List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Bulgaria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Sofia.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians

1903–1908: Sir George Buchanan
1909–1911: Mansfeldt Findlay
1911–1915: Sir Henry Bax-Ironside
1915–1920: No ambassador due to First World War
1920–1921: Sir Arthur Peel
1921–1928: Sir William Erskine
1928–1929: Rowland Sperling
1929–1933: Sydney Waterlow
1933–1936: Charles Bentinck
1936–1938: Maurice Peterson
1938–1941: George Rendel
1941–1946: No ambassador due to Second World War

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Sofia

1947–1949: John Sterndale Bennett
1949–1951: Paul Mason
1951–1954: John Carvell
1954–1956: Geoffrey Furlonge
1956–1958: Richard Speaight
1958–1960: Anthony Lambert
1960–1963: Anthony Lincoln

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Sofia

1964–1966: William Harpham^[1]
1966–1970: Desmond Crawley^[2]
1970–1973: Donald Logan^[3]
1973–1976: Edwin Bolland^[4]
1976–1980: John Cloake^[5]
1980–1983: Giles Bullard^[6]
1983–1986: John Snodgrass^[7]
1986–1989: John Fawcett^[8]
1989–1994: Richard Thomas^[9]
1994–1998: Roger Short
1998–2001: Richard Stagg^[10]
2001–2003: Ian Soutar^[11]
2004–2007: Jeremy Hill^[12]
2007–2011: Steve Williams
2011–2015: Jonathan Allen^[13]
2015–August 2020: Emma Hopkins^[14]^[15]
August 2020–August 2024: Rob Dixon^[15]
From August 2024^[update]: Nathaniel Copsey^[16]

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^ "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria: Nathaniel Copsey". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.