Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Philippines
Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas
British diplomatic flag
Incumbent
Laure Beaufils
since August 2021
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Manila
StyleHer Excellency
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Seat120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634[1]
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder
Formation
Salary£90,000-£95,000[2]
WebsiteBritish Embassy Manila

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.

The British ambassador to the Philippines is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Palau. There is no British embassy or consulate in Palau.[3]

The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in the Philippines from 1844. Before the country's independence in 1946, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador as well as consuls-general based in Manila. The rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary was later officially elevated in 1954.

List of heads of mission

Consuls and consula general during the Spanish and American colonial periods

Head of mission  Tenure 
begins
 Tenure 
ends
 British monarch   British prime minister   Accredited during the Government of   Note(s) 
John William Perry Farren 1844 1864 Robert Peel
John Russell
Edward Smith-Stanley
George Hamilton-Gordon
Henry John Temple
Edward Smith-Stanley
Henry John Temple
Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre
Narciso Clavería
Antonio María Blanco
Juan Antonio de Urbiztondo
Ramón Montero
Manuel Pavía
Ramón Montero
Manuel Crespo
Ramón Montero
Fernándo Norzagaray
Ramón María Solano
Juan Herrera Dávila
José Lemery
Salvador Valdés
Rafaél de Echagüe
George Thome Ricketts 1866 1875 John Russell
Edward Smith-Stanley
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Benjamin Disraeli
Joaquín del Solar
Juan de Lara
José Laureano de Sanz
Juan Antonio Osorio
Joaquín del Solar
José de la Gándara
Manuel Maldonado
Carlos María de la Torre
Rafael Izquierdo
Manuel MacCrohon
Juan Alaminos
Manuel Blanco Valderrama
José Malcampo y Monje
William Gifford Palgrave 1876 1877
Roderick Donald MacKenzie 1877 1895 Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
William Ewart Gladstone
Archibald Primrose
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Manuel Blanco Valderrama
Domingo Moriones y Murillo
Rafael Rodríguez Arias
Fernando Primo de Rivera
Emilio Molíns
Joaquín Jovellar
Emilio Molíns
Emilio Terrero
Antonio Moltó
Federico Lobatón
Valeriano Weyler
Eulogio Despujol
Federico Ochando
Ramón Blanco
Edward Henry Rawson-Walker 1895 1898Died of sickness during the Battle of Manila. Belgian consul Édouard André assumed the role as consul for Britain.[4]
William Joseph Kenny 1903 1908 Arthur Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
[5]
Alfred Ernest Wileman 1909 1914[6]
Montague Bentley Talbot Paske-Smith 1915 1919 H. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Francis Burton Harrison
Charles Yeater
Leonard Wood
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Henry L. Stimson
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Dwight F. Davis
George C. Butte
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Frank Murphy
Thomas Joseph Harrington 1920 1935[7]
Arthur Powlett Blunt 1935 1937 Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
William Turner 1937 1941 Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Manuel L. Quezon (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)
[8]
Diplomatic relations were suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 until 1945
Francis McDermot 1945 1946
George VI
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)

Ministers

Head of mission  Tenure 
begins
 Tenure 
ends
 British monarch  British prime minister  Philippine president 
Linton Foulds 1946 1951 Clement Attlee
Sir Frank Gibbs 1951 1954 Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill

Ambassadors

Head of mission  Tenure 
begins
 Tenure 
ends
 British monarch   British prime minister   Philippine president   Note(s) 
Sir Frank Gibbs 1954 1955Elizabeth II Winston ChurchillRamon Magsaysay
Sir George Clutton 1955 1959 Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Sir John Arthur Pilcher 1959 1963 Harold Macmillan
Sir John Addis[9] 1963 1970 Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Sir John Curle 1970 1972 Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Ferdinand Marcos
James Turpin 1972 1976
Sir William Bentley 1976 1981 Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
Michael Morgan 1981 1985 Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Robin McLaren 1985 1987
Ferdinand Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Keith MacInnes 1987 1992
Corazon Aquino
Alan Montgomery 1992 1995 John MajorFidel V. Ramos
Adrian Thorpe 1995 1998
Alan Collins 1998 2002 Tony Blair
Paul Dimond 2002 2004Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Peter Beckingham 2004 2009 Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Stephen Lillie 2009 2013 Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Theresa May
Asif Ahmad[10] 2013 2017
Daniel Pruce[11] 2017 2021[12] Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Rodrigo Duterte
Bongbong Marcos
Laure Beaufils[13] 2021present Elizabeth II
Charles III

References

  1. "Office of Protocol: Foreign Embassies". Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. "Senior staff and salary data, September 2019 - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. "Palau and the UK". gov.uk.
  4. Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War - Page 175 Donald H. Dyal, Brian B. Carpenter, Mark A. Thomas - 1996 "After Rawson-Walker's sickness and death, Belgian consul Edouard André carried on the diplomatic exchanges between Dewey, General Wesley Merritt,* and Jaudenes. Through these diplomatic exchanges, early in August Jaudenes began to ..."
  5. "William Joseph Kenny".
  6. "Alfred Ernest Wileman".
  7. "Philippines: Manila". 2 November 2016.
  8. "News Summary, Philippine Magazine: June 14 – July 13, 1937". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. August 1937. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. "No. 43135". The London Gazette. 18 October 1963. p. 8490.
  10. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 28 February 2013
  11. "President Duterte welcomes new ambassadors". Press release. Manila: Presidential Communications Operations Office. 13 September 2017.
  12. Valenzuela, Nikka G. (13 August 2021). "UK envoy bids PH goodbye: "Malaking karangalan para sa akin"". Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. "UK names new ambassador to PH". Manila: CNN Philippines. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Notes

  1. Consul general
  2. Minister plenipotentiary
  3. First ambassador extraordinary
  4. Consulate general until October 29, 1946
  5. Minister plenipotentiary and Ambassador extraordinary
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