List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Mexico

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Mexico is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the United States of Mexico, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Mexico City.

List of heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mexico

• 1835–1843: Richard Pakenham, Minister Plenipotentiary
  • 1843: Percy William Doyle, Chargé d'Affaires
• 1843–1847: Charles Bankhead, Minister Plenipotentiary
  • 1847–1850: Percy William Doyle, Chargé d'Affaires
  • 1850–1851: Charles Bankhead, Chargé d'Affaires^[1]
• 1851–1858: Percy William Doyle^[2]
• 1858–1860: Loftus Charles Otway^[3]
• 1860–1864: Charles Lennox Wyke^[4]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Mexico

• 1864–1867: Peter Campbell Scarlett^[5]

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Mexico

• 1867–1884: No diplomatic relations following French intervention in Mexico
• 1884–1893: Sir Spenser St. John previously on special mission there^[6]
• 1893–1894: Hon. Power Henry Le Poer Trench^[7]
• 1894–1900: Sir Henry Dering^[8]
• 1900–1906: George Greville^[9]
• 1906–1911: Reginald Tower^[10]
• 1911–1913: Sir Francis Stronge^[11]
• 1913–1914: Sir Lionel Carden^[12]
• 1914–1925: Diplomatic relations broken during Mexican Revolution
• 1925–1929: Sir Esmond Ovey
• 1929–1934: Edmund Monson^[13][14]
• 1935–1937: John Murray^[15][16]
• 1937–1938: Owen O'Malley^[17]
• 1938–1941: Diplomatic relations broken due to Mexican oil expropriation
• 1941–1944: Charles Bateman^[18]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1944–1947: Charles Bateman^[19]
• 1947–1950: Sir Thomas Rapp
• 1950–1954: Sir John Taylor
• 1954–1956: Sir William Sullivan
• 1956–1960: Sir Andrew Noble
• 1960–1964: Sir Peter Garran
• 1964–1968: Sir Nicolas Cheetham
• 1968–1972: Sir Peter Hope
• 1972–1977: Sir John Galsworthy
• 1977–1981: Norman Ernest Cox
• 1981–1983: Sir Crispin Tickell
• 1983–1986: Sir Kenneth James
• 1986–1989: Sir John Morgan
• 1989–1992: Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar
• 1992–1994: Sir Roger Hervey
• 1994–1998: Sir Adrian Beamish
• 1998–2002: Adrian Thorpe
• 2002–2005: Denise Holt
• 2005–2009: Giles Paxman
• 2009–2013: Judith Macgregor
• 2013–present: Duncan Taylor^[20]

References

1. J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 86.
2. The London Gazette: no. 21276. p. 3569. 26 December 1851.
3. The London Gazette: no. 22102. p. 970. 26 February 1858.
4. The London Gazette: no. 22351. p. 306. 27 January 1860. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
5. The London Gazette: no. 22910. p. 5309. 11 November 1864. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
6. The London Gazette: no. 25420. p. 21. 5 December 1884.
7. The London Gazette: no. 26427. p. 3. 28 July 1893.
8. The London Gazette: no. 26537. p. 29. 31 July 1894.
9. The London Gazette: no. 27244. p. 8. 6 November 1900.
10. The London Gazette: no. 27897. p. 1. 23 March 1906.
11. The London Gazette: no. 28498. p. 14. 26 May 1911.
12. The London Gazette: no. 28770. p. 2. 4 November 1913.
13. The London Gazette: no. 33588. p. 1641. 14 March 1930. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
14. Sir Gilbert Clayton, An Arabian Diary (ed. Robert O. Collins, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1969)
15. MURRAY, John, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
16. Mr John Murray – British Minister In Mexico (obituary), The Times, London, 16 April 1937, page 16
17. O'MALLEY, Sir Owen St Clair, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
18. The London Gazette: no. 35414. p. 194. 9 January 1942.
19. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36552. p. 2707. 6 June 1944.
20. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Mexico, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 10 May 2013

External links

• British Embassy Mexico City