List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Barbados explained

Post:	British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Insignia:	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Incumbent:	Scott Furssedonn-Wood, MVO
Incumbentsince:	2021
Inaugural:	John S. Bennett, CBE, CVO
Formation:	1966
Website:	www.gov.uk/government/world/barbados

The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Barbados, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Bridgetown, Barbados.

As members of Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Barbados are at the governmental level, rather than between their heads of state (King Charles III is head of state of the U.K., but not of Barbados which became a republic on 30 November 2021). Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

The High Commission in Barbados also covers several other Commonwealth countries in the Eastern Caribbean:

• Antigua and Barbuda (since June 2008);
• The Commonwealth of Dominica;
• Grenada (since 2006);
• The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (passed from Antigua to Barbados in June 2008);
• Saint Lucia;
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (since 2007).

List of heads of mission

High commissioners to Barbados

• 1966–1970: John S. Bennett, CBE, CVO
• 1971–1973: Sir David Arthur Roberts, KBE, CMG
• 1973–1978: Charles Stuart Roberts, CMG^[1]
• 1978–1982: James Stanley Arthur, CMG
• 1982–1983: John Morrison, 2nd Viscount Dunrossil, CMG
• 1983–1986: Sir Giles Bullard, KCVO, CMG^[2]
• 1986–1990: Kevin Francis Xavier Burns, CMG^[3]
• 1990–1994: Emrys T. Davies, CMG
• 1994–1998: Richard Thomas, CMG
• 1998–2001: Gordon M. Baker
• 2001–2005: C. John B. White^[4]
• 2005–2009: Duncan Taylor, CBE
• 2010–2013: Paul Brummell
• 2013–2017: Victoria Dean^[5]
• 2017–2020: Janet Douglas^[6]

• 2021–: Scott Furssedonn-Wood^[7]

See also

• List of ambassadors and high commissioners to and from Barbados

Further reading

• A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS,

External links

• UK and Barbados, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Born 24 May 1918; son of late Charles William Roberts and Dorothy Roberts; married 1946, Margaret Ethel Jones, two daughters, one son; 1936: Colonial Office; 1940-1946: Royal Navy; 1946: Colonial Office; 1949-1950: Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies; 1975: CMG; died 30 January 1989 — Book: The Diplomatic Service List . 9780115916458. Stationery Office. The. 1977. Stationery Office .
2. Web site: BULLARD, Sir Giles (Lionel) . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-23.
3. James, Sally, Diplomatic Moves: Life in the Foreign Service, Radcliffe Press, 1995, page 206
4. Web site: Appointment of John White . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605031024/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo051020/text/51020w23.htm . 5 June 2011.
5. http://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/new-british-high-commissioner-arrives-in-barbados New British High Commissioner arrives in Barbados
6. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-barbados-and-the-eastern-caribbean Change of British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
7. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-barbados-and-the-eastern-caribbean-mr-scott-furssedonn-wood-mvo