The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Romania is the United Kingdom's foremost

diplomatic representative Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

, and head of the UK's

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in Romania. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Romania''.

Heads of mission

;Consul-General to Wallachia and Moldavia * 1813–1826?: William Wilkinson ''(consul appointed by the

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''W.G. East
''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859: An Episode in Diplomatic History''
Cambridge University Press, 2011, page 181 * 1826–1834: E.L. Blutte * 1834–1858: Robert G. Colquhoun * 1859–1874: John Green * 1874–1876: Hon. Hussey Vivian * 1876–1878: Charles Mansfield ;Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary * 1880–1886:

Sir William White Sir William Henry White, (2 February 1845 – 27 February 1913) was a prolific British warship designer and Chief Constructor at the Admiralty. Biography White was born in Devonport, the son of Robert White, a currier, and his wife, Jane M ...

* 1887–1892: Sir Frank Lascelles * 1892–1894:

Sir John Walsham, 2nd Baronet Sir John Walsham, 2nd Baronet (29 October 1830 – 10 December 1905) was a British diplomat who was envoy to China and Romania. Career Walsham was the eldest son of Sir John James Walsham, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Gramma ...

* 1894–1897: Sir Hugh Wyndham * 1897–1905:

John Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...

* 1906–1910:

Conyngham Greene Sir William Conyngham Greene, (29 October 1854 – 30 June 1934) was a British diplomat who served as minister to Switzerland, Romania and Denmark, and as ambassador to Japan. Early life William Conyngham Greene was born in Dublin, Ireland, ...

* 1911–1912:

Walter Townley Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

* 1912–1920:

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* 1920–1926: Sir Herbert Dering * 1926–1929:

Robert Greg Sir Robert Hyde Greg, Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (24 December 1876 – 3 December 1953) was a British diplomat. He was List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Thailand, British Minister to Siam from 1921 to 1926 and List of dip ...

* 1929–1935:

Michael Palairet Sir Michael Palairet (29 September 1882 – 5 August 1956) was a British diplomat who was minister to Romania, Sweden and Austria, and minister and ambassador to Greece. Early life Palairet was the son of Charles Harvey Palairet, by his mar ...

* 1935–1941: Sir Reginald Hoare * 1941–1946: ''No representation due to

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'' * 1947–1948:

Adrian Holman Sir Adrian Holman KBE CMG MC (22 December 1895 – 6 September 1974) was a British diplomat. Early life The son of Richard Haswell Holman, he was educated at Copthorne Preparatory School, Harrow School, and New College, Oxford. Career H ...

* 1949–1951: Walter Roberts * 1951–1954: William Sullivan * 1954–1956: Dermot MacDermot * 1956–1959:

Alan Dudley Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Al ...

* 1959–1961:

David Scott Fox Sir Robin David John Scott Fox (20 June 1910 – 25 January 1985) was a British diplomat and writer. Career David Scott Fox (Scott Fox is a double-barrelled surname) was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, before entering the D ...

* 1961–1963:

Dalton Murray Dalton may refer to: Science * Dalton (crater), a lunar crater * Dalton (program), chemistry software * Dalton (unit) (Da), the atomic mass unit * John Dalton, chemist, physicist and meteorologist Entertainment * Dalton (Buffyverse), minor cha ...

;Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * 1963–1965:

* 1965–1967: Leslie Glass * 1967–1968:

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* 1969–1971:

Denis Laskey Sir Denis Seward Laskey (18 January 1916 – 16 October 1987) was British ambassador to Romania and Austria. Career Denis Seward Laskey was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office in 1939, ...

* 1972–1975:

Derick Ashe Sir Derick Rosslyn Ashe (20 January 1919 – 4 May 2000) was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to Romania, Ambassador to Argentina and represented Britain at the United Nations Conference of the Committee on Disarmament. Early career ...

* 1975–1977:

Jeffrey Petersen Jeffrey may refer to: * Jeffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Jeffrey'' (1995 film), a 1995 film by Paul Rudnick, based on Rudnick's play of the same name * ''Jeffrey'' (2016 film), a 2016 Dominican Republic documentary film ...

* 1977–1979: Reginald Secondé * 1980–1983: Paul Holmer * 1983–1986: Philip McKearney * 1986–1989: Hugh Arbuthnott * 1989–1992: Michael Atkinson * 1992–1996:

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* 1996–2000:

Christopher Crabbie Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

* 2000–2002:

Richard Ralph Richard Peter Ralph CMG CVO (born 27 April 1946) is an English former diplomat who was ambassador to Peru and then chairman of a mining company that operates in Peru. Diplomatic career Ralph was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and ...

* 2002–2006:

Quinton Quayle Quinton Mark Quayle (born 5 June 1955) is a retired British Diplomat. Early life, education and early career Educated at Bromsgrove School, Humphry Davy School and University of Bristol, Quayle entered the Foreign Office in 1977 and studied Tha ...

* 2006–2010: Robin Barnett * 2010–2014: Martin Harris * 2014–2018: Paul Brummell * 2018–: Andrew Noble

Regional Consulates

;Consuls * 1922–1924: Lionel Keyser (Consul for the Romanian Old Kingdom,

Dobruja Dobruja or Dobrudja (; bg, Добруджа, Dobrudzha or ''Dobrudža''; ro, Dobrogea, or ; tr, Dobruca) is a historical region in the Balkans that has been divided since the 19th century between the territories of Bulgaria and Romania. I ...

, and the portion of

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...

south of Orhei and Baltzi) * 1924-?: Laurence Robinson (Consul-General for Bukowina, Bessarabia, the Romanian Old Kingdom and Dobrudja) * 1922-?: Charles Goodwin (Consul for

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

, the Romanian

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

, Crisiana and Maramureş) * 1935–1939:

Archibald Robertson Archibald or Archie Robertson may refer to: Sports *Archie Robertson (footballer) (1929–1978), Scottish footballer * Archie Robertson (shinty player) (born 1950), ex-shinty player Others *Archibald Robertson (painter) (1765–1835), Scottish bor ...

(Consul for Transylvania, the Romanian Banat, Crisiana and Maramureş) * 1939-?: Norman Mayers (for Timiş,

Olt Olt or OLT may refer to: People: * Károly Olt (1904–1985), Hungarian politician * Mike Olt (born 1988), American baseball player Places: * Olt County, a county (județ) of Romania * Olt (river), a river in Romania ** Olt Defile, a defile that ...

Bucegi The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , '' Omu'' is its highest point. To the east, the ...

, Mureș and Someş)

References

External links

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