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A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission, equivalent to an
embassy 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 ...
, found in countries that are members of the
Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Co ...
. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information, passports, dual-citizenship information, and other services between Commonwealth states. Where some Commonwealth countries are not represented in another Commonwealth country, the British High Commission can assist such Commonwealth countries' citizens in some cases. Some countries that were outside the Commonwealth, but have now returned to their membership of the Commonwealth, have replaced their embassies and ambassadors with High Commissions and High Commissioners.


List of British High Commissions and British High Commissioners

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British High Commission Abuja British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Nigeria'' –
Catriona Laing Catriona Wendy Campbell Laing is a British civil servant and diplomat who High Commissioner to Nigeria. Early life and education Laing studied economics at the London School of Economics, graduating with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in ...
(since November 2018) * ''
British High Commission Accra British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Ghana'' –
Iain Walker Iain Walker (born 6 December 1976) is a British diplomat. Between August 2017 and June 2021, he was the United Kingdom's High Commissioner to Ghana. A law graduate of the University of Dundee, Scotland, Walker worked in the Prime Minister's D ...
(since August 2017) * ''
British High Commission Apia British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Samoa – David Ward (since 2019) * ''
British High Commission Bandar Seri Begawan British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Brunei'' – John Virgoe (since 2020) * ''
British High Commission Banjul British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Gambia'' –
David Belgrove David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
(since 2020) * ''
British High Commission Belmopan British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Belize'' –
Claire Evans Claire Louise Evans (born 11 January 1983) is a Welsh beauty pageant titleholder who was the Miss Wales 2005. Born the eldest child of parents Geraint and Michelle in the seaside town of Aberystwyth in Wales, she was educated at St Padarns Rom ...
(since October 2018) * ''British High Commission Bridgetown, Barbados'' –
Scott Furssedonn-Wood Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saska ...
(since 2021) * '' British High Commission Canberra, Australia'' –
Victoria Treadell Victoria Marguerite Treadell, (; born 4 November 1959) is the high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia and has been in the posting since April 2019. She is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, High Comm ...
(since March 2019) * '' British High Commission Castries, St Lucia – see Bridgetown, Barbados'' * ''
British High Commission Colombo British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Sri Lanka'' –
Sarah Hulton Sarah Anne Pascale Hulton is a British diplomat who is the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. She officially became the British High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in August 2019 who replaced James Dauris who pre ...
(since August 2019) * '' British High Commission Dar es Salaam, Tanzania'' –
David Concar David William Concar is a British diplomat. Concar was Deputy Editor of ''New Scientist'' magazine from 1996 until 2004 when he joined the FCDO. From 2004 to 2012, he held many Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Pekin ...
(since August 2020) * '' British High Commission Dhaka, Bangladesh'' –
Robert Chatterton Dickson The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
(since March 2019) * ''
British High Commission Freetown British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Sierra Leone'' –
Simon Mustard Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
(since April 2019) * ''
British High Commission Gaborone British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Botswana'' –
Sian Price Sian or Siyan may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name Places *Sian, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran *Sian, Russia, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia *Xi'an, China, formerly roman ...
(since February 2020) * ''
British High Commission Georgetown British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Guyana'' –
Jane Miller Jane Miller (born 1949) is an American poet. Life Jane Miller was born in New York and lives in Tucson, Arizona. She served as a professor for many years in the Creative Writing Program at The University of Arizona—including a stint as its Dire ...
(since 2021) * ''
British High Commission Honiara British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Solomon Islands'' –
Thomas Coward Thomas Alfred Coward (8 January 1867 – 29 January 1933), was an English ornithologist and an amateur astronomer. He wrote extensively on natural history, local history and Cheshire. Life He was born at 8 Higher Downs, Bowdon, Cheshire ( ...
(since 2019) * '' British High Commission Islamabad, Pakistan'' –
Christian Turner Christian Philip Hollier Turner (born 19 August 1972) is a British diplomat serving as Political Director of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 2023. He previously served as British High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2019 to ...
(since 2019) * ''
British High Commission Kampala The British High Commission Kampala is the diplomatic mission of the Government of the United Kingdom to Uganda, representing the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom's interests. It is located on Windsor Loop in the Kampala suburb of Kamwook ...
, Uganda'' –
Kate Airey Kate Airey OBE is a British diplomat serving as the British High Commissioner to Uganda since November 2020. Early life She was born and raised in Birmingham, UK and graduated from University of Oxford in 1999 with a BSc in Geography. Caree ...
(since 2019) * ''
British High Commission Kigali British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Rwanda'' – Joanne Lomas (since January 2018) * '' British High Commission Kingston, Jamaica'' – Judith Slater (since 2021) * '' British High Commission Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia'' – Charles Hay (since March 2019) * '' British High Commission Lilongwe, Malawi'' – David Beer (since September 2020) * ''
British High Commission Lusaka British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Zambia'' – Nicholas Woolley (since August 2019) * ''
British High Commission Malta British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
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Stuart Gill Stuart William Gill (born 6 August 1958) is a British diplomat who is High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta. Education Gill graduated from the University of Kent in 1980, with a degree in Politics and Government. Career Gill began his ca ...
(since April 2016) * '' British High Commission Maputo, Mozambique'' –
NneNne Iwuji-Eme NneNne Iwuji-Eme is a British diplomat. In March 2018, she was appointed to be the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique and took up her post in July 2018 in succession to Joanna Kuenssberg. She is the first black woman to re ...
(since August 2018) * '' British High Commission Maseru, Lesotho'' - Anne Macro (since 2019) * ''
British High Commission Mbabane British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Eswatini'' -
Simon Boyden Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genu ...
(since 2020) * '' British High Commission Nairobi, Kenya'' –
Jane Marriott Jane Marriott (born 1976 in Doncaster, England) is a British diplomat. Marriott was the Director of the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit. She is currently now appointed as British High commissioner to Pakistan in 2023.She was appointe ...
(since September 2019) * '' British High Commission Nassau, The Bahamas'' - Sarah Dickson (since 2019) * ''
British High Commission New Delhi The High Commission of the United Kingdom in New Delhi is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in India. It is located at Shantipath in Chanakyapuri district. The British High Commission in New Delhi covers consular services for N ...
, India'' – Alexander Ellis (since 2021) * ''
British High Commission Nicosia British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Cyprus'' –
Stephen Lillie Stephen Lillie (born 4 February 1966) is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to Cyprus from 2018 to 2022. Career Lillie was educated at South Wolds Comprehensive School and The Queen's College, Oxford. He joined HM Diplomatic Service ...
(since April 2018) * '' British High Commission Nukuʻalofa, Tonga'' –
Thorhilda Abbott-Watt Thorhilda Mary Vivia "Thorda" Abbott-Watt (born 11 February 1955) is an English diplomat who currently serves as British High Commissioner to Tonga. Career Abbott-Watt joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1974 and has worked bo ...
(since January 2020) * '' British High Commission Ottawa, Canada'' – Susannah Goshko (since 2021) * '' British High Commission Port Louis, Mauritius'' – Keith Allan (since 24 August 2017) * ''
British High Commission Port Moresby British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Papua New Guinea'' – Keith Scott (since September 2018) * ''
British High Commission Port of Spain British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Trinidad and Tobago'' – Harriet Cross (since September 2020) * ''
British High Commission Pretoria British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, South Africa'' –
Antony Phillipson Antony John Phillipson (born 13 January 1971) is a British diplomat, and as of 2021, British High Commissioner to South Africa. He was High Commissioner to Singapore from 2011 to April 2015, and from 2017 to June 2021 was the British Consul-Ge ...
(since 2021) * '' British High Commission Singapore, Singapore'' –
Kara Owen Kara or KARA may refer to: Geography Localities * Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...
(since July 2019) * ''
British High Commission Suva British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Fiji'' –
Brian Jones Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English multi-instrumentalist and singer best known as the founder, rhythm/lead guitarist, and original leader of the Rolling Stones. Initially a guitarist, he went on to prov ...
(since 2022) * ''
British High Commission Vanuatu British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
'' – Karen Bell (since 2019) * ''
British High Commission Victoria British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Seychelles'' – Patrick Lynch (August 2019) * '' British High Commission Wellington, New Zealand'' –
Laura Clarke Laura Mary Clarke (born 3 June 1978) is the CEO of ClientEarth a global non-profit environmental law organisation. She is a former British diplomat, who served as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand, and the Governor of Pitcairn. Bio ...
(since January 2018) * ''
British High Commission Windhoek British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, Namibia'' – Charles Moore (since 2021) * '' British High Commission Yaounde, Cameroon'' –
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(since October 2017)


See also

* High commissioner (Commonwealth) *
Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the largest global networks of diplomatic missions. UK diplomatic missions to capitals of other Com ...


References

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