List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Mexico explained

Post:
UK Ambassador
to Mexico
Insignia:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Flagsize:200
Flagborder:yes
Incumbent:Post vacant
Incumbentsince:May 2024
Style:His/Her Excellency
Residence:Mexico City
Appointer:Monarch
Reports To:Foreign Secretary
Termlength:No term fixed
Inaugural:Richard Pakenham
Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation:1835
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Last:Jon Benjamin
Website:UK and Mexico
Status:Vacant

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Mexico is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Mexican States, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Mexico.

The post was last held by Jon Benjamin until May 2024, when he was removed as the ambassador after a video emerged showing Benjamin aiming an assault rifle at a local embassy employee.[1] The post remains vacant.

Besides the embassy in Mexico City, the UK also maintains a consulate general in Cancun.[2]

Heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mexico

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Mexico

Envoys Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mexico

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 31 May 2024 . British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at embassy employee . 31 May 2024 . The Guardian.
  2. Web site: British Consulate General Cancun . gov.uk.
  3. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 86.
  4. Sir Gilbert Clayton, An Arabian Diary (ed. Robert O. Collins, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1969)
  5. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U214565 MURRAY, John
  6. http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS268775568&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Mr John Murray – British Minister In Mexico
  7. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U158128 O'MALLEY, Sir Owen St Clair
  8. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-mexico-change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-mexico Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Mexico
  9. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mexico in October 2018 . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 24 April 2018.
  10. Web site: Primer día de trabajo y acabo de presentar las copias de mis cartas credenciales . Spanish . First day of work and I just presented the copies of my credentials . British Embassy Mexico City . Corin Robertson . Corin Robertson . 22 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mexico: Jon Benjamin. 2022-01-04. GOV.UK. en.