List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Botswana explained

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Botswana is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Botswana, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Gaborone.

Botswana (formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland) gained independence on 30 September 1966. As Botswana is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, it and the United Kingdom exchange High Commissioners rather than ambassadors. The British High Commissioner to Botswana is also the UK Representative to the Southern African Development Community whose headquarters are in Gaborone.^[1]

List of heads of mission

British High Commissioners to Botswana

• 1966–1969: John Gandee^[2]
• 1969–1973: George Anderson^[3]
• 1973–1977: Eleanor Emery^[4]
• 1977–1981: Wilfred Turner^[5]
• 1981–1986: Wilfred Jones^[6]
• 1986–1989: Peter Raftery^[7]
• 1989–1991: Brian Smith^[8]
• 1991–1994: John Edwards^[9]
• 1995–1998: David Beaumont^[10]
• 1998–2001: John Wilde^[11]
• 2001–2005: David Merry^[11]
• 2005–2010: Frank Martin
• 2010–2013: Jennifer Anderson^[12]
• 2013–2016: Nick Pyle^[13]
• 2016-2020 Katy Ransome

• 2020–: Sian Price^[14]

External links

• UK and Botswana, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Botswana and the UK . GOV.UK . 9 July 2020.
2. Web site: GANDEE, John Stephen . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-23.
3. Web site: ANDERSON, George David . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-23.
4. Web site: EMERY, Eleanor Jean . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-23.
5. Web site: TURNER, Wilfred . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-23.
6. Web site: JONES, Wilfred . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-23.
7. Web site: RAFTERY, Peter Albert . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-23.
8. Web site: SMITH, Brian . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-23.
9. Web site: EDWARDS, John Coates . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-23.
10. Web site: BEAUMONT, David Colin Baskcomb . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-23.
11. Web site: Ambassadors. Hansard . 1 Sep 2003 . 2009-07-23.
12. Web site: Our High Commissioner . British High Commission Gaborone . https://web.archive.org/web/20120130030205/http://ukinbotswana.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/ourambassador/ . 30 January 2012.
13. Web site: Nick Pyle . gov.uk.
14. Web site: British High Commissioner to Botswana and UK Representative to the Southern Africa Development Community Ms Sian Price . GOV.UK . 9 July 2020.