The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Bulgaria, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Sofia.
List of heads of mission Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians 1903–1908: Sir George Buchanan 1909–1911: Mansfeldt Findlay 1911–1915: Sir Henry Bax-Ironside 1915–1920: No ambassador due to First World War Hugh O'Beirne CVO CB was Charge d'Affaires in this periodLives of the First World WarHouse of Commons Debates, 20 Oct 1915. 1920–1921: Sir Arthur Peel 1921–1928: Sir William Erskine 1928–1929: Rowland Sperling 1929–1933: Sydney Waterlow 1933–1936: Charles Bentinck 1936–1938: Maurice Peterson 1938–1941: George Rendel 1941–1946: No ambassador due to Second World War
Sofia 1947–1949: John Sterndale Bennett 1949–1951: Paul Mason 1951–1954: John Carvell 1954–1956: Geoffrey Furlonge 1956–1958: Richard Speaight 1958–1960: Anthony Lambert 1960–1963: Anthony Lincoln
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Sofia 1964–1966: William Harpham 1966–1970: Desmond Crawley 1970–1973: Donald Logan 1973–1976: Edwin Bolland 1976–1980: John Cloake 1980–1983: Giles Bullard 1983–1986: John Snodgrass 1986–1989: John Fawcett 1989–1994: Richard Thomas 1994–1998: Roger Short 1998–2001: Richard Stagg 2001–2003: Ian Soutar 2004–2007: Jeremy Hill 2007–2011: Steve Williams 2011–2015: Jonathan Allen 2015–August 2020: Emma HopkinsNew British Ambassador to Bulgaria presents her credentials to President Plevneliev, British Embassy Sofia, 19 May 2015
August 2020–August 2024: Rob Dixon October 2024–present Nathaniel Copsey
References
External links UK in Bulgaria, gov.uk