List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Serbia explained

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

List of heads of mission

Consul to Serbia

• 1837–1839: George Lloyd Hodges
• 1839–1842: No representative

Consul-General to Serbia

• 1842–1859: Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque
• 1860: Robert Bulwer-Lytton
• 1860–1869: John Augustus Longworth

Agent and Consul-General to Serbia

• 1869–1875: John Augustus Longworth
• 1875–1879: William Arthur White

Minister Resident to Principality of Serbia

• 1879–1881: Gerard Francis Gould
• 1881–1885: Sidney Locock (from 1882 to the Kingdom of Serbia)

Minister Resident to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1885–1886: Hugh Wyndham

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1886–1888: George Hugh Wyndham
• 1888–1890 Frederick Robert St John

Consul-General to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1890–1892: Frederick Robert St John

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Serbia

• 1893–1898: Edmund Fane
  • 1892–1894: Ronald Douglas Grant Macdonald (as Vice-Consul)
  • 1894–1901: Ronald Douglas Grant Macdonald (as Consul)
• 1898–1900: Edward Goschen
• 1900–1903: Sir George Bonham, 2nd Baronet
• 1903–1906: Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger (deputy)
• 1906–1910: Sir James Whitehead
• 1910–1913: Sir Ralph Paget
• 1914–1919: Charles Louis des Graz

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

• 1919–1925: Sir Alban Young
• 1925–1929: SIr Howard Kennard

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• 1929–1935: Sir Nevile Henderson
• 1935–1939: Sir Ronald H. Campbell
• 1939–1941: Sir Ronald I. Campbell
• 1941–1943: Sir George Rendel
• 1943–1946: Sir Ralph Stevenson

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Yugoslavia

• 1946–1951: Charles Peake
• 1951–1954: Sir Ivo Mallet
• 1954–1957: Sir Frank Roberts
• 1957–1960: Sir John Walter Nicholls
• 1960–1964: Sir Michael Creswell
• 1964–1968: Sir Duncan Wilson
• 1968–1971: Sir Terence Garvey
• 1971–1977: Sir Dugald Stewart
• 1977–1980: Robert Farquharson
• 1980–1982: Sir Edwin Bolland
• 1982–1985: Kenneth Scott
• 1985–1989: Andrew Wood
• 1989–1992: Peter Hall
• 1994–1997: Ivor Roberts (chargé d'affaires to 1995)
• 1997–1999: Brian Donnelly
• 1999–2000: Robert Gordon (head of the interest section)
• 2000–2001: David Landsman (chargé d'affaires)
• 2001–2003: Charles Crawford

Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro

• 2003: Sarah Price (chargé d'affaires)
• 2003–2006: David John Gowan

Ambassador to Serbia

Serbia again from 5 June 2006

• 2006–2007: David McIlroy (chargé d'affaires)
• 2007–2010: Stephen Wordsworth
• 2010-2011: Bill Longhurst (chargé d'affaires)
• 2011–2013: Michael Davenport
• 2013–2014: David McFarlane (chargé d'affaires)
• 2014-2019: Denis Keefe^[1]
• 2019: Tracy Gallagher (chargé d'affaires)^[2]

• 2019-2023: Sian MacLeod^{[3] [4]}
• 2023: Dominic Otway (chargé d'affaires)^[5]
• 2023-: Edward Ferguson^{[6] [7]}

External links

• UK and Serbia, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. http://www.gov.uk/government/people/denis-keefe--2 Denis Keefe, Ambassador to Serbia
2. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/tracy-gallagher Deputy Head of Mission, Serbia Tracy Gallagher
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-serbia-sian-macleod Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Serbia: Sian MacLeod
4. Sian MacLeod . SianCMacLeod . 1669599261170728960 . 16 June 2023 . My last day in Belgrade . https://twitter.com/SianCMacLeod/status/1669599261170728960.
5. Web site: Dominic Otway. Government of the United Kingdom .
6. Web site: Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Serbia: Edward Ferguson . 13 January 2023 . Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
7. News: N1 Belgrade . New UK Ambassador presents credentials . N1 . 25 July 2023 .