The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Thailand is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Thailand, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Thailand. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand. The first British Consul to the

Kingdom of Siam Kingdom of Siam may refer to: * Sukhothai Kingdom (1238–1351) * Ayutthaya Kingdom The Ayutthaya Kingdom (; th, อยุธยา, , IAST: or , ) was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the ...

was appointed in 1856 after the signing of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1855. The Consulate was elevated to a

Legation A legation was a diplomatic representative office of lower rank than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an ambassador, a legation was headed by a Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, minister. Ambassadors diplomatic rank, out ...

in 1885, and to an Embassy in 1947.

Heads of Mission

Minister Resident and Consul-General

''to the King of Siam'' * 1885–1889: Sir Ernest Satow * 1889–1894: Cpt. Henry Jones * 1896–1900: Sir George Greville

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

* 1901–1903: Reginald Tower * 1904–1909: Sir Ralph Paget * 1909–1915: Sir Arthur Peel * 1915–1919: Sir Herbert Dering * 1919–1921: Richard Seymour * 1921–1926: Sir Robert Greg * 1926–1928: Sir Sydney Waterlow * 1928–1929: Sir Charles Wingfield * 1929–1934: Sir Cecil Dormer * 1934–1941: Sir Josiah Crosby * 1941–1945: ''No representation'' * 1945–1947: Sir Geoffrey Thompson

Ambassadors

''to the Kingdom of Thailand'' * 1947–1950: Sir Geoffrey Thompson * 1950–1951: Sir John Magowan (appointed in December 1950 but died before he could present his credentials) * 1951–1954: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger * 1954–1957: Sir Berkeley Gage * 1957–1961: Sir Richard Whittington * 1961–1965: Sir Dermot MacDermot * 1965–1967: Sir Anthony Rumbold * 1967–1970: Sir Neil Pritchard * 1970–1973: Sir Arthur de la Mare * 1973–1978: Sir David Cole * 1978–1981: Peter Tripp * 1981–1986:

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* 1986–1989: Derek Tonkin * 1989–1992: Sir Ramsay Melhuish * 1992–1996: Christian Adams * 1996–2000: Sir James Hodge * 2000–2003: Barney Smith * 2003–2007:

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* 2007–2010:

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 ...

* 2010–2012: Asif Ahmad * 2012–2016:

Mark Kent Mark Andrew Geoffrey Kent (born Spilsby 14 January 1966) is a British businessman and former diplomat who served as UK ambassador to Argentina from 2016 to 2021. Kent was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle before he read ...

* 2016–2021:

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