List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia explained

Post:	High Commissioner
Body:	the United Kingdom to Malaysia
Incumbent:	Ailsa Terry
Incumbentsince:	August 2023
Style:	Her Excellency
Seat:	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Inaugural:	Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head
Formation:	1963

The high commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Malaysia is the head of United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Malaysia. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the High Commission of the United Kingdom, Kuala Lumpur.

Prior to its separation and independence from the British Empire in 1957, Malaya was ruled by governors also termed "high commissioners".

List of heads of mission

High commissioner to Malaya

See main article: List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaya.

• 1957–1963: Sir Geofroy Tory ^[1]

High commissioners to Malaysia

• 1963–1966: Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head ^[1]
• 1966–1971: Sir Michael Walker ^[1]
• 1971–1974: Sir John Johnston ^[1]
• 1974–1977: Sir Eric Norris ^[1]
• 1977–1981: Sir Donald Hawley ^[1]
• 1981–1983: Sir William Bentley ^[1]
• 1983–1986: David Gillmore^[1]
• 1986–1992: Sir Nicholas Spreckley ^[1]
• 1992–1994: Duncan Slater ^[1]
• 1994–1998: Sir David Moss ^[1]
• 1998–2001: Sir Graham Fry ^[1]
• 2001–2006: Bruce Cleghorn ^{[1] [2]}
• 2006–2010: Boyd McCleary ^[1]
• 2010–2014: Simon Featherstone^{[1] [3]}
• 2014-2019: Victoria Treadell ^[4]

• 2019–2023: Charles Hay ^[5]
• 2023– : Ailsa Terry CMG

See also

• Malaysia–United Kingdom relations

External links

• UK and Malaysia, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malaysia . BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010 . Colin Mackie . 2011-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105336/http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%201880-2010.pdf . 15 March 2012 .
2. Web site: Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia . FCO . 2006-02-02 . 2011-04-22.
3. Web site: Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia . FCO . 2010-04-06 . 2011-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120929120704/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=22016039 . 29 September 2012 . dmy-all.
4. Web site: Change of High Commissioner to Malaysia . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 25 June 2014.
5. Web site: Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia in April 2019 . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 8 November 2018.