The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Haiti is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Haiti.[1]
From 1913 to 1922, the head of mission in Cuba also served Haiti. The British Embassy in Port-au-Prince was closed in 1966 "for reasons of economy" and the High Commissioner to Jamaica in Kingston was appointed non-resident ambassador to Haiti.[2] Responsibility for Haiti was transferred to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic in 1999.[1] In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.[3] The new embassy was opened in June 2013,[4] but until 2015 the ambassador to the Dominican Republic remained ambassador to Haiti, with a deputy head of mission in Port-au-Prince. In 2015 a new, dedicated ambassador was appointed to Haiti, but still non-resident (she was married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic and resided in Santo Domingo).[5] In 2019, Mockbul Ali OBE was appointed as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti.[6]
List of heads of mission edit
Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti edit
- ? –1859: Thomas Ussher[7]
Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti edit
- 1859–1861: Thomas Ussher[7]
- 1861–1872: Spenser St. John[8][9]
Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti edit
- 1872–1874: Spenser St. John[9]
- 1874–1883: Robert Stuart[10]
Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti and its Dependencies edit
- 1912–1913: Arthur Nightingale[11]
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Hayti edit
- 1913–1919: Stephen Leech[12][13][14]
- 1919–1921: William Erskine[12][14][15]
Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti edit
- 1921–1922: Godfrey Haggard[15][16]
Consul for the Republic of Hayti edit
- 1935–1938 Francis M. Shepherd[12][17]
- 1938–1939: William R. Mackness[12][18]
- 1939–1943: Reginald A.N. Hillyer[12]
- 1943–1946: Alan A.L. Tuson[12]
- 1946–1950: Augustus C. Routh[12]
- 1950–1955: David J. Mill Irving[12]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Port-au-Prince, and Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti edit
Consul for the Republic of Haiti edit
- 1962–1963: Henry Niblock[21]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Haiti edit
- 1966–1970: Dalton Murray CMG [12][22][23]
- 1970–1973: Sir Nick Larmour KCMG [12][22]
- 1973–1976: John Hennings CMG [12][22]
- 1976–1981: John Drinkall CMG [12][22]
- 1982–1984: Barry Smallman CMG CVO [12][22]
- 1984–1987: Sir Martin Reid KBE CMG [12][22]
- 1987–1989: Alan Payne CMG [12][22]
- 1989–1995: Derek Milton CMG [12][22]
- 1995–1999: Richard Thomas CMG [12][22]
- 1999–2002: David Gordon Ward[12][24]
- 2002–2006: Andrew Richard Ashcroft[12][24]
- 2006–2009: Ian Alan Worthington[12][24]
- 2009–2015: Steven Fisher[25]
- 2015–2020[update]: Sharon Campbell[5]
- 2020-Present: Mockbul Ali OBE[26]
References edit
- Mackie, Colin (December 2017). "British Diplomats Directory" (PDF). gulabin.com.
- ^ a b "Previous ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and Haiti". Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ British Embassy In Haiti To Close, The Times, London, 23 April 1966, page 17
- ^ Foreign Secretary meets Prime Minister of Haiti, Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 27 July 2012
- ^ Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire opens new British Embassy in Haiti, Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 12 June 2013
- ^ a b "Sharon Campbell, British Ambassador to Haiti". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Mockbul Ali OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b "No. 22264". The London Gazette. 17 May 1859. p. 1987.
- ^ "No. 22619". The London Gazette. 22 April 1861. p. 2101.
- ^ a b "No. 23934". The London Gazette. 3 January 1873. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 24154". The London Gazette. 24 November 1874. p. 5603.
- ^ "No. 28607". The London Gazette. 14 May 1912. p. 3476.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Mackie 2012, Haiti
- ^ "No. 28695". The London Gazette. 28 February 1913. p. 1557.
- ^ a b Mackie 2012, Cuba
- ^ a b "No. 31663". The London Gazette. 28 November 1919. p. 14674.
- ^ "No. 32352". The London Gazette. 10 June 1921. p. 4634.
- ^ "No. 34159". The London Gazette. 10 May 1935. p. 3045.
- ^ "No. 34570". The London Gazette. 15 November 1938. p. 7188.
- ^ "No. 40580". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 September 1955. p. 5104.
- ^ "No. 42087". The London Gazette. 8 July 1960. p. 4730.
- ^ "No. 42769". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 August 1962. p. 6822.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mackie 2012, Jamaica
- ^ "No. 44045". The London Gazette. 5 July 1966. p. 7567.
- ^ a b c Mackie 2012, Dominican Republic
- ^ "Steven Fisher". gov.uk.
- ^ "Mockbul Ali OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
External links edit
- UK and Haiti, gov.uk