List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Cyprus

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Cyprus is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Cyprus.

Previously a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. Following the Zürich and London Agreement of 19 February 1959, Cyprus became independent on 16 August 1960. The Republic of Cyprus is a member of the British Commonwealth, so the British diplomatic representative is a High Commissioner.

List of heads of mission

High Commissioners (1878–1925)

• 1878–1879: Sir Garnet Wolseley
• 1879–1886: Sir Robert Biddulph
• 1886–1892: Sir Henry Ernest Bulwer
• 1892–1898: Sir Walter Sendall
• 1898–1904: Sir William Haynes Smith
• 1904–1911: Sir Charles King-Harman
• 1911–1915: Hamilton Goold-Adams
• 1915–1918: Sir John Clauson (died in office)
• 1918–1920: Sir Malcolm Stevenson (acting)
• 1920–1925: Sir Malcolm Stevenson

Governors (1925–1960)

• 1925–1926: Sir Malcolm Stevenson
• 1926–1932: Sir Ronald Storrs
• 1932–1933: Sir Reginald Stubbs
• 1933–1939: Sir Richmond Palmer
• 1939–1941: William Battershill
• 1941–1946: Charles Woolley
• 1946–1949: Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster
• 1949–1954: Sir Andrew Wright
• 1954–1955: Sir Robert Armitage
• 1955–1957: Sir John Harding
• 1957–1960: Sir Hugh Foot

High Commissioners (1960–present)^[1]

• 1961–1964: Arthur Clark
• 1964–1965: Maj Gen William Bishop
• 1965–1967: Sir David Hunt KCMG OBE
• 1967–1969: Sir Norman Costar KCMG
• 1969–1971: Hon. Peter Ramsbotham CMG
• 1971–1972: Robert Edmonds CMG MBE
• 1973–1975: Stephen Olver CMG MBE
• 1975–1979: Donald McDonald Gordon CMG
• 1979–1982: Peregrine Rhodes CMG
• 1982–1988: William Wilberforce CMG
• 1988–1990: Hon Humphrey Maud CMG
• 1990–1994: David Dain CMG
• 1994–1999: David Madden CMG
• 1999–2001: Edward Clay CMG
• 2001–2005: Lyn Parker
• 2005–2010: Peter Millett
• 2010–2014: Matthew Kidd^[2]
• 2014–present: Ric Todd^[3]

References

1. "Previous High Commissioners to Cyprus". Retrieved 2013-01-06.
2. "Our High Commissioner". Retrieved 2013-01-06.
3. "Ric Todd, British High Commissioner to Cyprus". gov.uk.

External links

• UK and Cyprus, gov.uk