List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Morocco
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Morocco, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco.
Since 1990 the British Ambassador to Morocco has also been non-resident ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Heads of Mission
Ambassadors
- John Harrison (1610, 1613, 1615 and 1627)
- ?: William Rainsborough
- 1679: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
- 1721: The Hon. Charles Stewart
Ministers
- 1856–1886: Sir John Drummond-Hay (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)
Ambassadors
- 1956–1957: Harold Freese-Pennefather
- 1957–1961: Sir Charles Duke
- 1961–1965: Sir Richard Beaumont
- 1965–1969: Leonard Holliday[1]
- 1969–1972: Thomas Shaw
- 1972–1975: Ronald Bailey
- 1975–1978: John Duncan
- 1978–1982: Simon Dawbarn
- 1982–1984: Sydney Cambridge
- 1985–1987: Robin Byatt
- 1987–1990: John Shakespeare
- 1990–1992: John Macrae
- 1992–1996: Sir Allan Ramsay
- 1996–1999: William Fullerton
- 1999–2002: Anthony Layden[2]
- 2002–2005: Haydon Warren-Gash
- 2005–2008: Charles Gray
- 2008–2012: Timothy Morris
- 2012–present: Clive Alderton[3]
References
- ^ "HOLLIDAY, Gilbert Leonard Gibson". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ "LAYDEN, Anthony Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania". Retrieved 2008-10-11.
