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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Philippines

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Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines
Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas
British diplomatic flag
since August 2021
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila
StyleHer Excellency
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Seat120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634[1]
AppointerThe Crown
on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder
  • John William Perry Farren[a]
  • Linton Foulds[b]
  • Frank Gibbs[c]
Formation
  • July 7, 1844[d]
  • October 30, 1946[e]
Salary£90,000-£95,000[2]
WebsiteBritish Embassy Manila

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.

The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as a non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau.[3]

The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954.

List of heads of mission

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Consuls and consuls-general during the Spanish and American colonial periods

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Head of mission  Tenure 
begins
 Tenure 
ends
 British monarch   British prime minister   Accredited during the Government of   Note(s) 
John William Perry Farren  1844  1864 Robert Peel
John Russell
Edward Smith-Stanley
George Hamilton-Gordon
Henry John Temple
Edward Smith-Stanley
Henry John Temple
Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre
Narciso Clavería
Antonio María Blanco
Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo
Ramón Montero
Manuel Pavía
Ramón Montero
Manuel Crespo
Ramón Montero
Fernándo Norzagaray
Ramón María Solano
Juan Herrera Dávila
José Lemery
Salvador Valdés
Rafaél de Echagüe
George Thome Ricketts  1866  1875 John Russell
Edward Smith-Stanley
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Benjamin Disraeli
Joaquín del Solar
Juan de Lara
José Laureano de Sanz
Juan Antonio Osorio
Joaquín del Solar
José de la Gándara
Manuel Maldonado
Carlos María de la Torre
Rafael Izquierdo
Manuel MacCrohon
Juan Alaminos
Manuel Blanco Valderrama
José Malcampo y Monje
William Gifford Palgrave  1876  1877
Roderick Donald MacKenzie  1877  1895 Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
William Ewart Gladstone
Archibald Primrose
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Manuel Blanco Valderrama
Domingo Moriones y Murillo
Rafael Rodríguez Arias
Fernando Primo de Rivera
Emilio Molíns
Joaquín Jovellar
Emilio Molíns
Emilio Terrero
Antonio Moltó
Federico Lobatón
Valeriano Weyler
Eulogio Despujol
Federico Ochando
Ramón Blanco
Edward Henry Rawson-Walker  1895  1898 Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain.[4]
William Joseph Kenny  1903  1908 Arthur Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
[5]
Alfred Ernest Wileman  1909  1914 [6]
Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith [de]  1915  1919 H. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Francis Burton Harrison
Charles Yeater
Leonard Wood
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Henry L. Stimson
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Dwight F. Davis
George C. Butte
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Frank Murphy
Thomas Joseph Harrington  1920  1935 [7]
Arthur Powlett Blunt  1935  1937 Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
William Turner  1937  1941 Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)
[8]
Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945
Francis McDermot  1945  1946
George VI
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)

Ministers

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Head of mission  Tenure 
begins
 Tenure 
ends
 British monarch  British prime minister  Philippine president 
Linton Foulds  1946  1951 Clement Attlee
Sir Frank Gibbs  1951  1954 Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill

Ambassadors

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Head of mission  Tenure 
begins
 Tenure 
ends
 British monarch   British prime minister   Philippine president   Note(s) 
Sir Frank Gibbs  1954  1955 Elizabeth II Winston Churchill Ramon Magsaysay
Sir George Clutton  1955  1959 Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Sir John Arthur Pilcher  1959  1963 Harold Macmillan
Sir John Addis[9]  1963  1970 Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Sir John Curle  1970  1972 Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Ferdinand Marcos
James Turpin  1972  1976
Sir William Bentley  1976  1981 Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
Michael Morgan  1981  1985 Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Robin McLaren  1985  1987
Ferdinand Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Keith MacInnes  1987  1992
Corazon Aquino
Alan Montgomery  1992  1995 John Major Fidel V. Ramos
Adrian Thorpe  1995  1998
Alan Collins  1998  2002 Tony Blair
Paul Dimond  2002  2004 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Peter Beckingham  2004  2009 Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Stephen Lillie  2009  2013 Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Theresa May
Asif Ahmad[10]  2013  2017
Daniel Pruce[11]  2017  2021[12] Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer
Rodrigo Duterte
Bongbong Marcos
Laure Beaufils[13]  2021 present Elizabeth II
Charles III

References

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  1. ^ "Office of Protocol: Foreign Embassies". Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Senior staff and salary data, September 2019 - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Palau and the UK". gov.uk.
  4. ^ Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War - Page 175 Donald H. Dyal, Brian B. Carpenter, Mark A. Thomas - 1996 "After Rawson-Walker's sickness and death, Belgian consul Edouard André carried on the diplomatic exchanges between Dewey, General Wesley Merritt,* and Jaudenes. Through these diplomatic exchanges, early in August Jaudenes began to ..."
  5. ^ "William Joseph Kenny".
  6. ^ "Alfred Ernest Wileman".
  7. ^ "Philippines: Manila". 2 November 2016.
  8. ^ "News Summary, Philippine Magazine: June 14 – July 13, 1937". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. August 1937. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. ^ "No. 43135". The London Gazette. 18 October 1963. p. 8490.
  10. ^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 February 2013
  11. ^ "President Duterte welcomes new ambassadors". Press release. Manila: Presidential Communications Operations Office. 13 September 2017.
  12. ^ Valenzuela, Nikka G. (13 August 2021). "UK envoy bids PH goodbye: "Malaking karangalan para sa akin"". Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. ^ "UK names new ambassador to PH". Manila: CNN Philippines. 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Notes

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  1. ^ Consul general
  2. ^ Minister plenipotentiary
  3. ^ First ambassador extraordinary
  4. ^ Consulate general until 29 October 1946
  5. ^ Minister plenipotentiary and ambassador extraordinary
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