List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Cuba explained

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Cuba is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Cuba, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Cuba. His or her official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba.

List of heads of mission

Consul-General in the Island of Cuba

• 1833–1840: Charles David Tolmé^[1]
• 1840–1842: David Turnbull
• 1842–1864: Joseph T. Crawford^[2]
• 1864–1865: Robert Bunch
• 1865–1868: William Synge
• 1868–1876: Alexander G. Dunlop
• 1876–1879: Henry A. Cowper
• 1880–1892: Sir Arthur de Capel Crowe
• 1892–1898: Sir Alexander Gollan
• 1898–1902: Lionel Carden

Minister Resident to the Republic of Cuba

• 1902–1906: Lionel Carden
• 1906–1909: Arthur Grant Duff
• 1909–1912: Stephen Leech

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• 1912–1919: Stephen Leech (also to Haiti and Dominican Republic from 1913)
• 1919–1921: William Erskine

Chargé d'Affaires in Cuba

• 1921–1924: Godfrey Haggard
• 1924–1925: Thomas Morris

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• 1925–1931: Thomas Morris
• 1931–1933: Sir John Broderick
• 1933–1935: Herbert Grant Watson
• 1935–1937: Thomas Maitland Snow
• 1937–1940: Herbert Grant Watson
• 1940–1944: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes
• 1944–1949: James Leishman Dodds
• 1949–1950: Adrian Holman

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• 1950–1954: Adrian Holman
• 1954–1956: Wilfred Hansford Gallienne
• 1956–1960: Stanley Fordham
• 1960–1963: Herbert Stanley Marchant
• 1963–1966: Adam Watson
• 1966–1970: Richard Slater
• 1970–1972: Richard Sykes
• 1972–1975: Stanley Fingland
• 1975–1979: Edward Jackson
• 1979–1981: John Ure
• 1981–1984: David Churchill Thomas
• 1984–1986: Robin Fearn
• 1986–1989: Andrew Palmer
• 1989–1991: David Brighty
• 1991–1994: Leycester Coltman
• 1994–1998: Philip Alexander McLean
• 1998–2001: David Ridgway
• 2001–2004: Paul Webster Hare
• 2004–2008: John Dew
• 2008–2012: Dianna Melrose^[3]
• 2012–2016: Tim Cole

• 2016–2022: Antony Stokes^[4]
• 2022–present: Sir George Hollingbery^[5]

References

1. Statistics of the Slave Trade to Cuba, 1790-1867 . 156557 . Murray . D. R. . Journal of Latin American Studies . 29 March 1971 . 3 . 2 . 131–149 . 10.1017/S0022216X00001413 .
2. Web site: British Diplomats Directory: Part 3 of 4 by FCDO Historians - Issuu . 18 March 2014 .
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20111224184522/http://ukincuba.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/ . 24 December 2011 . Our Ambassador . British Embassy Havana.
4. Web site: Antony Stokes, British Ambassador to Cuba . gov.uk . 26 October 2016.
5. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Cuba: Sir George Hollingbery KCMG . 22 January 2021.

External links

• Web site: UK and Cuba . gov.uk.
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100827133113/http://ukincuba.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors . 27 August 2010 . Previous Ambassadors to Cuba . British Embassy Havana.