The British Consul General in New York is head of the British
Consulate General
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in
New York,
United States
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, which provide services to British nationals living in and visiting New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Fairfield County in Connecticut.
The office predates 1857 and played a critical role when the capitol of the United States was New York. One of the earliest Consuls-General was
Thomas Henry Barclay, a native New Yorker who was a
Loyalist during the
American Revolution
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who later served the Crown as a resident of
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
. He served as Consul-General in New York from 1799 (to 1822), replacing
Sir John Temple, the first Consul-General and also native born to North America.
The consulate is located in an office block at 845 Third Avenue, New York.
Consuls-General of the United Kingdom in New York
*1857–1883:
Sir Edward Archibald ''Consul from 1857, Consul-General from 1871
*1883–1894:
Sir William Booker
*1894–1907: Sir Percy Sanderson
*1907–1915:
Sir Courtenay Bennett
*1915–1919: Charles Bayley
*''1919:
Wilfred Thesiger
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Thesiger's trav ...
appointed but did not proceed''
*1920–1931: Sir Gloster Armstrong
*1931–1938:
Sir Gerald Campbell
*1938–1944:
Sir Godfrey Haggard
*1944–1950:
Sir Francis Evans
*1951–1953: Sir Henry Hobson
*1953–1957:
Sir Francis Rundall
*1957–1960:
Sir Hugh Stephenson
*1960–1964:
Sir Alan Williams
*1964–1966: Sir Stanley Tomlinson
*1966–1971: Sir Anthony Rouse
*1971–1975: John Ford
*1975–1980: Sir Gordon Booth
*1980–1983: Sir Hugh Overton
*1983–1986: Sir Francis Kennedy
*1986–1988: Sir James Mellon
*1989–1991:
Sir Gordon Jewkes
*1991–1996: Sir Alistair Hunter
*1996–1999: Jeffrey Ling
*1999–2004: Sir Thomas Harris
*2004–2007: Sir Philip Thomas
*2007–2011:
Sir Alan Collins
*2011–2016:
Danny Lopez
*2016–2017:
Antonia Romeo
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*2017–:
Antony Phillipson
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*2021–present:
Emma Wade-Smith
References
External links
British Consulate General New York ''gov.uk''
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Consuls-General, New York
New York
United Kingdom
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