The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Brazil is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Brazil and the head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Brazil. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
British Ambassador to Brazil | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Brasília |
Appointer | King Charles III |
Inaugural holder | Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil) Hugh Wyndham (First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil) Sir Ralph Paget (First Ambassador to Brazil) |
Formation | 1826 First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil 1891 First Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil 1919 First Ambassador to Brazil |
Website | UK and Brazil |
Besides the embassy and consulate-general in Brasilia, the UK government is represented by consulates-general in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, and Belo Horizonte.[1]
List of heads of mission edit
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil edit
- 1826Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, consul general and chargé :
- 1826–1828: Sir Robert Gordon[2]
- 1828–1832: John, Lord Ponsonby[2]
- 1828Percy, Viscount Strangford, special mission[2] :
- 1832–1835: Stephen Henry Fox[2]
- 1835–1838: Hamilton Charles James Hamilton[2]
- 1838–1847: William Gore Ouseley, chargé[2]
- 1842Henry Ellis, extraordinary and special mission[2] :
- 1847–1850: The Lord Howden[2]
- 1850–1851: James Hudson[2]
- 1851–1853: Henry Southern[3]
- 1853–1855: Henry Francis Howard[4]
- 1855–1858: Peter Campbell Scarlett[5]
- 1859–1863: William Dougal Christie
- 1865–1867: Sir Edward Thornton
- 1867–1879: George Buckley-Mathew
- 1879–1881: Clare Ford
- 1881–1885: Edwin Corbett
- 1885–1888: Hugh MacDonell
- 1888–1891: Hugh Wyndham
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Brazil edit
- 1891–1894: Hugh Wyndham (later Sir Hugh Wyndham)
- 1894–1900: Constantine Phipps (later Sir Constantine Phipps)
- 1900–1906: Sir Henry Dering, 9th Bt.
- 1906–1915: Sir William Henry Doveton Haggard
- 1915–1919: Sir Arthur Peel
Ambassador edit
- 1919–1921: Sir Ralph Paget
- 1921–1925: Sir John Tilley
- 1925–1930: Sir Beilby Alston
- 1930–1935: Sir William Seeds
- 1935–1939: Sir Hugh Gurney
- 1939–1941: Sir Geoffrey Knox
- 1941–1944: Sir Noel Charles
- 1944–1947: Sir Donald Gainer
- 1947–1952: Sir Nevile Butler
- 1952–1956: Sir Geoffrey Thompson
- 1956–1958: Sir Geoffrey Harrison
- 1958–1963: Sir Geoffrey Wallinger
- 1963–1966: Sir Leslie Fry
- 1966–1969: Sir John Russell
- 1969–1973: Sir David Hunt
- 1973–1977: Sir Derek Dodson [6]
- 1977–1979: Sir Norman Statham
- 1979–1981: George Edmund Hall
- 1981–1984: William Harding (later Sir William Harding)
- 1984–1987: John Ure (later Sir John Ure)
- 1987–1992: Michael Newington
- 1992–1995: Peter Heap (later Sir Peter Heap)
- 1995–1999: Donald Haskell
- 1999–2004: Sir Roger Bone
- 2004–2008: Peter Collecott
- 2008–2013: Alan Charlton
- 2013–2017: Alex Ellis[7]
- 2017–2020: Vijay Rangarajan[8]
- 2021–2022: Peter Wilson[9]
- 2022: Melanie Hopkins (acting)[10]
- 2022–present: Stephanie Al-Qaq
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "British Embassy Brasilia". Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 87.
- ^ "No. 21245". The London Gazette. 16 September 1851. p. 2360.
- ^ "No. 21440". The London Gazette. 17 May 1853. p. 1397.
- ^ "No. 21853". The London Gazette. 26 February 1856. p. 698.
- ^ Westbrook, Roger (28 November 2003). "Sir Derek Dodson". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Brazil, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 12 October 2012
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil: January 2021". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Melanie Hopkins OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
External links edit
- UK and Brazil, gov.uk
- Previous Ambassadors (up to 2008), British Embassy Brasilia
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