List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela explained

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

• 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
• 1858–1864: Frederic Doveton Orme
• 1864–1865: Hon. Richard Edwardes

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

• 1865–1869: George Fagan
• 1869–1873: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton

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

• 1873–1878: Robert Thomas Charles Middleton

Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela

• 1878–1881: Robert Bunch
• 1881–1884: Charles Edward Mansfield

Minister Resident to the Republic of Venezuela

• 1884–1887: Frederick Robert St John
• 1887–1897: Diplomatic relations severed over Essequibo territorial dispute

Minister Resident at Carácas

• 1897–1902: William Henry Doveton Haggard
• 1902–1907: Henry Bax-Ironside
• 1908–1911: Sir Vincent Edwin Henry Corbett

Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela

• 1911–1913: Frederic Dundas Harford

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Venezuela

• 1913–1916: Frederic Dundas Harford
• 1916–1923: Henry Beaumont
• 1923–1925: Andrew Percy Bennett
• 1925–1926: William Seeds
• 1926–1932: William Edmund O'Reilly
• 1932–1936: Edward Allis Keeling
• 1936–1939: Sir Ernest Frederick Gye
• 1939–1944: Donald St Clair Gainer

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Venezuela

• 1944–1948: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes
• 1948–1951: Sir John Magowan
• 1951–1955: Sir Robert Urquhart
• 1955–1961: John Walker
• 1961–1964: Sir Douglas Busk
• 1964–1969: Anthony Lincoln
• 1969–1973: Sir Donald Hopson
• 1973–1975: Sir Lees Mayall
• 1975–1979: Sir Jock Taylor
• 1979–1982: Reginald Secondé
• 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 ^[1]

External links

• UK and Venezuela. gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Change of Chargé d’Affaires in British Embassy Venezuela: Colin Dick OBE . 2023-11-01 . GOV.UK . en.