List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Philippines explained

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (fil|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

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

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
George Thome Ricketts	1866	1875		John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli
	1876	1877
Roderick Donald MacKenzie	1877	1895		Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
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				[5]
Alfred Ernest Wileman	1909	1914				[6]
	1915	1919		H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin
Thomas Joseph Harrington	1920	1935				[7]
Arthur Powlett Blunt	1935	1937		Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain
William Turner	1937	1941		Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill		[8]
Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945
Francis McDermot	1945	1946		Winston Churchill Clement Attlee

Ministers

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

Ambassadors

Head of mission	Tenure  begins	Tenure  ends	British monarch	British prime minister	Philippine president	Note(s)
Sir Frank Gibbs	1954	1955	Elizabeth II		Ramon Magsaysay
	1955	1959		Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan
	1959	1963		Harold Macmillan
	1963	1970
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
	1985	1987
Keith MacInnes	1987	1992
	1992	1995		John Major	Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada
	1995	1998
	1998	2002
Paul Dimond	2002	2004			Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
	2004	2009		Tony Blair Gordon Brown
	2009	2013		Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May
Asif Ahmad[9]	2013	2017
Daniel Pruce[10]	2017	2021[11]		Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer
Laure Beaufils[12]	2021	present	Elizabeth II Charles III

References

Notes

External links

• British Embassy Manila

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office of Protocol: Foreign Embassies. Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines). 16 June 2021.
2. Web site: Senior staff and salary data, September 2019 - GOV.UK . gov.uk . . 3 March 2021 . en.
3. Web site: 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. Web site: William Joseph Kenny.
6. Web site: Alfred Ernest Wileman.
7. Web site: Philippines: Manila. 2 November 2016.
8. Web site: News Summary, Philippine Magazine: June 14 – July 13, 1937 . . August 1937 . May 30, 2021.
9. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majesty-s-ambassador-to-the-philippines Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Philippines
10. Web site: President Duterte welcomes new ambassadors . Press release . 13 September 2017 . Presidential Communications Operations Office . Manila.
11. Web site: UK envoy bids PH goodbye: "Malaking karangalan para sa akin". 13 August 2021. 29 August 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer. Valenzuela, Nikka G. . Manila.
12. Web site: UK names new ambassador to PH. 2 April 2021. 16 August 2021. CNN Philippines. Manila. 16 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816121036/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/4/2/Laure-Beaufils-new-UK-ambassador-to-PH.html. dead.