List of Consuls-General of the United Kingdom to Jerusalem explained

The British Consul General to Jerusalem is based at 15 Nashashibi Street in Sheikh Jarrah quarter, Jerusalem. The aim of the Consulate General is to represent the United Kingdom in the Palestinian Territories. The Consulate also has an office in Gaza.

List of Consuls-General

• 1839 - 1845: William Tanner Young^[1]
• 1846 - 1863: James Finn^[1]
• 1863 - 1890: Noel Temple Moore^[1]
• 1890 - 1906: John Dickson^[1]
• 1906 - 1909: Edward C. Blech^[1]
• 1909 - 1912: Peter J.C. McGregor^[1]

There was no Consul-General during World War I since the UK was an enemy of the Ottoman Empire. After the war and until 1948, Palestine was a British mandate territory, with District Commissioners.^[1]

• 1948 - 1951: Sir Hugh Dow^[2]
• 1951 - 1953: Herbert R. Gybbon-Monypenny^[2]
• 1957 - 1959: Andrew C. Stewart^[2]
• 1959 - 1962: James M. Walsh^[2]
• 1962 - 1964: Alastair G. Maitland^[2]
• 1964 - 1967: Hubert N. Pullar^[2]
• 1967 - 1970: John H. Lewen^[2]
• 1970 - 1974: John M. O. Snodgrass^[2]
• 1974 - 1976: Edward E. Key^[2]
• 1976 - 1980: Michael P.V. Hannam^[2]
• 1980 - 1984: Donald A. Hamley^[2]
• 1984 - 1987: Patrick G. de Courcy-Ireland^[2]
• 1987 - 1990: Ivan R. Callan^[2]
• 1990 - 1993: David R. MacLennan^[2]
• 1993 - 1997: Richard J. Dalton^[2]
• 1997 - 2001: Robin A. Kealy^[2]
• 2001 - 2003: Geoffrey Adams^[2]
• 2003 - 2006: Dr. John Jenkins^[2]
• 2007 - 2010: Richard Makepeace^[3]
• 2010 - 2013: Sir Vincent Fean^[4]
• 2014 - 2017: Alastair McPhail^[5]

• 2017 - : Philip Hall^[6]
• Diane Corner, since July 14, 2021.

External links

• UK and The Occupied Palestinian Territories, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Consulate General history . British Consulate-General Jerusalem . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020122729/http://ukinjerusalem.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/consulate-general/consulate-general-history . 20 October 2011.
2. Web site: Previous Consuls General . British Consulate-General Jerusalem . https://web.archive.org/web/20110227012638/http://ukinjerusalem.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/consulate-general/our-consul-genral/previous-consuls-general . 27 February 2011.
3. Web site: British Consul General . British Consulate-General Jerusalem . https://web.archive.org/web/20100405044348/http://ukinjerusalem.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/consulate-general/our-consul-genral/ . 5 April 2010.
4. Web site: Our Consul General . British Consulate-General Jerusalem . https://web.archive.org/web/20110227005859/http://ukinjerusalem.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/consulate-general/our-consul-genral . 27 February 2011.
5. Web site: New Consul-General in Jerusalem . British Consulate-General Jerusalem . 9 January 2014.
6. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Consul-General to Jerusalem . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 17 October 2016.