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Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Philippines
Sugo ng Britanya sa Pilipinas
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
British diplomatic flag
Incumbent
Laure Beaufils
since August 2021
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila
StyleHer Excellency
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Seat120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634[1]
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder
  • John William Perry Farren[a]
  • Linton Foulds[b]
  • Frank Gibbs[c]
Formation
  • July 7, 1844[d]
  • October 30, 1946[e]
Salary£90,000-£95,000[2]
WebsiteBritish Embassy Manila

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

The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau.[3]

The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consul-generals based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954.

List of heads of mission

Consuls and consul generals during the Spanish and American colonial periods

Head of mission  Tenure 
begins 		 Tenure 
ends 		 British monarch   Accredited during the Government of   Note(s) 
John William Perry Farren  1844  1864
Victoria
Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre
George Thome Ricketts  1866  1875
Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez
William Gifford Palgrave  1876  1877
José Malcampo y Monje
Roderick Donald MacKenzie  1877  1895
Domingo Moriones y Murillo
Edward Henry Rawson-Walker  1895  1898
Ramón Blanco
 Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain.[4]
William Joseph Kenny  1903  1908
Edward VII
William Howard Taft
 [5]
Alfred Ernest Wileman  1909  1914
James Francis Smith
 [6]
Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith [de]  1915  1919
George V
 Francis Burton Harrison
Thomas Joseph Harrington  1920  1935 [7]
Arthur Powlett Blunt  1935  1937
Frank Murphy
Manuel L. Quezon
William Turner  1937  1941
George VI
Manuel L. Quezon
 [8]
Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945
Francis McDermot  1945  1946
George VI
Sergio Osmeña

Ministers

Head of mission  Tenure 
begins 		 Tenure 
ends 		 British monarch   Philippine president 
Linton Foulds  1946  1951
George VI
Manuel Roxas
Sir Frank Gibbs  1951  1954
Elizabeth II
Elpidio Quirino

Ambassadors

Head of mission  Tenure 
begins 		 Tenure 
ends 		 British monarch   Philippine president 
Sir Frank Gibbs  1954  1955 Elizabeth II Ramon Magsaysay
Sir George Clutton  1955  1959
Sir John Arthur Pilcher  1959  1963
Carlos P. Garcia
Sir John Addis[9]  1963  1970
Diosdado Macapagal
Sir John Curle  1970  1972 Ferdinand Marcos
James Turpin  1972  1976
Sir William Bentley  1976  1981
Michael Morgan  1981  1985
Robin McLaren  1985  1987
Keith MacInnes  1987  1992
Corazon Aquino
Alan Montgomery  1992  1995 Fidel V. Ramos
Adrian Thorpe  1995  1998
Alan Collins  1998  2002
Joseph Estrada
Paul Dimond  2002  2004 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Peter Beckingham  2004  2009
Stephen Lillie  2009  2013
Asif Ahmad[10]  2013  2017
Benigno Aquino III
Daniel Pruce[11]  2017  2021[12]
Rodrigo Duterte
Laure Beaufils[13]  2021 —

References

  1. ^ "Office of Protocol: Foreign Embassies". Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Senior staff and salary data, September 2019 - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Palau and the UK". gov.uk.
  4. ^ Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War - Page 175 Donald H. Dyal, Brian B. Carpenter, Mark A. Thomas - 1996 "After Rawson-Walker's sickness and death, Belgian consul Edouard André carried on the diplomatic exchanges between Dewey, General Wesley Merritt,* and Jaudenes. Through these diplomatic exchanges, early in August Jaudenes began to ..."
  5. ^ "William Joseph Kenny".
  6. ^ "Alfred Ernest Wileman".
  7. ^ "Philippines: Manila". 2 November 2016.
  8. ^ "News Summary, Philippine Magazine: June 14 – July 13, 1937". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. ^ "No. 43135". The London Gazette. 18 October 1963. p. 8490.
  10. ^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 February 2013
  11. ^ "President Duterte welcomes new ambassadors". Press release. Manila: Presidential Communications Operations Office. 13 September 2017.
  12. ^ Valenzuela, Nikka G. (13 August 2021). "UK envoy bids PH goodbye: "Malaking karangalan para sa akin"". Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. ^ "UK names new ambassador to PH". Manila: CNN Philippines. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Notes

  1. ^ Consul general
  2. ^ Minister plenipotentiary
  3. ^ First ambassador extraordinary
  4. ^ Consulate general until October 29, 1946
  5. ^ Minister plenipotentiary and Ambassador extraordinary
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