List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bolivia explained

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bolivia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in La Paz.

Early diplomats

• 1837–1842: Belford Hinton Wilson Chargé d'Affaires.^[1]
• 1842–1848: William Pitt Adams Chargé d'Affaires.^[1]
• 1848–1851: Hon. Frederick Bruce Chargé d'Affaires (Consul-General from 1847).^[2]
• 1851–1853: John Augustus Lloyd Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General.

Diplomatic relations were suspended in October 1853.^[3]

Bolivia was combined with Peru until 1910.^[4]

• 1874–1884: Spenser St. John, Minister Resident and Consul-General.^[5]
  • 1882–1884: Alfred St John, Acting Consul-General at Lima.^[6]
• 1884–1894: Charles Edward Mansfield, Minister Resident at Lima.^[7]
• 1894–1898: Henry Michael Jones, Minister Resident at Lima.^[8]
• 1898–1908: William Nelthorpe Beauclerk, Minister Resident and Consul-General in Bolivia, 1903; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republics of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, 1906.^[9]

Ministers to Bolivia, 1910–1947

The following were Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Bolivia:

• 1910–1915: Cecil Gosling^[10]
• 1919–1924: William Edmund O'Reilly^[11]
• 1926–1930: Robert Michell^[12]
• 1931–1934: Richard Nosworthy^[13]
• 1934–1937: Thomas Joseph Morris^[14]
• 1937–1939: Evelyn Rawlins^[15]
• 1939–1940: Gordon Vereker^[4]
• 1940–1943: James Dodds^[16]
• 1943–1947: T. Ifor Rees

Ambassadors

• 1947–1949: T. Ifor Rees
• 1949–1956: Sir John Lomax^[17]
• 1956–1960: Sir James Henderson^[18]
• 1960–1964: Gilbert Holliday^[19]
• 1964–1967: Sir Herbert Gamble^[20]
• 1967–1971: Ronald William Bailey^[21]
• 1971–1973: John Tahourdin^[22]
• 1973–1977: Ronald Hope-Jones^[23]
• 1977–1981: Adrian Buxton^[24]
• 1981–1985: Stanley Duncan^[25]
• 1985–1987: Alan White^[26]
• 1987–1989: Colum John Sharkey^[27]
• 1989–1991: Michael Daly^[28]
• 1991–1995: Mike Jackson^[29]
• 1995–1998: David Ridgway^[30]
• 1998–2001: Graham Minter^[31]
• 2001–2005: William Sinton^[32]
• 2005–2007: Peter Bateman^[33]
• 2007–2011: Nigel Baker^[34]
• 2011–2015: Ross Denny^[35]
• 2016–2018: James Thornton^[36]
• 2019–2023: Jeff Glekin^[37]

• 2023–present: Richard Porter^[38]

External links

• UK and Bolivia, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
2. G. C. Boase, 'Bruce, Sir Frederick William Adolphus Wright- (1814–1867)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004) http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3730, accessed 21 December 2008.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Uc9kGajk1NUC&pg=PA32 The Foreign office list and diplomatic and consular year book (1857)
4. Web site: British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880–2010. Colin Mackie. Gulabin.com. 2 October 2012.
5. Web site: St John, Sir Spenser. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
6. Web site: St John, Alfred. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
7. Web site: Mansfield, Sir Charles Edward. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
8. Web site: Jones, Capt. Henry Michael. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
9. Web site: Beauclerk, William Nelthorpe. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
10. Web site: Gosling, Cecil. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
11. Web site: O'Reilly, William Edmund. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
12. Web site: Michell, Sir Robert Carminowe. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
13. Web site: Nosworthy, Sir Richard Lysle. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
14. Web site: Morris, Thomas Joseph. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
15. Web site: Rawlins, Evelyn Charles Donaldson. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
16. Web site: Dodds, Sir James Leishman. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2012-11-07.
17. Web site: Lomax, Sir John Garnett. Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
18. Web site: Henderson, Sir James Thyne . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
19. Web site: Holliday, Gilbert Leonard Gibson . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
20. Web site: Gamble, Sir (Frederick) Herbert . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
21. Web site: Bailey, Ronald William . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
22. Web site: Tahourdin, John Gabriel . Who's Who 2007 . A & C Black . 2007 . 2008-10-11.
23. Web site: Hope-Jones, Ronald Christopher . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
24. Web site: Buxton, Adrian Clarence . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
25. Web site: Duncan, Stanley Frederick St Clair . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
26. Web site: White, Alan . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
27. Web site: Sharkey, Colum John . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
28. Web site: Dalt, Michael Francis . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
29. Web site: Jackson, Richard Michael, (Mike) . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
30. Web site: Ridgway, David Frederick Charles . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
31. Web site: Minter, Graham Leslie . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
32. Web site: Sinton, William Baldie . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
33. Web site: Bateman, Peter . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
34. Web site: Baker, Nigel Marcus . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-03-19.
35. Web site: HM Ambassador to Bolivia. 2012-03-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090505163013/http://ukinbolivia.fco.gov.uk/en/our-offices-in-bolivia/our-ambassador/. 5 May 2009.
36. Web site: Ambassador James Thornton presents credentials to President Evo Morales . British Embassy La Paz . 28 January 2016.
37. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bolivia in January 2019 . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 6 November 2018.
38. Web site: Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Bolivia: Richard Porter. Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 26 May 2023.