List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Jordan explained

Post:	His Majesty's Ambassador to Jordan
Insignia:	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent:	Philip Hall
Incumbentsince:	2023
Style:	His Excellency
Residence:	Amman
Inaugural:	Albert Abramson First Resident in Amman to TransjordanSir Alec Kirkbride First Ambassador
Formation:	1921
Website:	UK and Jordan

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Jordan is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's (UK) foremost diplomatic representative in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Amman.

List of heads of mission

Residents in Amman to Transjordan

• Apr 1921 – 21 Nov 1921: Albert Abramson
• 21 Nov 1921 – Apr 1924: St John Philby
• Aug 1924 – Mar 1939: Charles Henry Fortnom Cox
• Mar 1939 – 17 Jun 1946: Alec Kirkbride

Ambassadors to Jordan

• 1946–1952: Sir Alec Kirkbride
• 1952–1954: Geoffrey Furlonge^[1]
• 1954–1956: Sir Charles Duke
• 1956–1959: Sir Charles Johnston
• 1960–1962: John Henniker-Major
• 1962–1966: Sir Roderick Parkes
• 1966–1970: Sir Philip Adams
• 1970–1972: John Phillips
• 1972–1975: Glencairn Balfour Paul
• 1975–1979: John Campbell Moberly
• 1979–1984: Alan Urwick
• 1984–1988: Sir John Coles
• 1988–1991: Anthony Reeve
• 1991–1993: Patrick Eyers
• 1993–1997: Peter Hinchcliffe
• 1997–2000: Christopher Battiscombe
• 2000–2002: Edward Chaplin
• 2002–2006: Christopher Prentice
• 2006–2011: James Watt
• 2011–2015: Peter Millett^[2]
• 2015–2020: Edward Oakden
• 2020–2023: Bridget Brind^[3]

• 2023–: Philip Hall^[4]

Bibliography

• Book: Kamal S. Salibi. The Modern History of Jordan. 15 December 1998. I.B.Tauris. 978-1-86064-331-6. 96–.

External links

• UK and Jordan, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: FURLONGE, Sir Geoffrey (Warren) . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
2. http://www.gov.uk/government/people/peter-millett Peter Millett
3. Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Jordan, April 2020 . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 30 January 2020 . 17 June 2020.
4. Web site: Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Jordan: Philip Hall . 2024-04-14 . GOV.UK . en.