List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Solomon Islands explained

Post:	British High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands
Insigniacaption:	Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Insignia:	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Incumbent:	Thomas Coward
Incumbentsince:	January 2022
Style:	His Excellency
Residence:	Honiara
Appointer:	Elizabeth II
Formation:	1978
Website:	High Commission – Solomon Islands

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Solomon Islands is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Solomon Islands, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Solomon Islands.

The current British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands also is employed as the High Commissioner to the Republic of Nauru.^[1]

High Commissioners to the Solomon Islands

• 1978–82 Gordon Slater^[2]
• 1982–86 George Norman Stansfield^[3]
• 1986–88 John Noss^[4]
• 1988–90 Junor Young^[5]
• 1990–95 Raymond Jones^[6]
• 1996–98 Brian Connelly^[7]
• 1998–2001 Alan Waters^[8]
• 2001–04 Brian Baldwin^[9]
• 2004–08 Richard Lyne^[10]
• 2008–11 Timothy Smart^[11]
• 2012–16 Dominic Meiklejohn, also non-resident British High Commissioner to Vanuatu and Nauru^[12]

• 2016–2019 David Ward, also non-resident British High Commissioner to Vanuatu and Nauru^[13]
• 2019–2022: Brian Jones, also to Nauru^[14]
• 2019–2022: Thomas Coward, also to Nauru^[15]

External links

• UK and Solomon Islands, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. http://www.gov.uk/government/world/nauru UK and Nauru
2. Web site: SLATER, Gordon James Augustus . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2012-10-15.
3. Web site: STANSFIELD, George Norman . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
4. Web site: NOSS, John Bramble . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
5. Web site: YOUNG, (David) Junor . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
6. Web site: JONES, Raymond Francis . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
7. Web site: CONNELLY, Brian Norman . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
8. Web site: WATERS, Alan Victor . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
9. Web site: BALDWIN, Brian Paul . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
10. Web site: LYNE, Richard John . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
11. Web site: SMART, Timothy Spencer . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
12. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/dominic-meiklejohn Dominic Meiklejohn
13. Web site: Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands: David Ward.
14. Web site: Change of British High Commissioner to Fiji, December 2021 . FCDO . 7 January 2022.
15. News: Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands: Thomas Coward . 7 January 2022 . FCDO.