonSir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson GCMG was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and colonial administrator.-Biography:He was the son of Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore, He attended the University of Cambridge....
(1909) - Sir Murray AndersonDavid Murray AndersonAdmiral Sir David Murray Anderson KCB, KCMG, MVO was a naval officer and governor. Anderson served in the Royal Navy from the age of 13 and served in many Colonial wars and was given various Empire postings, rising to the rank of Admiral in 1931...
(1928) - Sir Herbert StanleyHerbert StanleySir Herbert James Stanley, GCMG was a leading British administrator, who served at different times as Governor of Northern Rhodesia, Ceylon and Southern Rhodesia....
(from April 1931) - William Henry ClarkWilliam Henry ClarkSir William Henry Clark, GCMG, KCSI was a British civil servant and diplomat.-Diplomatic career:Clark was the first British High Commissioner to Canada from 1928 until 1934, during which time he acquired and lived in Earnscliffe manor, the former home of the first prime minister of Canada, Sir...
(from January 1935 - December 1939) - Sir Edward HardingEdward John HardingSir Edward John Harding GCMG, KCB, MA was a prominent British civil servant and diplomat and former High Commissioner to South Africa.-Early life:...
(from January 1940 - April 1941) - William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron HarlechWilliam Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron HarlechWilliam George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech KG, GCMG, PC , known as William Ormsby-Gore until 1938, was a British Conservative politician and banker.-Background:...
(from May 1941 - September 1944) - Evelyn BaringEvelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of GlendaleEvelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, KG, GCMG, KCVO was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944 and Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959....
(from October 1944) - John Le Rougetel (from September 1951)
- Percivale Liesching (from March 1955)
- Sir John Maud (later Lord Redcliffe-Maud) (from January 1959 to 1961)
Ambassadors
- Sir John Maud (later Lord Redcliffe-Maud) (from 1961 to 1963)
- Sir Hugh Stephenson (1963 - 1966)
- John Walter Nicholls (1966 - 1969)
- Sir Arthur SnellingArthur SnellingSir Arthur Wendell Snelling was a senior British civil servant and diplomat.He was educated at Ackworth School, Yorkshire, and University College, London....
(1970 - 1973) - Sir James Bottomley (1973 - 1976)
- Sir David ScottDavid Aubrey ScottSir David Aubrey Scott GCMG was a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to New Zealand and Ambassador to South Africa.-Early life:...
(1976-1979) - Sir John Leahy (1979-1982)
- Sir Ewen FergussonEwen FergussonSir Ewen Alastair John Fergusson, GCMG, GCVO is a British diplomat.The son of Sir Ewen MacGregor Field Fergusson and Winifred Evelyn Fergusson, he was educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford. He played rugby for Oxford University and for , gaining 5 caps...
(1982-1984) - Sir Patrick Moberly (1984-1987)
- Sir Robin Renwick (1987-1991)
High Commissioners (since 1990)
- Sir Anthony Reeve (1991 - 1996)
- Dame Maeve FortMaeve FortDame Maeve Geraldine Fort DCMG DCVO was a British diplomat. During her posting as the United Kingdom's High Commissioner in South Africa from 1996–2000, she was the highest ranking female diplomat in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.-Early life:Born on 19 November 1940 in Liverpool, Maeve...
(1996 - 2000) - Dame Ann Grant (2000 - 2005)
- Paul BoatengPaul BoatengPaul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury...
(2005 - 2009) - Dr. Dame Nicola BrewerNicola BrewerDame Nicola Mary Brewer DCMG is a British diplomat, currently serving as the British High Commissioner to South Africa.Nicola Brewer joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1983, and has worked overseas in India, France and Mexico...
DCMG (2009 - )