List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Nigeria explained

Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences, they are in practice one and the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria since the country gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960:

• 1960 - 1963: Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head^[1]
• 1964 - 1967: Sir Francis Cumming-Bruce^[2]
• 1967 - 1969: Sir David Hunt^[3]
• 1969 - 1971: Sir Leslie Glass^[4]
• 1971 - 1974: Sir Cyril Pickard^[5]
• 1974 - 1976: Sir Martin Le Quesne^[6]
• 1977 - 1978: Sir Sam Falle^[7]
• 1979 - 1983: Sir Mervyn Brown^[8]
• 1983 - 1984: Sir Hamilton Whyte^[9]
• 1984 - 1986: High Commissioner recalled following the Dikko Affair^[10]
• 1986 - 1988: Sir Martin Ewans^[11]
• 1988 - 1991: Brian Barder^[12]
• 1991 - 1994: Christopher MacRae^[13]
• 1994 - 1997: Thorold Masefield^[14]
• 1997 - 2001: Sir Graham Burton^[15]
• 2001 - 2004: Sir Philip Thomas^[16]
• 2004 - 2007: Sir Richard Gozney^[17]
• 2007 - 2011: Robert Dewar^[18]
• 2011 - 2012: Andrew Lloyd^[19]
• 2012 - 2015: Sir Andrew Pocock^[20]
• 2015 - 2018: Paul Arkwright^[21]

• 2018 - : Catriona Laing^[22]

External links

• UK and Nigeria, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U165154 HEAD, 1st Viscount
2. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U37678 THURLOW, 8th Baron
3. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U179399 HUNT, Sir David (Wathen Stather)
4. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U164558 GLASS, Sir Leslie (Charles)
5. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U174806 PICKARD, Sir Cyril (Stanley)
6. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U24301 LE QUESNE, Sir (Charles) Martin
7. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U15417 FALLE, Sir Sam
8. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U9044 BROWN, Sir Mervyn
9. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U170383 WHYTE, Sir (William Erskine) Hamilton
10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7vc9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KEkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2582%2C2695017 Whitehall replaces envoy in Nigeria
11. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U15306 EWANS, Sir Martin Kenneth
12. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6456 BARDER, Sir Brian (Leon)
13. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U26210 MacRAE, Sir (Alastair) Christopher (Donald Summerhayes)
14. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U26868 MASEFIELD, (John) Thorold
15. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U9598 BURTON, Sir Graham (Stuart)
16. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U37436 THOMAS, Sir Philip (Lloyd)
17. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U17741 GOZNEY, Sir Richard Hugh Turton
18. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U13621 DEWAR, Robert Scott
19. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U44810 LLOYD, Andrew
20. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/andrew-pocock Dr Andrew Pocock, British High Commissioner to Nigeria
21. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/paul-thomas-arkwright Paul Thomas Arkwright
22. Web site: We are pleased to announce that Catriona Laing has joined us as the newly appointed High Commissioner . UK in Nigeria . facebook.com . 29 November 2018.