Countries belonging to 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 Co ...

typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than

ambassador 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 ...

s. Though there are a few technical differences, they are in practice one and the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to the

Federal Republic of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

since the country gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960: *1960–1963:

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 ...

*1964–1967: Sir Francis Cumming-Bruce *1967–1969: Sir David Hunt *1969–1971: Sir Leslie Glass *1971–1974: Sir Cyril Pickard *1974–1976: Sir Martin Le Quesne *1977–1978: Sir Sam Falle *1979–1983: Sir Mervyn Brown *1983–1984: Sir Hamilton Whyte *1984–1986: ''High Commissioner recalled following the Dikko Affair *1986–1988: Sir Martin Ewans *1988–1991:

Brian Barder Sir Brian Leon Barder (20 June 1934 – 19 September 2017) was a British diplomat, author, blogger and civil liberties advocate. Life and career Barder was born in Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in ...

*1991–1994:

Christopher MacRae Sir Alastair Christopher Donald Summerhayes MacRae (born 3 May 1937) is a former diplomat for the United Kingdom. Early life MacRae was born in May 1937 to Alexander Murray MacRae and Grace Summerhayes. Both parents were doctors, and his mother ...

*1994–1997:

Thorold Masefield John Thorold Masefield, CMG (born 1 October 1939) is a British retired diplomat. From 1994 to 1997, he served as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Nigeria and from 1989 to 1992, he served as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to ...

*1997–2001: Sir Graham Burton *2001–2004: Sir Philip Thomas *2004–2007: Sir Richard Gozney *2007–2011:

Robert Dewar Robert Berriedale Keith Dewar (21 June 1945 – 30 June 2015) was an American computer scientist and educator. He helped to develop programming languages and compilers and was an outspoken advocate of freely licensed open-source software. He wa ...

*2011–2012: Andrew Lloyd *2012–2015: Sir Andrew Pocock *2015–2018:

Paul Arkwright Paul Thomas Arkwright (born 2 March 1962) is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2015–18. Early life Arkwright was born in Bolton, and grew up in Lancashire. He is the son of Thomas Arkwright and ...

*2018–:

Catriona Laing Catriona Wendy Campbell Laing is a British civil servant and diplomat who High Commissioner to Nigeria. Early life and education Laing studied economics at the London School of Economics, graduating with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in ...

References

External links

UK and Nigeria
gov.uk {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

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