List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Trinidad and Tobago explained

Post:	His Majesty's High Commissioner to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Insignia:	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Style:	His Excellency
Residence:	St Clair Avenue in Port of Spain
Inaugural:	Sir Norman Costar First High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago
Formation:	1964

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Trinidad and Tobago is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations exchange High Commissioners rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, High Commissioners are accredited to the head of government), in practice they have the same function.

Trinidad and Tobago were British colonies from 1802 to 1964, when the combined country gained independence from Britain and joined the Commonwealth.

From 1974 until 1980, the British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago also served as non-resident High Commissioner to Grenada.^[1]

List of heads of mission

High Commissioners to Trinidad and Tobago

• Sir Norman E. Costar, 1962–1966
• Sir G. Peter Hampshire, 1966–1970
• Roland Hunt, 1970–1973
• Christopher E. Diggines, 1973–1974

High Commissioners to Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada

• Christopher E. Diggines, 1974–1977
• Henry S.H.C. Stanley, 1977–1980

High Commissioners to Trinidad and Tobago

• David N. Lane, 1980–1985
• Sir Martin S. Berthoud, 1985–1991
• Brian Smith, 1991–1994
• Richard A. Neilson, 1994–1996
• L. Gregory Faulkner, 1996–1999
• Peter G. Harborne, 1999–2004
• Ronald P. Nash, 2004–2007
• Eric Jenkinson, 2007–2011
• Arthur Snell, 2011–2014
• Charles Moore (chargé d'affaires), 2014–2015^[2]
• Tim Stew, 2015-2020

• Harriet Cross, September 2020- ^[3]

External links

• UK and Trinidad and Tobago, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago . A Directory of British Diplomats . Colin Mackie . 21 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104239/http://www.gulabin.com/britishdiplomatsdirectory/pdf/britishdiplomatsdirectory.pdf . 4 March 2016 .
2. http://www.gov.uk/government/people/charles-moore Charles Moore, Chargé d’Affaires, British High Commission, Port of Spain
3. Web site: Harriet Cross, British Consul General in Boston. gov.uk.