List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Lithuania
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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
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.


Heads of Mission


Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

From 1921 to 1940, British Ministers were accredited to
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and
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
as well as Lithuania; they were based in
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. *1921–1922: Ernest Wilton *1922–1927: Sir Tudor Vaughan *1928–1930:
Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard S ...
*1931–1934:
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen (26 March 1886 – 21 March 1971) was a British diplomat, civil servant and author. He is best remembered as the diplomat whose secrets were stolen by his Kosovar Albanian valet and passed on to Naz ...
*1934–1937:
Sir Edmund Monson, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund St John Debonnaire John Monson, 3rd Baronet, KCMG (9 September 1883 – 16 April 1969), was a British diplomat who was ambassador to several countries. Career Monson was the second son of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet, and succeeded hi ...
*1937–1940: Sir Charles Orde ''No representation 1940–91. Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, and regained its independence in 1991.''


Ambassadors

*1991–1994: Michael Peart *1995–1998:
Tom Macan Thomas Townley Macan (born 14 November 1946) was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Virgin Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, from 14 October 2004 to 10 April 2006. He was educated at Shrews ...
*1998–2001: Christopher Robbins *2001–2003:
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*2004–2008: Colin Roberts *2007–2011:
Simon Butt Simon Butt (born April 1958) is a British diplomat, the former British Ambassador to Lithuania. Postings From 1982 to 1984 Butt served as a Political officer in the British Embassy in Moscow, this was followed by two years assigned to Burma. Fr ...
*2011–2015: David Hunt *2015–2019:
Claire Lawrence Claire Lawrence (born 1939) is a Canadian musician who was a founding member of the Canadian band The Collectors, and remained with the group when it transitioned to Chilliwack in 1970. He performed on keyboards, flute, saxophone, and piano. ...
*2019–:
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UK and Lithuania
gov.uk {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
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