List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Philippines
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Philippines | |
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Sugo ng Britanya sa Pilipinas | |
since August 2021 | |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila | |
Style | Her Excellency |
Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
Seat | 120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634[1] |
Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | |
Formation | |
Salary | £90,000-£95,000[2] |
Website | British 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 | British prime minister | Accredited during the Government of | Note(s) |
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John William Perry Farren | 1844 | 1864 | Robert Peel John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley George Hamilton-Gordon Henry John Temple Edward Smith-Stanley Henry John Temple |
Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre |
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George Thome Ricketts | 1866 | 1875 | John Russell Edward Smith-Stanley Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Benjamin Disraeli |
Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez |
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William Gifford Palgrave | 1876 | 1877 | ||||
Roderick Donald MacKenzie | 1877 | 1895 | Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart Gladstone Robert Gascoyne-Cecil William Ewart Gladstone Archibald Primrose Robert Gascoyne-Cecil |
Domingo Moriones y Murillo |
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Edward Henry Rawson-Walker | 1895 | 1898 | 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 | Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
[5] | ||
Alfred Ernest Wileman | 1909 | 1914 | [6] | |||
Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith | 1915 | 1919 | H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin |
Francis Burton Harrison | ||
Thomas Joseph Harrington | 1920 | 1935 | [7] | |||
Arthur Powlett Blunt | 1935 | 1937 | Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain |
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William Turner | 1937 | 1941 | Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines) |
[8] | |
Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945 | ||||||
Francis McDermot | 1945 | 1946 | Winston Churchill Clement Atlee |
Ministers
Head of mission | Tenure begins |
Tenure ends |
British monarch | British prime minister | Philippine president |
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Linton Foulds | 1946 | 1951 | Clement Atlee | ||
Sir Frank Gibbs | 1951 | 1954 | Clement Atlee Winston Churchill |
Ambassadors
References
- ^ "Office of Protocol: Foreign Embassies". Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Senior staff and salary data, September 2019 - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Palau and the UK". gov.uk.
- ^ 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 ..."
- ^ "William Joseph Kenny".
- ^ "Alfred Ernest Wileman".
- ^ "Philippines: Manila". 2 November 2016.
- ^ "News Summary, Philippine Magazine: June 14 – July 13, 1937". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "No. 43135". The London Gazette. 18 October 1963. p. 8490.
- ^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 February 2013
- ^ "President Duterte welcomes new ambassadors". Press release. Manila: Presidential Communications Operations Office. 13 September 2017.
- ^ Valenzuela, Nikka G. (13 August 2021). "UK envoy bids PH goodbye: "Malaking karangalan para sa akin"". Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "UK names new ambassador to PH". Manila: CNN Philippines. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.