List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Argentina
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Argentina is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Argentina, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Argentine Republic.
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Heads of Mission
Ministers Plenipotentiary
- 1824–1826: Woodbine Parish, Consul-General and Plenipotentiary; Chargé d'Affaires from 1825[1]
- 1826–1828: John, Lord Ponsonby, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.[1][2]
- 1828–1830: Woodbine Parish, Chargé d'Affaires[1]
- 1830–1832: Stephen Henry Fox.[1][2]
- 1832–1834: Philip Yorke Gore, legation secretary was Chargé d'Affaires[1]
- 1834–1836: Hamilton Charles James Hamilton[1][2]
- 1835–1844: William Henry Mandeville[1][2]
- 1844–1845: William Gore Ouseley[1][2]
- 1845–1847: Relations suspended
- 1847 (May–June): John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden[1]
- 1847–1848: Relations suspended
- 1848–1851: Henry Southern (diplomat)[1][2]
- 1851–1852: Captain Robert Gore Chargé d'Affaires[1]
- 1859–1864: Edward Thornton (diplomat)
- 1864–1867: George Buckley Mathew
- 1868–1872: Hon. William Stuart
- 1872–1878: Lionel Sackville-West
- 1878–1879: Clare Ford
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic
- 1879–1881: Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet
- 1881–1884: George Glynn Petre[3]
- 1884–1885: Hon. Edmund Monson[4][5][6]
- 1885–1896: Hon. Francis Pakenham[7]
- 1896–1902: William Barrington[8]
- 1902–1906: William Haggard
- 1906–1910: Walter Beaupré Townley
- 1910–1919: Sir Reginald Tower
- 1919–1922: Ronald Macleay
- 1923–1925: Sir Beilby Alston
Ambassadors (from 1927)
- 1925–1929: Sir Malcolm Robertson
- 1930–1933: Sir Ronald Macleay
- 1933–1935: Sir Henry Chilton
- 1935–1937: Sir Nevile Henderson (also to Paraguay)
- 1937–1942: Sir Esmond Ovey[9]
- 1942–1946: David Victor Kelly (withdrawn for consultations 8 July 1944 – 25 April 1945)
- 1946–1948: Sir Reginald Leeper
- 1948–1952: Sir John Balfour
- 1951–1955: Sir Henry Mack
- 1955–1957: Sir Francis Evans
- 1957–1961: Sir John Ward
- 1961–1964: Sir George Middleton
- 1964–1969: Sir Michael Creswell
- 1969–1972: Sir Michael Hadow
- 1973–1975: Sir Donald Hopson
- 1975–1977: Sir Derrick Ashe
- 1980–1982: Anthony Williams
From 1982–1992, following the Falklands War, there were no diplomatic relations between the UK and Argentina. There was no Ambassador, but the embassy building remained open, as the British Interest Section of the Swiss Embassy, rather than as the British Embassy. The Argentine Embassy in London came under the Brazilian flag during the same period. Diplomatic relations were restored in 1990.
- 1990–1993: Humphrey Maud[10]
- 1994–1997: Sir Peter Hall
- 1997–2000: William Marsden
- 2000–2004: Robin Christopher[11]
- 2004–2008: John Hughes
- 2008–2012: Shan Morgan
- 2012–present: John Freeman[12]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith and C. K. Webster, British Diplomatic Representatives 1789-1852 (Camden 3rd Series, 50, 1934).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24965. p. 2000. 26 April 1881. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25312. p. 378. 25 January 1884. Retrieved 24 Sept 2010.
- ↑ Bernard Sasso, ‘Monson, Sir Edmund John, first baronet (1834–1909)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [1], accessed 24 Sept 2010
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25430. p. 4. 6 January 1885. Retrieved 24 Sept 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25441. p. 628. 13 February 1885.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26714. p. 1037. 21 February 1896. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ↑ de:Esmond Ovey
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- ↑ Dr John Freeman – British Ambassador to Argentina, www.gov.uk
