The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Burma is the United Kingdom's chief

diplomatic representative Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

in Burma, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission. The government of Burma changed the name of the country to

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

on 18 June 1989, but the UK government has not recognised the change of name, hence the ambassador's official title is "His Majesty's Ambassador to Burma".Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Burma
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 13 June 2013

Ambassadors

*1948–1950:

James Bowker Sir (Reginald) James Bowker (2 July 1901 – 15 December 1983) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Burma, Turkey and Austria. Career Bowker was educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic Serv ...

*1950–1953:

Richard Speaight Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

*1953–1956:

Paul Gore-Booth Paul Henry Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth (3 February 1909 – 29 June 1984) was a British diplomat. He served with distinction in HM Diplomatic Service and in retirement held the following appointments: Director, Grindlays Bank, 1969–79, Un ...

*1956–1962: Sir Richard Allen *1962–1965: Sir Gordon Whitteridge *1965–1967: Leonard Wakely *1967–1970:

Trafford Smith Trafford Smith, CMG (1 January 1912 – 15 July 1975) was an administrator, diplomat, colonial civil servant, and military lieutenant who served in colonial administration in Malta and Burma. Smith was educated at the City Boys' School in Leice ...

*1970–1974:

Edward Willan Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

*1974–1978: Terence O'Brien *1978–1982: Charles Booth *1982–1986: Sir Nicholas Fenn *1986–1990: Martin Morland *1990–1995: Julian Hartland-Swann *1995–1999:

Robert Gordon Robert Gordon may refer to: Entertainment * Robert Gordon (actor) (1895–1971), silent-film actor * Robert Gordon (director) (1913–1990), American director * Robert Gordon (singer) (1947–2022), American rockabilly singer * Robert Gordon (scr ...

*1999–2002: John Jenkins *2002–2006: Vicky Bowman *2006–2009: Mark Canning *2009–2013: Andrew Heyn *2013–2018: Andrew Patrick *2018–: Dan Chugg

References

External links

UK and Burma
''gov.uk'' {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions Burma United Kingdom