List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Guinea

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Guinea is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Guinea, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Conakry.

The Republic of Guinea (formerly known as French Guinea) declared its independence from France on 2 October 1958, and the then UK ambassador to Liberia, Guy Clarke, was also accredited to Guinea in 1959 until the first resident ambassador arrived in 1960. In 1965 the mission was briefly combined with Mali before a break in diplomatic relations; when relations were resumed in 1970 the mission was combined with Senegal until 2000 and with Sierra Leone until 2003.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors

1959–1960: Guy Clarke^[1] (non-resident)
1960–1962: Donald Logan^[2]
1962–1965: Hilary William King^[3]
1965: John Waterfield^[4] (non-resident)
1965–1970: Diplomatic relations severed over Rhodesia
1970–1971: John Tahourdin (non-resident)
1971–1973: Ivor Porter (non-resident)
1973–1976: Denzil Dunnett (non-resident)
1976–1979: John Powell-Jones (non-resident)
1979–1982: William Squire (non-resident)
1982–1985: Laurence O'Keeffe (non-resident)
1985–1990: John Macrae (non-resident)
1990–1993: Roger Beetham (non-resident)
1993–1997: Alan Furness (non-resident)
1997–2000: David Snoxell (non-resident)
2000–2003: Alan Jones (non-resident)
2003–2004: Helen Horn^[5]
2004–2008: John McManus^[6]
2008–2011: Ian Felton^[7]
2011–2015: Graham Styles^[8]
2015: Ian Richards (chargé d'affaires)^[9]
2015-2019 Catherine Inglehearn^[10]
2019–2022: David McIlroy^[11]
2023–present^[update]: John Marshall^[12]

References

^ "No. 41803". The London Gazette. 28 August 1959. p. 5432.
^ "No. 42185". The London Gazette. 4 November 1960. p. 7461.
^ "No. 42862". The London Gazette. 18 December 1962. p. 9907.
^ "No. 43803". The London Gazette. 29 October 1965. p. 10076.
^ Change of Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 31 July 2003 (via nationalarchives.gov.uk)
^ Change of Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 19 November 2004 (via nationalarchives.gov.uk)
^ Ian Felton, gov.uk
^ Graham Styles, gov.uk
^ Ian Richards, British Chargé d’Affaires to Guinea, gov.uk
^ "Catherine Inglehearn". gov.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Guinea in June 2019". Gov.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "John Marshall appointed new UK Ambassador to Guinea". Mirage News. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.