List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Venezuela is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to Venezuela, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Venezuela. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

List of heads of mission

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1825–1835: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Consul at Caracas
1835–1841: Sir Robert Ker Porter, Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General
1841–1843: Sir Daniel Florence O'Leary, Acting Consul General
February 1858: Sir Philip Edmund Wodehouse, Special Mission to Caracas

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Venezuela

1842–1858: Belford Hinton Wilson^[1]
1858–1864: Frederic Doveton Orme^[2]
1864–1865: Hon. Richard Edwardes^[3]

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela

1865–1869: George Fagan^[4]
1869–1873: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton^[5]

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela

1873–1878: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton^[6]

Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela

1878–1881: Robert Bunch^[7]
1881–1884: Charles Edward Mansfield^[8]

Minister Resident to the Republic of Venezuela

1884–1887: Frederick Robert St John^[9]
1887–1897: Diplomatic relations severed over Guayana Esequiba

Minister Resident at Carácas

1897–1902: William Henry Doveton Haggard^[10]
1902–1907: Henry Bax-Ironside^[11]
1908–1911: Sir Vincent Edwin Henry Corbett^[12]

Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela

1911–1913: Frederic Dundas Harford^[13]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Venezuela

1913–1916: Frederic Dundas Harford^[14]
1916–1923: Henry Beaumont ^[15]
1923–1925: Andrew Percy Bennett^[16]
1925–1926: William Seeds^[17]
1926–1932: William Edmund O'Reilly^[18]
1932–1936: Edward Allis Keeling^[19]
1936–1939: Sir Ernest Frederick Gye
1939–1944: Donald St Clair Gainer^[20]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Venezuela

1944–1948: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes^[21]
1948–1951: Sir John Magowan^[22]
1951–1955: Sir Robert Urquhart^[23]
1955–1961: John Walker^[24]
1961–1964: Sir Douglas Busk^[25]
1964–1969: Anthony Lincoln^[26]
1969–1973: Sir Donald Hopson^[27]
1973–1975: Sir Lees Mayall^[28]
1975–1979: Sir Jock Taylor^[29]
1979–1982: Reginald Secondé^[30]
1982–1985: Hugh Carless CMG
1985–1988: Michael Newington CMG
1988–1994: Giles FitzHerbert CMG
1994–1997: John Flynn CMG
1997–2000: Richard Wilkinson CVO
2000–2003: Dr John Hughes
2003–2006: Donald Lamont
2006–2007: Susan Jane Breeze, chargé d'affaires from Dec 2006 until Jan 2007
2007–2010: Catherine Royle
2010–2014: Catherine Nettleton OBE
2014–2017: John Saville
2021–2023: Becks Buckingham OBE, chargé d'affaires
2023–Present: Colin Dick MBE, chargé d’affaires ad interim ^[31]

References

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^ "No. 33897". The London Gazette. 30 December 1932. p. 8332.
^ "No. 34773". The London Gazette. 16 January 1940. p. 299.
^ "No. 36734". The London Gazette. 6 October 1944. p. 4591.
^ "No. 38474". The London Gazette. 7 December 1948. p. 6371.
^ "No. 39215". The London Gazette. 27 April 1951. p. 2388.
^ "No. 40660". The London Gazette. 20 December 1955. p. 7154.
^ "No. 42346". The London Gazette. 5 May 1961. p. 3340.
^ "No. 43373". The London Gazette. 3 July 1964. p. 5723.
^ "No. 44936". The London Gazette. 18 September 1969. p. 9531.
^ "No. 45950". The London Gazette. 10 April 1973. p. 4615.
^ "No. 46681". The London Gazette. 11 September 1975. p. 11464.
^ "No. 48055". The London Gazette. 3 January 1980. p. 64.
^ "Change of Chargé d'Affaires in British Embassy Venezuela: Colin Dick OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 November 2023.