The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile 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 ...

in the

Republic of Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, and head of the UK's

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...

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

List of heads of mission

Consul-General and Plenipotentiary

*1823–1837: Christopher Richard Nugent,

Consul General A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...

*1837–1841: Colonel

John Walpole Colonel John Walpole (17 November 1787 – 10 December 1859) was a soldier and diplomat, a younger son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford. He served with the Guards during the Peninsular War, and was wounded at the Siege of Burgos. He was M ...

Darwin project
from ''British diplomatic representatives 1789–1852''. Edited by S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith, and C. K. Webster (London: Royal Historical Society. 1934).

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General

*1841–1849: Colonel

J. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851), 87. *1849–1852:

Stephen Henry Sulivan Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

*1853–1858: Edward Harris *1858–1872:

William Taylour Thomson Sir William Taylour Thomson (1813-1883) was a British military officer and diplomat. Military career He was a gifted military officer. When the British ship "Tigris" sank in the Euphrates river he was one of the survivors. In 1839 he partici ...

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Chile

*1872–1878: Sir Horace Rumbold *1878–1885: Francis Pakenham *1885–1888: Hugh Fraser *1888–1897:

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 ...

*1897–1901: Audley Gosling

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile

*1901–1905: Gerard Lowther *1905–1907:

Arthur Raikes Arthur Edward Harington Raikes (5 February 1867 – 3 March 1915) was a British army officer who served as acting prime minister, vizier and first minister to numerous Sultans of Zanzibar. Serving in the Wiltshire Regiment Raikes took up a p ...

*1907: Sir Brooke Boothby, Bt (appointed but did not take up post due to poor health) *1907–1909:

Henry Bax-Ironside Sir Henry George Outram Bax-Ironside, (15 November 1859 – 16 April 1929) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Venezuela, Chile, Switzerland and Bulgaria. Career Henry George Outram Bax was the only son of John Henry Bax, of Houghton-le-Spri ...

*1909–1913: Henry Lowther *1913–1918: Sir Francis Stronge *1918–1922: Tudor Vaughan *1923–1924: Sir Arthur Grant Duff *1924–1927: Sir Thomas Hohler *1928–1930: Archibald Clark Kerr

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile

*1930–1933: Sir Henry Chilton *1933–1936: Sir Robert Michell *1936: Sir Joseph Addison (appointed but did not proceed due to ill health) *1937–1940: Sir Charles Bentinck *1940–1945: Sir Charles Orde *1945–1949: Sir John Leche *1949–1951: Sir Bertrand Jerram *1951–1954:

Charles Stirling Charles Stirling (28 April 1760 – 7 November 1833) was a vice-admiral in the British Royal Navy. Early life and career Charles Stirling was born in London on 28 April 1760 and baptised at St. Albans on 15 May. The son of Admiral Sir Walter ...

*1955–1958: Sir Charles Empson *1958–1961:

Ivor Pink Ivor is an English masculine given name derived either directly from the Norse ''Ívarr'', or from Welsh (which spells it ''Ifor''), Irish (sometimes ''Ibar''), or Scottish, all of which likely derive it also from the original Norse form.The Oxford ...

*1961–1966: Sir David Scott Fox *1966–1970: Sir Frederick Mason *1970–1973: Sir David Hildyard *1973–1976: Reginald Secondé *1976–1980: (Ambassador withdrawn after torture of

Sheila Cassidy Sheila Anne Cassidy (born 18 August 1937) is an English doctor, known for her work in the hospice movement, as a writer and as someone who, by publicising her own history as a torture survivor, drew attention to human rights abuse in Chile in the ...

) *1980–1982: John Heath *1982–1987: John Hickman *1987–1990: Alan White *1990–1993:

Richard Neilson Richard Alvin Neilson (9 July 1937 – 6 June 1997) was a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Colombia and Chile, and High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. Biography Neilson's childhood was spent in the north-west of England and he retur ...

*1993–1997: Frank Wheeler *1997–2000:

Glynne Evans Dame Madelaine Glynne Dervel Evans, Order of the British Empire, DBE, Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (born 23 August 1944) is a retired British diplomat and security adviser. Career Evans graduated from the University of St Andrews with ...

*2000–2003:

Gregory Faulkner Gregory may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gregory (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Gregory (surname), a surname Places Australia *Gregory, Queensland, a town in the Shire of ...

*2003–2005: Richard Wilkinson *2005–2009:

Howard Drake Howard Ronald Drake (born 13 August 1956) is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017. Education Drake was educated at Churcher's College. Caree ...

*2009–2014: Jon Benjamin *2014–2018: Fiona Clouder *2018–2021 Jamie Bowden *2021–:

Louise De Sousa Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

References

External links

UK and Chile
''gov.uk'' {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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