Countries belonging to the
Commonwealth of Nations
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exchange
High Commissioners rather than
Ambassador
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s. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their
diplomatic credentials to the host country's
head of state
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, High Commissioners are accredited to the
head of government
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), they are in practice the same office. The following persons have served as
British High Commissioner to India
Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations exchange High Commissioner (Commonwealth), High Commissioners rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their credential# ...
.
High Commissioner to British India (1946–1947)
*1946–1947:
Sir Terence Shone
High Commissioner to the Dominion of India (1947–1950)
*1947–1948: Sir Terence Shone
*1948–1950:
Sir Archibald Nye
High Commissioner to the Republic of India (1950–present)
*1950–1952:
Sir Archibald Edward Nye
*1952–1955:
Sir Alexander Clutterbuck
*1955–1960:
Malcolm MacDonald
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*1960–1965:
Sir Paul Gore-Booth
*1965–1968:
John Freeman
*1968–1971:
Sir Morrice James
*1971–1973:
Sir Terence Garvey
*1974–1976:
Sir Michael Walker
*1977–1982:
Sir John Thomson
*1982–1987:
Sir Robert Wade-Gery
*1987–1991:
Sir David Goodall
*1991–1996:
Sir Nicholas Fenn
*1996–1998:
Sir David Gore-Booth
*1999–2003:
Sir Rob Young
*2003–2007:
Sir Michael Arthur
*2007–2011:
Sir Richard Stagg
*2011–2015:
Sir James Bevan
*2016-2020:
Sir Dominic Asquith
*2020–2021:
Philip Barton
*2021–:
Alexander Ellis
See also
*
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 ...
References
External links
UK and India www.gov.uk
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
United Kingdom
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India and the Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations