List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chile

The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Chile, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Chile. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Chile.

List of heads of mission

Consuls-general and plenipotentiary 1823–1837: Christopher Richard Nugent, Consul GeneralEdw Hertslet, The Foreign Office List, forming a complete British Diplomatic and Consular p 45 1837–1841: Colonel John WalpoleDarwin project from British diplomatic representatives 1789–1852. Edited by S. T. Bindoff, E. F. Malcolm Smith, and C. K. Webster (London: Royal Historical Society. 1934).

Chargé d'affaires and consuls-general 1841–1849: Colonel John WalpoleJ. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87. 1849–1852: Stephen Henry Sulivan 1853–1858: Edward Harris 1858–1872: William Taylour Thomson

Ministers resident and consuls-general to the Republic of Chile 1872–1878: Sir Horace Rumbold 1878–1885: Francis Pakenham 1885–1888: Hugh Fraser 1888–1897: John Kennedy 1897–1901: Audley Gosling

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile 1901–1905: Gerard Lowther 1905–1907: Arthur Raikes 1907:          Sir Brooke Boothby, Bt (appointed but did not take up post due to poor healthObituary - Sir Brooke Boothby, The Times, London, 23 January 1913, p.9) 1907–1909: Henry Bax-Ironside 1909–1913: Henry Lowther 1913–1918: Sir Francis Stronge 1918–1922: Tudor Vaughan 1923–1924: Sir Arthur Grant Duff 1924–1927: Sir Thomas Hohler 1928–1930: Archibald Clark Kerr

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile 1930–1933: Sir Henry Chilton 1933–1936: Sir Robert Michell 1936:          Sir Joseph Addison (appointed but did not proceed due to ill health)Sir Joseph Addison, The Times, London, 21 December 1936, page 12 1937–1940: Sir Charles Bentinck 1940–1945: Sir Charles Orde 1945–1949: Sir John Leche 1949–1951: Sir Bertrand Jerram 1951–1954: Sir Charles Stirling 1955–1958: Sir Charles Empson 1958–1961: Ivor Pink 1961–1966: Sir David Scott Fox 1966–1970: Sir Frederick Mason 1970–1973: Sir David Hildyard 1973–1976: Reginald Secondé 1976–1980: (Ambassador withdrawn after torture of Sheila Cassidy) 1980–1982: John Heath 1982–1987: John Hickman 1987–1990: Alan White 1990–1993: Richard Neilson 1993–1997: Frank Wheeler 1997–2000: Glynne Evans 2000–2003: Gregory Faulkner 2003–2005: Richard Wilkinson 2005–2009: Howard Drake 2009–2014: Jon Benjamin 2014–2018: Fiona Clouder 2018–2021 Jamie Bowden 2021–2026: Louise de Sousa

2026 – : David Concar

References

External links UK and Chile, gov.uk