The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Kenya is the

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's foremost

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in the

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, and in charge of the UK's

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in Kenya. As fellow members of the

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, the United Kingdom and Kenya conduct their diplomatic relations at

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al level, rather than between

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. Therefore, the countries exchange High Commissioners rather than

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High Commissioners to Kenya

*1963–1964: Sir Geoffrey de Freitas *1964–1965:

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*1966–1968: Sir Edward Peck *1968–1972: Sir Eric Norris *1972–1975: Sir Antony Duff *1975–1979: Sir Stanley Fingland *1979–1982: Sir John Williams *1982–1986: Sir Leonard Allinson *1986–1990:

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*1990–1992: Sir Roger Tomkys *1992–1995:

Sir Kieran Prendergast Sir Walter Kieran Prendergast (born 2 July 1942) is a British retired diplomat who was Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations. Prendergast was born in Campbeltown, Scotland, and received his education at St Patrick' ...

*1995–1997: Simon Hemans *1997–2001: Sir Jeffrey James *2001–2005: Sir Edward Clay *2005–2008:

Adam Wood Adam Kenneth Compton Wood (born 13 March 1955) is a retired British diplomat, and was the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 2011 to 2016. Life and career Wood was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and graduated from ...

*2008–2011:

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*2011–2012:

Peter Tibber Peter Tibber (born 7 September 1956) is a British diplomat, who served as the British Ambassador to Sudan from 2011 to 2015 and the British Ambassador to Colombia from 2015 to 2019. Early life Peter Harris Tibber was born on 7 September 19 ...

*2012–2015:

Christian Turner Christian Philip Hollier Turner (born 19 August 1972) is a British diplomat serving as Political Director of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 2023. He previously served as British High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2019 to ...

*2015–2019:

Nic Hailey NIC may refer to: Banking and insurance companies * National Insurance Corporation, Uganda * NIC Bank, a commercial bank in Kenya Politics, government and economics * National Ice Center, an agency that provides worldwide navigational ice a ...

*2019–:

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Change of British High Commissioner to Kenya - Summer 2019
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 13 June 2019

External links

UK and Kenya
gov.uk

References

{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions

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