The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Cyprus is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the

Republic of Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

. Previously a territory of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, a British

protectorate A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law. It is a dependent territory that enjoys autonomy over most of its int ...

under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the

Cyprus Convention The Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878 was a secret agreement reached between Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire which granted administrative control of Cyprus to Britain (see British Cyprus), in exchange for its support of the Ottomans during ...

of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown colony on 10 March 1925. Following the

Zürich and London Agreement , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

of 19 February 1959, Cyprus became independent on 16 August 1960. The Republic of Cyprus is a member of the

British Commonwealth 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 ...

, so the British diplomatic representative is a High Commissioner.

Heads of mission

High Commissioners (1878–1925)

*1878–1879: Sir

Garnet Wolseley Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, (4 June 183325 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, W ...

*1879–1886: Sir Robert Biddulph *1886–1892: Sir Henry Ernest Bulwer *1892–1898: Sir Walter Sendall *1898–1904: Sir William Haynes Smith *1904–1911: Sir Charles King-Harman *1911–1915:

Hamilton Goold-Adams Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, (27 June 1858, in Jamesbrook, County Cork – 12 April 1920) was an Irish soldier and colonial administrator, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1915 to 1920. Early life Born in the townland of Jamesbrook in ...

*1915–1918: Sir John Clauson (''died in office'') *1918–1920: Sir Malcolm Stevenson (''acting'') *1920–1925: Sir Malcolm Stevenson

Governors (1925–1960)

*1925–1926: Sir Malcolm Stevenson *1926–1932: Sir

Ronald Storrs Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs (19 November 1881 – 1 November 1955) was an official in the British Foreign and Colonial Office. He served as Oriental Secretary in Cairo, Military Governor of Jerusalem, Governor of Cyprus, and Governor of No ...

*1932–1933: Sir

Reginald Stubbs Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (; 13 October 1876 – 7 December 1947) was a British colonial governor, who was once the Governor of Hong Kong. He caused controversy while Governor of Ceylon over the Bracegirdle Incident. Early life and educati ...

*1933–1939: Sir

Richmond Palmer Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer (25 April 1877 – 22 May 1958) was an English barrister, who became a colonial supervisor for Britain during the inter-World War period. He served as a Lieutenant Governor in Nigeria, Governor and Commander-in-Chief ...

*1939–1941:

William Battershill Sir William Denis Battershill KCMG (29 June 1896 – 11 August 1959) was a British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Cyprus from 1939 to 1941 and Governor of Tanganyika from 1945 to 1949. He was largely known for taking land that had pre ...

*1941–1946: Charles Woolley *1946–1949:

Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, (27 March 1885 – 7 June 1961) was a British Liberal then Labour politician. He was Minister of Civil Aviation under Clement Attlee between 1945 and 1946 and Governor of Cyprus between 1946 ...

*1949–1954: Sir Andrew Wright *1954–1955: Sir Robert Armitage *1955–1957: Sir John Harding *1957–1960: Sir

Hugh Foot Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon (8 October 1907 – 5 September 1990) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and the last governor of British Cyprus. E ...

High Commissioners (1960–present)

*1961–1964: Sir Arthur Clark *1964–1965: Sir Alec Bishop *1965–1967: Sir David Hunt *1967–1969: Sir Norman Costar *1969–1971:

Peter Ramsbotham Peter Edward Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury (8 October 1919 – 9 April 2010) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. Early life Born in London, Ramsbotham was the younger son of Herwald Ramsbotham, later the 1st Viscount Soulb ...

*1971–1972: Robert Edmonds *1973–1975: Stephen Olver *1975–1979: Donald Gordon *1979–1982: Peregrine Rhodes *1982–1988:

William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becom ...

*1988–1990:

Humphrey Maud Sir Humphrey John Hamilton Maud (17 April 1934 – 10 November 2013) was a British diplomat. Life Humphrey Maud was the son of the civil servant and diplomat John Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud and his wife, the pianist Jean Hamilton. ...

*1990–1994: David Dain *1994–1999: David Madden *1999–2001:

Edward Clay Sir Edward Clay KCMG (born 21 July 1945) is a retired British diplomat, formerly a High Commissioner and ambassador. During his time as British High Commissioner in Kenya, Sir Edward earned a reputation for his willingness to speak out again ...

*2001–2005: Lyn Parker *2005–2010: Peter Millett *2010–2014: Matthew Kidd *2014–2016: Ric Todd *2016–2018: Matthew Kidd *2018–2022: Stephen Lillie *2022–:

Irfan Siddiq In Islam, ‘Irfan (Arabic/ Persian/Urdu: ; tr, İrfan), literally ‘knowledge, awareness, wisdom’, is gnosis. Islamic mysticism can be considered as a vast range that engulfs theoretical and practical and conventional mysticism, but the c ...

References

External links

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