List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to New Zealand

The British High Commission in Wellington

Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences, they are in practice one and the same office.

Since 1970, the British High Commissioner to New Zealand doubles as the (non-resident) Governor of the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory; the High Commissioner also serves as the British High Commissioner to Samoa.

The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand since 1939:

• Sir Harry Batterbee GCMG KCVO MA (1939–1945)
• Sir Patrick Duff KCB KCVO (1945–1949)
• Sir Roy Price KCMG (1949–1953)
• General Sir Geoffrey Scoones KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC (1953–1957)
• Sir George Mallaby KCMG OBE (1957–1959)
• The Hon. Sir Francis Cumming-Bruce KCMG (1959–1963)
• Sir Arthur Galsworthy KCMG (1969–1973)
• Sir David Aubrey Scott KCMG OBE (1973–1975)
• Sir Harold Smedley KCMG MBE (1976–1980)
• Sir Richard Stratton KCMG (1980–1984)
• Terence Daniel O'Leary CMG (1984–1987)
• Robin Byatt CMG (1987–1990)
• David Moss (1990–1994)
• Robert Alston CMG QSO (1994–1998)
• Martin Williams (1998–2001)
• Richard Fell CVO (2001–2006)^[1]
• The Hon. George Fergusson (2006–2010)^[2]
• Vicki Treadell CMG MVO (2010–2014)^[3]
• Jonathan Sinclair LVO (2014–present)^[4]

References

1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2002-02-18). "Change of High Commissioner to New Zealand". Press release. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2008-02-08). "Change of High Commissioner to New Zealand". Press release. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
3. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2009-09-10). "Change of High Commissioner to New Zealand". Press release. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
4. "Jonathan Sinclair LVO, British High Commissioner to New Zealand". gov.uk.

External links

• UK and New Zealand, gov.uk