The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Kenya is the
United Kingdom's foremost
diplomatic representative
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in the
Republic of Kenya, and in charge of the UK's
diplomatic mission in Kenya.
As fellow members of the
Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and Kenya conduct their diplomatic relations at
governmental level, rather than between
Heads of State. Therefore, the countries exchange
High Commissioners rather than
ambassador
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s.
High Commissioners to Kenya
*1963–1964:
Sir Geoffrey de Freitas
*1964–1965:
Malcolm MacDonald
*1966–1968:
Sir Edward Peck
*1968–1972:
Sir Eric Norris
*1972–1975:
Sir Antony Duff
Sir Arthur Antony Duff (25 February 1920 – 13 August 2000) was a senior British diplomat and Director General of MI5.
Early life and naval service
Born in 1920 to Admiral Sir Arthur Allen Morison Duff KCB and Margaret Grace Dawson at Var Tr ...
*1975–1979:
Sir Stanley Fingland
*1979–1982:
Sir John Williams
*1982–1986:
Sir Leonard Allinson
*1986–1990:
Sir John Johnson
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*1990–1992:
Sir Roger Tomkys
*1992–1995:
Sir Kieran Prendergast
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Prendergast was born in Campbeltown, Scotland, and received his education at St Patrick' ...
*1995–1997:
Simon Hemans
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*1997–2001:
Sir Jeffrey James
*2001–2005:
Sir Edward Clay
*2005–2008:
Adam Wood
*2008–2011:
Robert Macaire
*2011–2012:
Peter Tibber
*2012–2015:
Christian Turner
*2015–2019:
Nic Hailey
NIC may refer to:
Banking and insurance companies
* National Insurance Corporation, Uganda
* NIC Bank, a commercial bank in Kenya
Politics, government and economics
* National Ice Center, an agency that provides worldwide navigational ice a ...
*2019–:
Jane MarriottChange of British High Commissioner to Kenya - Summer 2019
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 13 June 2019
External links
UK and Kenya
gov.uk
References
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Kenya
United Kingdom
Kenya and the Commonwealth of Nations
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