The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative 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 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, the British government maintains a consulate general in Casablanca and an honorary consulate in Marrakesh.
Heads of mission
Ambassadors John Harrison (1610, 1613, 1615 and 1627) ?: William Rainsborough 1679: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk 1681: Sir James Leslie 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 (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary) 1912–1956: Morocco under French protectorate
Ambassadors 1956–1957: Harold Freese-Pennefather 1957–1961: Sir Charles Duke 1961–1965: Sir Richard Beaumont 1965–1969: Leonard Holliday 1969–1971: Thomas Shaw 1971–1975: 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 2002–2005: Haydon Warren-Gash 2005–2008: Charles Gray 2008–2012: Timothy Morris 2012–2015: Clive Alderton, British Embassy Rabat, 18 April 2012 2015–2017: Karen Elizabeth Betts 2017–2020: Thomas Reilly
2020–: Simon Martin
References
External links UK and Morocco, gov.uk