List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Cuba

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

List of heads of mission

Consul-General in the Island of Cuba

• 1892–1898: Sir Alexander Gollan ^[1]
• 1898–1902: Lionel Carden ^[2]

Minister Resident to the Republic of Cuba

• 1902–1906: Lionel Carden
• 1906–1909: Arthur Grant Duff ^[3]
• 1909–1912: Stephen Leech ^[4]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• 1912–1919: Stephen Leech (also to Haiti and Dominican Republic from 1913^[5])
• 1919–1921: William Erskine ^[6]

Chargé d'Affaires in Cuba

• 1921–1924: Godfrey Haggard
• 1924–1925: Thomas Morris

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• 1925–1931: Thomas Morris ^[7]
• 1931–1933: Sir John Broderick
• 1933–1935: Herbert Grant Watson
• 1935–1937: Thomas Maitland Snow
• 1937–1940: Herbert Grant Watson
• 1940–1944: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes
• 1944–1949: James Leishman Dodds
• 1949–1950: Adrian Holman

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• 1950–1954: Adrian Holman ^[8]
• 1954–1956: Wilfred Hansford Gallienne
• 1956–1960: Stanley Fordham
• 1960–1963: Herbert Stanley Marchant
• 1963–1966: Adam Watson
• 1966–1970: Richard Slater
• 1970–1972: Richard Sykes
• 1972–1975: Stanley Fingland
• 1975–1979: Edward Jackson
• 1979–1981: John Ure
• 1981–1984: David Churchill Thomas
• 1984–1986: Robin Fearn
• 1986–1989: Andrew Palmer
• 1989–1991: David Brighty
• 1991–1994: Leycester Coltman
• 1994–1998: Philip Alexander McLean
• 1998–2001: David Ridgway
• 2001–2004: Paul Webster Hare
• 2004–2008: John Dew
• 2008–2012: Dianna Melrose ^[9]
• 2012–2016: Tim Cole
• 2016–present: Antony Stokes ^[10]

References

1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26288. p. 2903. 17 May 1892.
2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27040. p. 83. 6 January 1899.
3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27951. p. 6403. 21 September 1906.
4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28253. p. 3870. 21 May 1909.
5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28695. p. 1557. 28 February 1913.
6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31663. p. 14674. 28 November 1919.
7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33045. p. 3118. 8 May 1925.
8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39513. p. 2013. 11 April 1952.
9. ↑ "Our Ambassador". British Embassy Havana. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. 
10. ↑ "Antony Stokes, British Ambassador to Cuba". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2016. 

External links

• "UK and Cuba". gov.uk. 
• "Previous Ambassadors to Cuba". British Embassy Havana. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010.