List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Haiti explained

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Haiti is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Haiti.^[1]

From 1913 to 1922, the head of mission in Cuba also served Haiti. The British Embassy in Port-au-Prince was closed in 1966 "for reasons of economy" and the High Commissioner to Jamaica in Kingston was appointed non-resident ambassador to Haiti.^[2] Responsibility for Haiti was transferred to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic in 1999.^[1] In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.^[3] The new embassy was opened in June 2013,^[4] but until 2015 the ambassador to the Dominican Republic remained ambassador to Haiti, with a deputy head of mission in Port-au-Prince. In 2015 a new, dedicated ambassador was appointed to Haiti, but still non-resident (she was married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic and resided in Santo Domingo).^[5] In 2019, Mockbul Ali OBE was appointed as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti.^[6]

List of heads of mission

Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• ? –1859: Thomas Ussher

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• 1859–1861: Thomas Ussher
• 1861–1872: Spenser St. John

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• 1872–1874: Spenser St. John
• 1874–1883: Robert Stuart

Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti and its Dependencies

• 1912–1913: Arthur Nightingale

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Hayti

• 1913–1919: Stephen Leech^[7]
• 1919–1921: William Erskine

Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• 1921–1922: Godfrey Haggard

Consul for the Republic of Hayti

• 1935–1938 Francis M. Shepherd^[8]
• 1938–1939: William R. Mackness
• 1939–1943: Reginald A.N. Hillyer
• 1943–1946: Alan A.L. Tuson
• 1946–1950: Augustus C. Routh
• 1950–1955: David J. Mill Irving

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Port-au-Prince, and Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti

• 1955–1959: Sidney Simmonds
• 1960–1962: Gerard T. Corley Smith

Consul for the Republic of Haiti

• 1962–1963: Henry Niblock

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Haiti

• 1966–1970: Dalton Murray ^[9]
• 1970–1973: Sir Nick Larmour ^[9]
• 1973–1976: John Hennings ^[9]
• 1976–1981: John Drinkall ^[9]
• 1982–1984: Barry Smallman ^[9]
• 1984–1987: Sir Martin Reid ^[9]
• 1987–1989: Alan Payne ^[9]
• 1989–1995: Derek Milton ^[9]
• 1995–1999: Richard Thomas ^[9]
• 1999–2002: David Gordon Ward^[10]
• 2002–2006: Andrew Richard Ashcroft^[10]
• 2006–2009: Ian Alan Worthington^[10]
• 2009–2015: Steven Fisher^[11]

• 2015–: Sharon Campbell^[5]
• 2020-Present: Mockbul Ali OBE^[12]

References

• Web site: British Diplomats Directory . Colin . Mackie . gulabin.com . December 2017 . PDF.

External links

• UK and Haiti, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Previous ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and Haiti . 2013-01-03 . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130225150146/http://ukindominicanrepublic.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy-in-santo-domingo/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors . 25 February 2013.
2. http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS287533719&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 British Embassy In Haiti To Close
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-meets-prime-minister-of-haiti Foreign Secretary meets Prime Minister of Haiti
4. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-office-minister-hugo-swire-opens-new-british-embassy-in-haiti Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire opens new British Embassy in Haiti
5. Web site: Sharon Campbell, British Ambassador to Haiti . gov.uk . 23 January 2016.
6. Web site: Mockbul Ali OBE. 2020-11-19. GOV.UK. en.
7. Mackie 2012, Cuba
8. Mackie 2012, Haiti
9. Mackie 2012, Jamaica
10. Mackie 2012, Dominican Republic
11. Web site: Steven Fisher . gov.uk.
12. Web site: Mockbul Ali OBE. 2020-11-19. GOV.UK. en.