The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Israel is the
United Kingdom
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's foremost
diplomatic representative
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in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, and in charge of the UK's
diplomatic mission
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in Israel. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Israel''.
Heads of Missions
High Commissioners (Palestine under British Mandate)
*1920–1925:
Sir Herbert Samuel
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935.
He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister and to beco ...
*1925–1928:
Sir Herbert Plumer
*1928:
Sir Harry Luke (acting)
*1928–1931:
Sir John Chancellor
*1931–1938:
Sir Arthur Wauchope
*1938–1944:
Sir Harold MacMichael
*1944–1945:
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actio ...
*1945–1948:
Sir Alan Cunningham
Ambassadors
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*1948–1949: ''No representation''
*1949–1951:
Sir Knox Helm
*1951–1954:
Sir Francis Evans
*1954–1957:
Sir John Walter Nicholls
*1957–1959:
Sir Francis Rundall
*1959–1963:
Sir Patrick Hancock
*1963–1965:
Sir John Beith
*1965–1969:
Sir Michael Hadow
*1969–1972:
Sir Ernest John Ward Barnes
*1972–1975:
Sir Bernard Ledwidge
*1975–1976:
Thomas Anthony Keith Elliott
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*1976–1980:
Sir John Mason
*1980–1981:
John Robinson
*1981–1984:
Sir Patrick Moberly
*1984–1988:
Dr William Squire
*1988–1992:
Mark Elliott
*1992–1995:
Sir Andrew Burns
*1995–1998:
Sir David Manning
*1998–2001:
Francis Cornish
*2001–2003:
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 ...
*2003–2006:
Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford
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*2006–2010:
Sir Tom Phillips
*2010–2015:
Matthew Gould
Matthew Steven Gould (born 20 August 1971) is a British civil servant who is CEO of NHSX, the body which oversees digital policy and programmes in NHS England. He was Ambassador to Israel (2010–15) and Director General for Digital and Me ...
*2015–2019:
David Quarrey
David Quarrey (born 1966) is a British diplomat and the British Ambassador to NATO since 2022. He was formerly acting National Security Adviser, having taken over the role while David Frost continued as the United Kingdom's Chief Negotiator t ...
*2019–:
Neil Wigan
See also
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Israel–United Kingdom relations
Israel–United Kingdom relations, or Anglo-Israeli relations, are the diplomatic and commercial ties between the United Kingdom and Israel. The British embassy to Israel is located in Tel Aviv. The UK has an honorary consul in Eilat and a non-ac ...
References
External links
UK and Israel gov.uk
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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 ...