List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Tonga explained

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Tonga was the United Kingdom's diplomatic representative to the Kingdom of Tonga from 1973 until 2006. In March 2006 the British Government closed its High Commission in Nukuʻalofa; British interests in Tonga are now represented by the British High Commissioner in Fiji. However, the High Commission is to reopen in 2019 with a resident High Commissioner.^[1]

List of heads of mission

High Commissioners to Tonga

• 1973–1980: Humphrey Arthington-Davy^[2]
• 1980–1983: Bernard Coleman^[3]
• 1984–1987: Gerald Rance^[4]
• 1987–1990: Paul Fabian^[5]
• 1990–1994: William Cordiner^[6]
• 1994–1998: Andrew Morris^[7]
• 1999–2001: Brian Connelly^[8]
• 2002–2006: Paul Nessling^[9]
• 2019–2020: Robin Ord-Smith^[10]

• 2020–present: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt

See also

• List of British consuls in Tonga

References

1. Web site: Change of British High Commissioner to Tonga during Summer 2019 . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 28 May 2019.
2. Web site: ARTHINGTON-DAVY, Humphrey Augustine . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2012-10-15.
3. Web site: COLEMAN, Bernard . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2012-10-15.
4. Web site: RANCE, Gerald Francis Joseph . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2012-10-15.
5. Web site: FABIAN, (Andrew) Paul . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2012-10-15.
6. Web site: CORDINER, William Lawson . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
7. Web site: MORRIS, Andrew James . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
8. Web site: CONNELLY, Brian Norman . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
9. Web site: NESSLING, Paul William Downs . Who's Who 2012 . A & C Black . 2012 . 2012-10-15.
10. Web site: Change of British High Commissioner to Tonga during Summer 2019. GOV.UK. en. 2019-06-07.

External links

• Tonga, British High Commission, Suva – Foreign & Commonwealth Office