List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malta explained

The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malta is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Malta, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and Malta conduct their diplomatic relations at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Therefore, they exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors.

High commissioners

• 1962 - 1965: Sir Edward Wakefield, Bt. (Commissioner before independence from 1962 to 1964)
• 1965 - 1967: Sir John Martin
• 1967 - 1970: Sir Geofroy Tory
• 1970 - 1972: Sir Duncan Watson
• 1972 - 1974: Sir John Moreton
• 1974 - 1976: Robin Haydon
• 1976 - 1979: Norman Aspin^[1]
• 1980 - 1982: David Aiers
• 1982 - 1985: Charles Booth
• 1985 - 1987: Stanley Duncan^[2]
• 1988 - 1991: Brian Hitch^[3]
• 1991 - 1994: Sir Peter Wallis
• 1995 - 1999: Graham Archer
• 1999 - 2002: Howard Pearce
• 2002 - 2006: Sir Vincent Fean
• 2006 - 2008: Nicholas Archer
• 2009 - 2012: Louise Stanton
• 2012 - 2016: Robert Luke
• 2016 - 2020: Stuart Gill^[4]

• 2020 - : Cathy Ward

External links

• UK and Malta, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norman Aspin (obituary) . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225935/https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/show.php?dowid=1281 . 23 May 2014 . The Times . 30 September 2011 . 3 September 2016.
2. Web site: DUNCAN, Stanley Frederick St Clair . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
3. Thwaite, Anthony, "Brian Hitch (obituary)", The Independent, 22 August 2004
4. Web site: New High Commissioner in Malta . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 2 September 2016 . 3 September 2016.