The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia 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 ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

, 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 ...

in Saudi Arabia. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''.

List of heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

*1930–1936: Sir Andrew Ryan *1936–1939:

Sir Reader Bullard Sir Reader William Bullard (5 December 1885 – 24 May 1976) was a British diplomat and author. Education Reader Bullard was born in Walthamstow, the son of Charles, a dock labourer, and Mary Bullard. He was educated at the Monoux School th ...

*1940–1943: Hugh Stonehewer-Bird *1943–1945: Stanley Jordan *1945–1947: Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

*1947–1951: Alan Trott *1951–1955: Clinton Pelham *1955:

Harold Beeley Sir Harold Beeley (15 February 1909 – 27 July 2001) was a British diplomat, historian, and Arabist. After beginning his career as a historian and lecturer, following World War II, Beeley joined the British diplomatic service and served in pos ...

*1955–1956:

Roderick Parkes Sir Roderick (Wallis) Parkes KCMG OBE (2 April 1909 – 2 November 1972) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. After entering the Indian Civil Service in 1932, he served in the Punjab until 1935. From 1935 to 1947 he was in the ...

*1956–1963: ''Diplomatic relations severed due to

Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...

'' *1963–1964: Sir Colin Crowe *1964–1968: Morgan Man *1968: Horace Phillips (rejected by Saudi government) *1968–1972: Sir Willie Morris *1972–1976: Sir Alan Rothnie *1976–1979: Sir John Wilton *1979–1984:

Sir James Craig James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon PC PC (NI) DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisis of 1912 ...

*1984–1986: Sir Patrick Wright *1986–1989: Sir Stephen Egerton *1989–1993: Sir Alan Munro *1993–1996: Sir David Gore-Booth *1996–2000:

Sir Andrew Green Andrew Fleming Green, Baron Green of Deddington, KCMG (born 6 August 1941) is a former British diplomat. He is the founding president of MigrationWatch UK, an organisation arguing for lower immigration to the United Kingdom. He has also held a ...

*2000–2003: Sir Derek Plumbly *2003–2006:

Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles (born 8 January 1955) is a British former diplomat. He was the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009–2010. After leaving the Foreign Office, he worked briefly for BA ...

*2006–2010: Sir William Patey *2010–2012: Sir Tom Phillips *2012–2015: Sir John Jenkins *2015–2020:

Simon Collis Simon Paul Collis, (23 February 1956) is a former British ambassador to several Middle Eastern countries before retiring from diplomatic service in February 2020. Biography Collis was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, from 1967 u ...

*2020–:

Neil Crompton Neil Crompton (born 30 July 1960) is a well-known Supercars presenter and commentator. Racing career Highlights According to the official V8 Supercars website, Crompton has competed in 357 various motor racing events, finishing in the first ...

Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 22 October 2019

References

External links

UK and Saudi Arabia
gov.uk {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions