List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria explained

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Bulgaria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Sofia.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians

• 1903–1908: Sir George Buchanan
• 1909–1911: Mansfeldt Findlay
• 1911–1915: Sir Henry Bax-Ironside
• 1915–1920: No ambassador due to First World War
• 1920–1921: Sir Arthur Peel
• 1921–1928: Sir William Erskine
• 1928–1929: Rowland Sperling
• 1929–1933: Sydney Waterlow
• 1933–1936: Charles Bentinck
• 1936–1938: Maurice Peterson
• 1938–1941: George Rendel
• 1941–1946: No ambassador due to Second World War

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Sofia

• 1947–1949: John Sterndale Bennett
• 1949–1951: Paul Mason
• 1951–1954: John Carvell
• 1954–1956: Geoffrey Furlonge
• 1956–1958: Richard Speaight
• 1958–1960: Anthony Lambert
• 1960–1963: Anthony Lincoln

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Sofia

• 1964–1966: William Harpham^[1]
• 1966–1970: Desmond Crawley^[2]
• 1970–1973: Donald Logan^[3]
• 1973–1976: Edwin Bolland^[4]
• 1976–1980: John Cloake^[5]
• 1980–1983: Giles Bullard^[6]
• 1983–1986: John Snodgrass^[7]
• 1986–1989: John Fawcett^[8]
• 1989–1994: Richard Thomas^[9]
• 1994–1998: Roger Short
• 1998–2001: Richard Stagg^[10]
• 2001–2003: Ian Soutar^[11]
• 2004–2007: Jeremy Hill^[12]
• 2007–2011: Steve Williams
• 2011–2015: Jonathan Allen^[13]
• 2015–August 2020: Emma Hopkins^{[14] [15]}

• August 2020–August 2024: Rob Dixon^[15]
• : Nathaniel Copsey^[16]

References

1. Web site: HARPHAM, Sir William . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
2. Web site: CRAWLEY, Desmond John Chetwode . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 2008-10-11.
3. Web site: LOGAN, Sir Donald (Arthur) . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
4. Web site: BOLLAND, Sir Edwin . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
5. Web site: CLOAKE, John Cecil . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
6. Web site: BULLARD, Sir Giles (Lionel) . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-23.
7. Web site: SNODGRASS, John Michael Owen . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
8. Web site: FAWCETT, John Harold . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-23.
9. Web site: THOMAS, Richard . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
10. Web site: STAGG, (Charles) Richard (Vernon) . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
11. Web site: SOUTAR, (Samuel) Ian . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
12. Web site: HILL, (Peter) Jeremy (Oldham) . Who's Who 2008 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2008-10-11.
13. Web site: British Ambassador to Bulgaria . 2012-09-05 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105194042/http://ukinbulgaria.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/ambassador-allen . 5 November 2012 .
14. http://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/new-british-ambassador-to-bulgaria-presents-her-credentials-to-president-plevneliev New British Ambassador to Bulgaria presents her credentials to President Plevneliev
15. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria - August 2020 . gov.uk. 16 August 2020.
16. Web site: Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria: Nathaniel Copsey . 2024-04-14 . GOV.UK . en.

External links

• UK in Bulgaria, gov.uk