The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Lithuania 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 ...

in the Republic of Lithuania, and in charge 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 ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

Heads of Mission

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

From 1921 to 1940, British Ministers were accredited to

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

and

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

as well as Lithuania; they were based in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

. *1921–1922: Ernest Wilton *1922–1927: Sir Tudor Vaughan *1928–1930:

Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard S ...

*1931–1934: Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen *1934–1937:

Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund St John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet, KCMG (9 September 1883 – 16 April 1969), was a British diplomat who was ambassador to several countries. Career Monson was the second son of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet, and succeeded hi ...

*1937–1940: Sir Charles Orde ''No representation 1940–91. Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, and regained its independence in 1991.''

Ambassadors

*1991–1994: Michael Peart *1995–1998:

Tom Macan Thomas Townley Macan (born 14 November 1946) was Governor of the British Virgin Islands, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Virgin Islands, an British overseas territory, overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Se ...

*1998–2001: Christopher Robbins *2001–2003:

Jeremy Hill Jeremy Hill (born October 20, 1992) is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State University (LSU). After a promisin ...

*2004–2008: Colin Roberts *2007–2011: Simon Butt *2011–2015: David Hunt *2015–2019:

Claire Lawrence Claire Lawrence (born 1939) is a Canadians, Canadian musician who was a founding member of the Canadian band The Collectors (Canadian band), The Collectors, and remained with the group when it transitioned to Chilliwack (band), Chilliwack in 19 ...

*2019–: Brian Olley

References

External links

UK and Lithuania
gov.uk {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...