The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Malaysia is the head of United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Malaysia. The position has the rank and status of an
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
and is based in the High Commission of the United Kingdom,
Kuala Lumpur
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Prior to its
separation and independence from the British Empire in 1957, Malaya was ruled by governors also termed
"High Commissioners".
List of heads of mission
High Commissioner to Malaya
*1957–1963:
Sir Geofroy Tory
High Commissioners to Malaysia
*1963–1966:
Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head
Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head, (19 December 1906 – 29 March 1983) was a British soldier, Conservative politician and diplomat.
Background and education
Head was the son of Geoffrey Head and Ethel Daisy, daughter of Arthur Flower. He ...
*1966–1971:
Sir Michael Walker
*1971–1974:
Sir John Johnston
*1974–1977:
Sir Eric Norris
*1977–1981:
Sir Donald Hawley
*1981–1983:
Sir William Bentley
*1983–1986:
David Gillmore
David Howe Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield, GCMG,(16 August 1934 – 20 March 1999) was a British diplomat. He retired in 1994 after a distinguished diplomatic career in which he was a leading light in John Major's extrication of the ...
*1986–1992:
Sir Nicholas Spreckley
*1992–1994:
Duncan Slater
*1994–1998:
Sir David Moss
*1998–2001:
Sir Graham Fry
*2001–2006:
Bruce Cleghorn
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been ...
*2006–2010:
Boyd McCleary
William Boyd McCleary (born 30 March 1949) is a retired member of HM Diplomatic Service originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In September 2010 he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the British government, to represent ...
*2010–2014:
Simon Featherstone
Simon Mark Featherstone (24 July 1958 – 26 August 2014) was a British diplomat whose posts included High Commissioner to Malaysia.
Career
Simon Featherstone was educated at Whitgift School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign ...
*2014-2019:
Victoria Treadell
Victoria Marguerite Treadell, (; born 4 November 1959) is the high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia and has been in the posting since April 2019. She is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, High Comm ...
*2019–:
Charles Hay
See also
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Malaysia–United Kingdom relations
Malaysia–United Kingdom relations are bilateral foreign relations between Malaysia and the United Kingdom. Malaysia has a high commission in London, and the United Kingdom has a high commission in Kuala Lumpur. Both countries are full members ...
References
External links
UK and Malaysia gov.uk
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
Malaysia and the Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations
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 ...