List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Guatemala explained

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Incumbent:Nick Whittingham
Incumbentsince:September 2019
Style:His Excellency
Residence:Guatemala City
Termlength:At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation:1834
First:Frederick Chatfield
Website:https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-guatemala

The British Embassy in Guatemala City is responsible for looking after the United Kingdom's interests in the Republic of Guatemala. The official title is His Brittanic Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala.

The British ambassador to the Republic of Honduras is also resident in Guatemala City: the British embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, was closed in 2003[1] the ambassador to Guatemala is also accredited to Honduras.

Heads of mission

PeriodRepresentativeTitle
1834–1840Frederick Chatfield[2] Consul (Consul-General from 1842, Chargé d'affaires from 1849) in Central America
1842–1850
1852–1860Charles Wyke[3] Consul-General (chargé d'affaires from 1854, envoy-extraordinary from 1859) in Central America
1860–1861George FaganChargé d'affaires
1861–1866George Buckley MathewChargé d'affaires
1866–1874Edwin CorbettMinister Resident and Consul-General
1874–1881Sidney Locock[4] Minister Resident and Consul-General
1881–1884Frederick St John[5] Minister Resident and Consul-General
1884–1890James Harriss-Gastrell[6] Minister Resident and Consul-General
1890–1897Audley Gosling[7] Minister Resident
1897–1902George JennerMinister Resident
1902–1904Edward ThorntonMinister Resident and Consul-General
1904–1905Herbert HarrisonChargé d'affaires
1905–1911Sir Lionel Carden[8] Minister Resident
1911–1913Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1913–1919Alban Young[9] Minister
1920–1922Hugh GaisfordMinister
1922–1924Diplomatic relations downgraded
1924–1925William O'Reilly[10] Minister
1925–1928Archibald Clark KerrMinister
1928–1932David Rodgers[11] Chargé d'Affaires
1933–1938John Birch[12] Minister to Central America
1939–1945John Leche[13] Minister and Consul-General
1946–1947Leslie Hughes-Hallett[14] Minister
1947–1954Wilfred Gallienne[15] Minister
1954–1956Richard Allen[16] Minister
1957–1960Thomas Wikeley[17] Minister and Consul-General
1961–1962Michael Williams[18] Minister
1962–1963Ambassador
1963–1964Robert Isaacson[19] Ambassador
1965–1970Francis Trew[20] Consul
1970–1974John Weymes[21] Consul
1974–1977William McQuillan[22] Counsellor and HM Consul
1978–1981Michael Wilmshurst[23] Consul
1984–1987David Handley[24] Chargé d'Affaires
1987–1991Bernard Everett[25] Ambassador
1991–1995Justin Nason[26] Ambassador
1995–1998Peter Newton[27] Ambassador
1998–2001Andrew Caie[28] Ambassador
2001–2006Richard Lavers[29] Ambassador
2006–2009Ian Hughes[30] Ambassador
2009–2012Julie Chappell[31] Ambassador
2012–2015Sarah Dickson[32] Ambassador
2015–2017Thomas Carter[33] Ambassador
2017-2019Carolyn Davidson[34] Ambassador
2019-2024Nick Whittingham[35] Ambassador
Oct 2024Juliana Correa[36] Ambassador designate

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Notes and References

  1. News: Britain closes its Honduran embassy . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924182515/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-87857736.html . dead . 24 September 2015 . Associated Press . 29 November 2003 . 2013-01-03.
  2. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/98516 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Chatfield, Frederick
  3. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30126 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Wyke, Sir Charles Lennox
  4. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24106/pages/3095 The London Gazette, 19 June 1874
  5. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24943/pages/920 The London Gazette, 1 March 1881
  6. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25342/pages/1713 The London Gazette, 15 April 1884
  7. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U186480 GOSLING, Sir Audley Charles
  8. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U184455 CARDEN, Sir Lionel Edward Gresley
  9. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U233816 YOUNG, Sir (Charles) Alban
  10. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U214992 O’REILLY, William Edmund
  11. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U159080 RODGERS, David John
  12. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U222650 BIRCH, John Henry Stopford
  13. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U23971 LECHE, Sir John Hurleston
  14. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U57290 HUGHES-HALLETT, Leslie Charles
  15. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U237517 GALLIENNE, Wilfred Hansford
  16. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U176510 ALLEN, Sir Richard (Hugh Sedley)
  17. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U170396 WIKELEY, Thomas
  18. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U170458 WILLIAMS, Sir Michael (Sanigear)
  19. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U156028 ISAACSON, Sir Robert
  20. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U38035 TREW, Francis Sidney Edward
  21. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U39443 WEYMES, John Barnard
  22. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U26208 McQUILLAN, William Rodger
  23. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U40169 WILMSHURST, Michael Joseph
  24. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U18896 HANDLEY, David Thomas
  25. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U15286 EVERETT, Bernard Jonathan
  26. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U29205 NASON, Justin Patrick Pearse
  27. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U29440 NEWTON, Peter Marcus
  28. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U9842 CAIE, Andrew John Forbes
  29. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U23914 LAVERS, Richard Douglas
  30. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U41457 HUGHES, Ian Noel
  31. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U249633 CHAPPELL, Julie Louise Jo
  32. Web site: Our Ambassador . 2012-02-17 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009014236/http://ukinguatemala.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/ . 9 October 2012 . – UK in Guatemala and Honduras
  33. http://www.gov.uk/government/people/thomas-carter Thomas Carter
  34. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/carolyn-davidson Carolyn Davidson
  35. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/nick-whittingham Nick Whittingham
  36. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-his-majestys-ambassador-to-guatemala-and-non-resident-ambassador-to-the-republic-of-honduras-juliana-correa Juliana Correa

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