| Post: | Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines |
| Native Name: | Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas |
| Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| Flag: | British Ambassador Flag.svg |
| Flagsize: | 200 |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Flagcaption: | British diplomatic flag |
| Department: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila |
| Incumbent: | Laure Beaufils |
| Incumbentsince: | August 2021 |
| Style: | Her Excellency |
| Seat: | 120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634[1] |
| Reports To: | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
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| Salary: | £90,000-£95,000[2] |
| Website: | British Embassy Manila |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino; Pilipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.
The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau.[3]
The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954.
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | British prime minister | Accredited during the Government of | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John William Perry Farren | 1844 | 1864 | Robert Peel John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley George Hamilton-Gordon Henry John Temple Edward Smith-Stanley Henry John Temple | ||||
| George Thome Ricketts | 1866 | 1875 | John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli | ||||
| 1876 | 1877 | ||||||
| Roderick Donald MacKenzie | 1877 | 1895 | Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | ||||
| Edward Henry Rawson-Walker | 1895 | 1898 | Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain.[4] | ||||
| William Joseph Kenny | 1903 | 1908 | [5] | ||||
| Alfred Ernest Wileman | 1909 | 1914 | [6] | ||||
| 1915 | 1919 | H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin | |||||
| Thomas Joseph Harrington | 1920 | 1935 | [7] | ||||
| Arthur Powlett Blunt | 1935 | 1937 | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain | ||||
| William Turner | 1937 | 1941 | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill | [8] | |||
| Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945 | |||||||
| Francis McDermot | 1945 | 1946 | Winston Churchill Clement Attlee | ||||
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | British prime minister | Philippine president | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton Foulds | 1946 | 1951 | ||||
| Sir Frank Gibbs | 1951 | 1954 | Clement Attlee Winston Churchill |
| Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | British monarch | British prime minister | Philippine president | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Frank Gibbs | 1954 | 1955 | Elizabeth II | Ramon Magsaysay | ||
| 1955 | 1959 | Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan | ||||
| 1959 | 1963 | Harold Macmillan | ||||
| 1963 | 1970 | |||||
| Sir John Curle | 1970 | 1972 | Harold Wilson Edward Heath | Ferdinand Marcos | ||
| James Turpin | 1972 | 1976 | ||||
| Sir William Bentley | 1976 | 1981 | Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher | |||
| Michael Morgan | 1981 | 1985 | Margaret Thatcher John Major | |||
| 1985 | 1987 | |||||
| Keith MacInnes | 1987 | 1992 | ||||
| 1992 | 1995 | John Major | Fidel V. Ramos | |||
| 1995 | 1998 | |||||
| 1998 | 2002 | |||||
| Paul Dimond | 2002 | 2004 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |||
| 2004 | 2009 | Tony Blair Gordon Brown | ||||
| 2009 | 2013 | Gordon Brown David Cameron Theresa May | ||||
| Asif Ahmad[9] | 2013 | 2017 | ||||
| Daniel Pruce[10] | 2017 | 2021[11] | Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer | |||
| Laure Beaufils[12] | 2021 | present | Elizabeth II Charles III |