List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Brunei

The High Commissioner from the United Kingdom to Brunei is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brunei, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Brunei.

Brunei was a British protectorate from 1888 until the state gained full independence on 1 January 1984. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and Brunei exchange High Commissioners rather than ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

British Consuls-General in Brunei

• 1847: James Brooke, commissioner and consul general.
• 1851: Spenser St. John, acting commissioner and consul general
• 1861: Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, acting consul general ^[1]

British High Commissioners to Brunei

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• 1959–1963: Sir Dennis White
• 1963–1965: Edgar O. (Michael) Laird
• 1965–1967: Fernley Webber
• 1967–1972: Arthur Adair
• 1972–1975: Peter Gautrey
• 1975–1978: James Davidson
• 1978–1983: Arthur Watson
• 1983–1986: Francis Cornish^[2]
• 1986–1991: Roger Westbrook^[2]
• 1991–1994: Adrian Sindall^[2]
• 1994–1998: Ivan Callan^[2]
• 1998–2002: Stuart Laing^[3]
• 2002–2005: Andrew Caie^[3]
• 2005–2009: John Saville
• 2009–2013: Rob Fenn
• 2013–present: David Campbell^[4]

References

1. Edw Hertslet, The Foreign Office List, forming a complete British Diplomatic and Consular p 45
2. The Diplomatic Service list 2006. p. 75.
3. "Ambassadors". Hansard. 1 Sep 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
4. Change of High Commissioner to Brunei, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 23 May 2013

External links

• British High Commission Bandar Seri Begawan