The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil is the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

'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 ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and the 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 deno ...

in Brazil. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil''. Besides the embassy and consulate-general in Brasilia, the UK government is represented by consulates-general in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

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, and

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

List of heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil

* 1826:

Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (1773– 31 July 1829) was a British diplomat, consul general to Portugal and chargé d'affaires to Brazil. He was created a baronet on 22 February 1828. Henry was a natural son of the Honourable Henry Fa ...

, consul general and ''

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'' * 1826–1828: Sir Robert GordonJ. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851), 87. * 1828–1832: John, Lord Ponsonby * 1828: Percy, Viscount Strangford, special mission * 1832–1835:

Stephen Henry Fox Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...

* 1835–1838:

Hamilton Charles James Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

* 1838–1847:

William Gore Ouseley Sir William Gore Ouseley (26 July 1797 – 6 March 1866) was a British diplomat who served in various roles in Washington, D.C., Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. His main achievement were negotiations concerning ownership of Britain's interests ...

, ''chargé'' * 1842:

Henry Ellis Henry Ellis may refer to: * Henry Augustus Ellis (1861–1939), Irish Australian physician and federalist * Henry Ellis (diplomat) (1788–1855), British diplomat * Henry Ellis (governor) (1721–1806), explorer, author, and second colonial Gover ...

, extraordinary and special mission * 1847–1850: The Lord Howden * 1850–1851: James Hudson * 1851–1853: Henry Southern * 1853–1855: Henry Francis Howard * 1855–1858:

Peter Campbell Scarlett Peter Campbell Scarlett CB, DL (27 November 1804 – 15 July 1881), styled The Honourable from 1830, was a British diplomat. Background Scarlett was the youngest child of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger and his wife Louise Henrietta Campbe ...

* 1859–1863:

William Dougal Christie William Dougal Christie (5 January 181627 July 1874) was a British diplomat, politician and man of letters. Life The son of Dougal Christie, M.D., an officer in the East India Company's medical service, he was born at Bombay on 5 January 1816. ...

* 1865–1867: Sir Edward Thornton * 1867–1879:

George Buckley-Mathew Sir George Benvenuto Buckley-Mathew (4 August 1807 – 22 October 1879) was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. Life Born in 1807 as George Byam Mathew, Buckley-Mathew was the son of George Mathew (1760–1846) of the Coldstr ...

* 1879–1881:

Clare Ford Sir Francis Clare Ford (4 June 1828 – 31 January 1899) was an English diplomat from London. Ford was born at was born at 32 Upper Brook Street, London, and was the son of writer Richard Ford and his wife, Harriet. He was commissioned a lieute ...

* 1881–1885: Edwin Corbett * 1885–1888: Hugh MacDonell * 1888–1891:

Hugh Wyndham Sir Hugh Wyndham SL (1602 – 24 December 1684), of Silton, near Gillingham, Dorset, was an English Judge of the Common Pleas and a Baron of the Exchequer. Origins He was born at Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, the eighth son of Sir John Wyndh ...

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil

*1891–1894:

(later Sir Hugh Wyndham) *1894–1900: Constantine Phipps (later Sir Constantine Phipps) *1900–1906: Sir Henry Dering, 9th Bt. *1906–1915: Sir William Henry Doveton Haggard *1915–1919: Sir Arthur Peel

Ambassador

*1919–1921: Sir Ralph Paget *1921–1925: Sir John Tilley *1925–1930: Sir Beilby Alston *1930–1935: Sir William Seeds *1935–1939: Sir Hugh Gurney *1939–1941: Sir Geoffrey Knox *1941–1944: Sir Noel Charles *1944–1947: Sir Donald Gainer *1947–1952: Sir Nevile Butler *1952–1956: Sir Geoffrey Thompson *1956–1958: Sir Geoffrey Harrison *1958–1963: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger *1963–1966: Sir Leslie Fry *1966–1969:

Sir John Russell Sir John Wriothesley Russell (22 August 1914 – 3 August 1984) was a British diplomat and ambassador. He was the only son of Thomas Wentworth Russell, better known as Russell Pasha, who was descended from John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. H ...

*1969–1973: Sir David Hunt *1973–1977: Sir Derek Dodson *1977–1979: Sir Norman Statham *1979–1981: George Edmund Hall *1981–1984: William Harding (later Sir William Harding) *1984–1987: John Ure (later Sir John Ure) *1987–1992: Michael Newington *1992–1995: Peter Heap (later Sir Peter Heap) *1995–1999: Donald Haskell *1999–2004: Sir Roger Bone *2004–2008:

Peter Collecott Peter Salmon Collecott, , is a British former diplomat. He was the British Ambassador to Brazil from 2004 to 2008. He is chairman of the Ambassadors Partnership. Early life Born on 8 October 1950"Collecott, Peter Salmon, Counsellor (Head of Ch ...

*2008–2013: Alan Charlton *2013–2017:

Alex Ellis Alexander Ellis may refer to: * Alex Ellis (born 1991), Canadian racecar driver *Alexander John Ellis (1814–1890), English mathematician and philologist *Boo Ellis (Alexander Ellis, 1936–2010), American professional basketball player * Alexande ...

*2017–2020: Vijay Rangarajan *2021–2022: Peter Wilson *2022–: Melanie Hopkins (acting)

References

External links

UK and Brazil
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Previous Ambassadors
(up to 2008), British Embassy Brasilia {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions