The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco 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
Morocco, and head of the UK's
diplomatic mission there. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco''.
The British Ambassador to Morocco was also
non-resident ambassador Dual accreditation is the practice in diplomacy of a country granting two separate responsibilities to a single diplomat. One prominent form of dual accreditation is for a diplomat to serve as the ambassador to two countries concurrently. For exampl ...
to the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 1990 until the United Kingdom appointed a resident ambassador to Mauritania in 2018. The Morocco embassy also covers
Western Sahara, a disputed territory with which the UK does not have official diplomatic relations.
Besides the embassy in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
, the British government maintains a
Consulate General in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
and an
Honorary Consulate in
Marrakech
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
.
Heads of Mission
Ambassadors
*
John Harrison (1610, 1613, 1615 and 1627)
*?:
William Rainsborough
Captain William Rainsborough (11 June 1587 – 16 Feb 1642) was an English Captain and Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, English ambassador to Morocco and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642.
Naval expeditions
On t ...
*1679:
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
*1681:
Sir James Leslie
Sir James Leslie or Lesley (died 1702) was a British army officer of the seventeenth century.
He was a son of Robert Leslie of Kinclaven, Perthshire (son of Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores). James's mother was Robert's second wife, Catherine Bas ...
*1721:
The Hon. Charles Stewart
Ministers
*1829-1845:
Edward Drummond-Hay (Consul-general)
*1845–1886:
Sir John Drummond-Hay ''(1845 Agent and Consul-General, 1856 Chargé d'Affaires, 1860 Minister Resident, 1872 Minister Plenipotentiary, 1880 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)''
*1886–1891: Sir William Kirby Green ''(Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)''
*1891–1893:
Sir Charles Euan-Smith ''(Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)''
*1893–1895:
Ernest Satow ''(Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)''
*1895–1904:
Sir Arthur Nicolson ''(Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)''
*1905–1908:
Gerard Lowther ''(Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)''
*1908–1912:
Sir Reginald Lister
Sir Reginald Lister, (1865–1912) was a British diplomat.
Lister was the third son of Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale.
He was Second secretary at the British Embassy in Paris until September 1902, when he was appointed Secretary of Legat ...
''(Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)''
*1912–1956: ''Morocco under
French protectorate''
Ambassadors
*1956–1957:
Harold Freese-Pennefather
Harold may refer to:
People
* Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Harold (surname), surname in the English language
* András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold"
Arts a ...
*1957–1961:
Sir Charles Duke
*1961–1965:
Sir Richard Beaumont
*1965–1969:
Leonard Holliday
:''Note: dates are given using the New Style calendar.''
Sir Leonard Holliday (also spelled Hollyday and Halliday) (c. 1550 – 9 January 1612) was a founder of the East India Company, and a Lord Mayor of London.
Life
He was born, perhaps ci ...
*1969–1971:
Thomas Shaw Thomas Shaw is the name of:
Politicians
* Tom Shaw (politician) (1872–1938), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician
* Thomas Shaw (Halifax MP) (1823–1893), English Liberal politician, MP for Halifax
* Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmy ...
*1971–1975:
Ronald Bailey
*1975–1978:
John Duncan
*1978–1982:
Simon Dawbarn
*1982–1984:
Sydney Cambridge
*1985–1987:
Robin Byatt
*1987–1990:
John Shakespeare
John Shakespeare (c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was an English businessman in Stratford-upon-Avon and the father of William Shakespeare. He was a glover and whittawer ( leather worker) by trade. Shakespeare was elected to several municipal ...
*1990–1992:
John Macrae
*1992–1996:
Sir Allan Ramsay
*1996–1999:
William Fullerton
*1999–2002:
Anthony Layden
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonia (gens), Antonii'', a ''gens'' (Roman naming conventions, Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were ...
*2002–2005:
Haydon Warren-Gash
*2005–2008:
Charles Gray
*2008–2012:
Timothy Morris
*2012–2015:
Clive Alderton
Sir Clive Alderton (born 9 May 1967) is a British diplomat and courtier who has served as Private Secretary to King Charles III and Queen Camilla since 8 September 2022. He previously served them in their capacity as Prince of Wales and Duchess ...
*2015–2017:
Karen Elizabeth Betts
*2017-2020:
Thomas Reilly
Thomas Francis Reilly (born February 14, 1942) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Massachusetts Attorney General. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents.
He was one of three candidates who ...
*2020;:
Simon Martin
References
External links
UK and Morocco ''gov.uk''
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Morocco
United Kingdsom Ambassadors
United Kingdsom Ambassadors