List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Myanmar explained

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Burma is the United Kingdom's chief diplomatic representative in Burma, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission.

The government of Burma changed the name of the country to Myanmar on 18 June 1989, but the UK government has not recognised the change of name, hence the ambassador's official title is "His Majesty's Ambassador to Burma".^[1]

Ambassadors

1948–1950: James Bowker^[2]
1950–1953: Richard Speaight^[3]
1953–1956: Paul Gore-Booth^[4]
1956–1962: Sir Richard Allen^[5]
1962–1965: Sir Gordon Whitteridge
1965–1967: Leonard Wakely^[6]
1967–1970: Trafford Smith^[7]
1970–1974: Edward Willan^[8]
1974–1978: Terence O'Brien^[9]
1978–1982: Charles Booth^[10]
1982–1986: Sir Nicholas Fenn
1986–1990: Martin Morland^[11]
1990–1995: Julian Hartland-Swann^[12]
1995–1999: Robert Gordon^[13]
1999–2002: John Jenkins^[14]
2002–2006: Vicky Bowman^[15]
2006–2009: Mark Canning
2009–2013: Andrew Heyn
2013–2018: Andrew Patrick

2018–2021: Dan Chugg^[16]
2021–present: Pete Vowles^[17]

External links

UK and Burma, gov.uk

Notes and References

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-burma Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Burma
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/38262/pages/2411 The London Gazette, 16 April 1948
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39081/pages/6005 The London Gazette, 1 December 1950
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/40045/pages/6867 The London Gazette, 18 December 1953
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/40981/pages/502 The London Gazette, 22 January 1957
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/43871/pages/329 The London Gazette, 11 January 1966
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44478/pages/13951 The London Gazette, 19 December 1967
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/45270/supplements/67 The London Gazette, 1 January 1971
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/46357/pages/8113 The London Gazette, 1 October 1974
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47723/supplements/3 Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1978
http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U28115 MORLAND, Martin Robert
http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U19331 HARTLAND-SWANN, Julian Dana Nimmo
http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U17590 GORDON, Robert Anthony Eagleson
http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U21983 JENKINS, Sir John
http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U43306 BOWMAN, Victoria Jane, (Vicky)
Web site: Change of Her Majesty´s Ambassador to Burma in May 2018 . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 28 February 2018.
Web site: Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Myanmar: Pete Vowles . 2023-11-02 . GOV.UK . en.