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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 den ...
, 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 C ...
. 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

* '' British High Commission Abuja, Nigeria'' – Catriona Laing (since November 2018) * '' British High Commission Accra, Ghana'' – Iain Walker (since August 2017) * '' British High Commission Apia, Samoa – David Ward (since 2019) * '' British High Commission Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei'' – John Virgoe (since 2020) * '' British High Commission Banjul, 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, Belize'' – Claire Evans (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, Sask ...
(since 2021) * '' British High Commission Canberra, Australia'' – Victoria Treadell (since March 2019) * '' British High Commission Castries, St Lucia – see Bridgetown, Barbados'' * '' British High Commission Colombo, Sri Lanka'' – Sarah Hulton (since August 2019) * '' British High Commission Dar es Salaam, Tanzania'' – David Concar (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, h ...
(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 roma ...
(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 (since 2021) * '' British High Commission Honiara, 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 (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 Kamwo ...
, Uganda'' – Kate Airey (since 2019) * '' British High Commission Kigali, 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, 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, ...
'' – Stuart Gill (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, Eswatini'' - Simon Boyden (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, India'' – Alexander Ellis (since 2021) * '' British High Commission Nicosia, Cyprus'' – Stephen Lillie (since April 2018) * '' British High Commission Nukuʻalofa, Tonga'' – Thorhilda Abbott-Watt (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, Papua New Guinea'' – Keith Scott (since September 2018) * '' British High Commission Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago'' – Harriet Cross (since September 2020) * '' British High Commission Pretoria, 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 (since July 2019) * '' British High Commission Suva, Fiji'' – Brian Jones (since 2022) * '' British High Commission Vanuatu'' – Karen Bell (since 2019) * '' British High Commission Victoria, Seychelles'' – Patrick Lynch (August 2019) * '' British High Commission Wellington, New Zealand'' – Laura Clarke (since January 2018) * '' British High Commission Windhoek, Namibia'' – Charles Moore (since 2021) * '' British High Commission Yaounde, Cameroon'' – Rowan Laxton (since October 2017)


See also

* High commissioner (Commonwealth) * Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom


References

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