The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Israel is the United Kingdom's foremost

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 Israel, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Israel. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Israel''.

Heads of Missions

High Commissioners (Palestine under British Mandate)

*1920–1925:

Sir Herbert Samuel Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935. He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister and to beco ...

*1925–1928: Sir Herbert Plumer *1928: Sir Harry Luke (acting) *1928–1931: Sir John Chancellor *1931–1938: Sir Arthur Wauchope *1938–1944: Sir Harold MacMichael *1944–1945: John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort *1945–1948: Sir Alan Cunningham

Ambassadors

*1948–1949: ''No representation'' *1949–1951: Sir Knox Helm *1951–1954: Sir Francis Evans *1954–1957: Sir John Walter Nicholls *1957–1959: Sir Francis Rundall *1959–1963: Sir Patrick Hancock *1963–1965: Sir John Beith *1965–1969: Sir Michael Hadow *1969–1972: Sir Ernest John Ward Barnes *1972–1975: Sir Bernard Ledwidge *1975–1976:

Thomas Anthony Keith Elliott Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

*1976–1980:

Sir John Mason Sir John Mason (1503 – 20 April 1566) was an English diplomat and spy. Origins and education Mason was born to humble parents in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) in 1503. His father is said to have been a cowherd,* his mother was t ...

*1980–1981:

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

*1981–1984: Sir Patrick Moberly *1984–1988: Dr William Squire *1988–1992: Mark Elliott *1992–1995: Sir Andrew Burns *1995–1998:

Sir David Manning Sir David Geoffrey Manning, (born 5 December 1949) is a former British diplomat, who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called " Manning Memo", that summarized the details of a meeting between ...

*1998–2001: Francis Cornish *2001–2003:

Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles (born 8 January 1955) is a British former diplomat. He was the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009–2010. After leaving the Foreign Office, he worked briefly for BA ...

*2003–2006: Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford *2006–2010: Sir Tom Phillips *2010–2015:

Matthew Gould Matthew Steven Gould (born 20 August 1971) is a British civil servant who is CEO of NHSX, the body which oversees digital policy and programmes in NHS England. He was Ambassador to Israel (2010–15) and Director General for Digital and Me ...

*2015–2019:

David Quarrey David Quarrey (born 1966) is a British diplomat and the British Ambassador to NATO since 2022. He was formerly acting National Security Adviser, having taken over the role while David Frost continued as the United Kingdom's Chief Negotiator to ...

*2019–:

Neil Wigan Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan is a British diplomat who was UK Ambassador to Somalia from 2013 to 2015. Since 13 June 2019, he serves as the British ambassador to Israel, replacing David Quarrey. Personal life Wigan studied at the University of ...

References

External links

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

Heads of Missions

High Commissioners (Palestine under British Mandate)

Ambassadors

See also

References

External links