The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Romania is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, and head of the UK's

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...

in Romania. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Romania''.

Heads of mission

;Consul-General to Wallachia and Moldavia * 1813–1826?: William Wilkinson ''(consul appointed by the Levant Company''W.G. East
''The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859: An Episode in Diplomatic History''
Cambridge University Press, 2011, page 181 * 1826–1834: E.L. Blutte * 1834–1858: Robert G. Colquhoun * 1859–1874: John Green * 1874–1876: Hon. Hussey Vivian * 1876–1878: Charles Mansfield ;Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary * 1880–1886: Sir William White * 1887–1892: Sir Frank Lascelles * 1892–1894: Sir John Walsham, 2nd Baronet * 1894–1897: Sir Hugh Wyndham * 1897–1905: John Kennedy * 1906–1910:

Conyngham Greene Sir William Conyngham Greene, (29 October 1854 – 30 June 1934) was a British diplomat who served as minister to Switzerland, Romania and Denmark, and as ambassador to Japan. Early life William Conyngham Greene was born in Dublin, Ireland, ...

* 1911–1912: Walter Townley * 1912–1920: Sir George Barclay * 1920–1926: Sir Herbert Dering * 1926–1929: Robert Greg * 1929–1935:

Michael Palairet Sir Michael Palairet (29 September 1882 – 5 August 1956) was a British diplomat who was minister to Romania, Sweden and Austria, and minister and ambassador to Greece. Early life Palairet was the son of Charles Harvey Palairet, by his mar ...

* 1935–1941: Sir Reginald Hoare * 1941–1946: ''No representation due to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

'' * 1947–1948: Adrian Holman * 1949–1951: Walter Roberts * 1951–1954: William Sullivan * 1954–1956:

Dermot MacDermot Sir Dermot MacDermot (1906–1989), styled Prince of Coolavin, Chief of the Name, head of the MacDermot clan, and a descendant of the Kings of Moylurg. MacDermot attended Stonyhurst College, and went on to Trinity College Dublin, where he was ...

* 1956–1959:

Alan Dudley Alan may refer to: People * Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name ** List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' ...

* 1959–1961:

David Scott Fox Sir Robin David John Scott Fox (20 June 1910 – 25 January 1985) was a British diplomat and writer. Career David Scott Fox (Scott Fox is a double-barrelled surname) was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, before entering the ...

* 1961–1963:

Dalton Murray Dalton may refer to: Science * Dalton (crater), a lunar crater * Dalton (program), chemistry software * Dalton (unit) (Da), the atomic mass unit * John Dalton, chemist, physicist and meteorologist Entertainment * Dalton (Buffyverse), minor c ...

;Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * 1963–1965:

* 1965–1967: Leslie Glass * 1967–1968: Sir John Chadwick * 1969–1971:

Denis Laskey Sir Denis Seward Laskey (18 January 1916 – 16 October 1987) was British ambassador to Romania and Austria. Career Denis Seward Laskey was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office in 19 ...

* 1972–1975:

Derick Ashe Sir Derick Rosslyn Ashe (20 January 1919 – 4 May 2000) was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to Romania, Ambassador to Argentina and represented Britain at the United Nations Conference of the Committee on Disarmament. Early career ...

* 1975–1977:

Jeffrey Petersen Jeffrey may refer to: * Jeffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Jeffrey'' (1995 film), a 1995 film by Paul Rudnick, based on Rudnick's play of the same name * ''Jeffrey'' (2016 film), a 2016 Dominican Republic documentary film ...

* 1977–1979: Reginald Secondé * 1980–1983: Paul Holmer * 1983–1986:

Philip McKearney Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...

* 1986–1989: Hugh Arbuthnott * 1989–1992: Michael Atkinson * 1992–1996:

Andrew Bache Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived ...

* 1996–2000: Christopher Crabbie * 2000–2002:

Richard Ralph Richard Peter Ralph CMG CVO (born 27 April 1946) is an English former diplomat who was ambassador to Peru and then chairman of a mining company that operates in Peru. Diplomatic career Ralph was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and ...

* 2002–2006:

Quinton Quayle Quinton Mark Quayle (born 5 June 1955) is a retired British Diplomat. Early life, education and early career Educated at Bromsgrove School, Humphry Davy School and University of Bristol, Quayle entered the Foreign Office in 1977 and studied Tha ...

* 2006–2010:

Robin Barnett Robin Anthony Barnett CMG (born 8 March 1958) is a British diplomat, who served as the British ambassador to Ireland, Poland, and Romania. Early life Robin Anthony Barnett was born on 8 March 1958 to Bryan Anderson Barnett and Marion Barnett. ...

* 2010–2014: Martin Harris * 2014–2018:

Paul Brummell Paul Brummell (born 28 August 1965) is a British diplomat and travel writer. Early life Brummell was educated at St Albans School before reading geography at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...

* 2018–: Andrew Noble

Regional Consulates

;Consuls * 1922–1924: Lionel Keyser (Consul for the

Romanian Old Kingdom The Romanian Old Kingdom ( ro, Vechiul Regat or just ''Regat''; german: Regat or ) is a colloquial term referring to the territory covered by the first independent Romanian nation state, which was composed of the Romanian Principalities: Wallachia ...

Dobruja Dobruja or Dobrudja (; bg, Добруджа, Dobrudzha or ''Dobrudža''; ro, Dobrogea, or ; tr, Dobruca) is a historical region in the Balkans that has been divided since the 19th century between the territories of Bulgaria and Romania. I ...

, and the portion of Bessarabia south of

Orhei Orhei (; Yiddish ''Uriv'' – אוריװ), also formerly known as Orgeev (russian: Орге́ев), is a city, municipality and the administrative centre of Orhei District in the Republic of Moldova, with a population of 21,065. Orhei is appro ...

and Baltzi) * 1924-?: Laurence Robinson (Consul-General for Bukowina, Bessarabia, the Romanian Old Kingdom and Dobrudja) * 1922-?: Charles Goodwin (Consul for

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

, the Romanian

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

, Crisiana and Maramureş) * 1935–1939:

Archibald Robertson Archibald or Archie Robertson may refer to: Sports *Archie Robertson (footballer) (1929–1978), Scottish footballer * Archie Robertson (shinty player) (born 1950), ex-shinty player Others *Archibald Robertson (painter) (1765–1835), Scottish bor ...

(Consul for Transylvania, the Romanian Banat, Crisiana and Maramureş) * 1939-?: Norman Mayers (for Timiş,

Olt Olt or OLT may refer to: People: * Károly Olt (1904–1985), Hungarian politician * Mike Olt (born 1988), American baseball player Places: * Olt County, a county (județ) of Romania * Olt (river), a river in Romania ** Olt Defile, a defile that ...

, Bucegi, Mureș and Someş)

References

External links

UK and Romania
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