The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Greece is the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

'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 ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

, 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 Greece. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic. The modern Greek state (then the

Kingdom of Greece The Kingdom of Greece ( grc, label=Greek, Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος ) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic. It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where ...

) was established in 1832 at the London Conference of 1832 and internationally recognised in the same year by the Treaty of Constantinople, in which Greece secured full independence from the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. Besides the embassy in Athens, the UK government is represented by vice-consulates on the islands of

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

and

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the So ...

, and by an honorary vice consulate on Zakynthos.

Heads of Mission

Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Greece

*1833–1835:

Edward Dawkins Edward James Dawkins (born 11 July 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's sprint and the bronze medal in the men's 1 kilometre time trial. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won ...

Haydn, Joseph, ''The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire'' (1851) *1835–1849: Sir Edmund Lyons, Bt *1849–1862: Sir Thomas Wyse

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Greece

*1862–1864: Peter Scarlett *1864–1872: Hon. Edward Erskine *1872–1877: Hon. William Stuart *1877–1881: Edwin Corbett *1881–1884:

Clare Ford Sir Francis Clare Ford (4 June 1828 – 31 January 1899) was an English diplomat from London. Ford was born at was born at 32 Upper Brook Street, London, and was the son of writer Richard Ford and his wife, Harriet. He was commissioned a lieute ...

*1884–1888: Sir Horace Rumbold, Bt *1888–1892: Hon. Edmund Monson *1892–1903: Edwin Egerton *1903–1917: Sir Francis Elliot *1917–1921:

Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville Granville George Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville (4 March 1872 – 21 July 1939) was a British diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family who was an envoy to several countries. Career The elder son of the 2nd Earl Granville, Leveson-Gower was e ...

*1921–1922: Francis Lindley ''Break in diplomatic relations – see

1922 in Greece The year 1922 was the most calamitous in the whole history of modern Greece. It witnessed the shattering of hopes and aspirations nourished by Hellenism ever since the first days of its struggle for independence and the realization of the dream o ...

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic

*1924–1926: Sir Milne Cheetham *1926–1929: Sir Percy Loraine, Bt *1929–1933: Hon. Patrick Ramsay *1933–1939:

Sir Sydney Waterlow Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Baronet, (1 November 1822 – 3 August 1906) was a British philanthropist and Liberal Party politician, principally remembered for donating Waterlow Park to the public as "a garden for the gardenless". Life He w ...

*1939–1943:

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 ...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

*1943–1946: Sir Reginald Leeper *1946–1951: Sir Clifford Norton *1951–1957: Sir Charles Peake *1957–1961: Sir Roger Allen *1962–1967:

Sir Ralph Murray Sir Francis Ralph Hay Murray (3 March 1908 – 11 September 1983) was a British journalist, radio broadcaster and diplomat. He was also once the head of the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret branch of the UK Foreign Office dedic ...

*1967–1971:

Sir Michael Stewart ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

*1971–1974: Sir Robin Hooper *1974–1978:

Sir Brooks Richards Sir Francis Brooks Richards, , LdH, CdG (1918–2002) was a director of operations for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War, and subsequently a British diplomat. Early life He was born in Southampton on 18 July 1918 ...

*1978–1982: Sir Iain Sutherland *1982–1985: Sir Peregrine Rhodes *1985–1989: Sir Jeremy Thomas *1989–1993: Sir David Miers *1993–1996: Oliver Miles *1996–1999: Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith *1999–2004: Sir David Madden *2004–2008: Sir Simon Gass *2008–2013: David Landsman *2013–2016:

John Kittmer John Kittmer (born 6 July 1967) is a British former diplomat. He was formerly the Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory jointly with the British Antarctic Territory. Education Kittmer was born in Sussex in 1967. From the years 197 ...

*2017–2021:

Kate Smith Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was an American contralto. Referred to as The First Lady of Radio, Smith is well known for her renditions of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" & "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain". ...

*2021–:

Matthew Lodge Matthew Lodge (born 31 May 1995) is a rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He previously played for the Wests Tigers, Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. Background ...

References

External links

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