List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Cuba

The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Cuba^[1] is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Cuba, and in charge 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

• Sir Alexander Gollan (1892-1898)^[2]
• Lionel Carden (1898–1902)^[3]

Minister Resident to the Republic of Cuba

• Lionel Carden (1902–1906)
• Arthur Grant Duff (1906–1909)^[4]
• Stephen Leech (1909–1912)^[5] (also to Haiti and Dominican Republic from 1913^[6])

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• Stephen Leech (1912–1919)
• William Augustus Forbes Erskine (1919–1921)^[7]

Chargé d'Affaires in Cuba

• Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard (1921–1924)
• Thomas Morris (1924–1925)

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

• Thomas Morris (1925–1931)^[8]
• Sir John Broderick (1931–1933)
• Herbert Adolphus Grant Watson (1933–1935)
• Thomas Maitland Snow (1935–1937)
• Herbert Adolphus Grant Watson (1937–1940)
• Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes (1940–1944)
• James Leishman Dodds (1944–1949)
• Adrian Holman (1949–1950)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba

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

References

1. "Previous Ambassadors to Cuba". Retrieved 2013-01-01.
2. "Obituary - Sir Alexander Gollan" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 5.
3. The London Gazette, 6 January 1899
4. The London Gazette, 21 September 1906
5. The London Gazette, 21 May 1909
6. The London Gazette, 28 February 1913
7. The London Gazette, 28 November 1919
8. The London Gazette, 8 May 1925
9. The London Gazette, 11 April 1952
10. Our Ambassador - UK in Cuba