List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ecuador
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ecuador is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Ecuador, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Ecuador. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador.
Until 1935 the British Minister to Peru was also accredited to Ecuador, and the senior British diplomat (chargé d’affaires) at Quito was Consul-General. From 1935–1943 the title of the head of mission was Minister Resident, and from 1943–1950 Minister Plenipotentiary. The post was upgraded to Ambassador in 1950.
Contents
List of heads of mission
Minister Resident
- 1935–1937: Hugh Stanford London (previously Consul-General)[1]
- 1937–1941: Guy Bullock
- 1941–1943: Leslie Hughes-Hallett[2]
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- 1943–1946: Leslie Hughes-Hallett[3]
- 1946–1947: Colin Edmond[4]
- 1947–1950: John Carvell[5]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1950–1951: John Carvell[6]
- 1951–1955: Norman Mayers[7]
- 1955–1959: Herbert Gamble[8]
- 1959–1962: Gerald Meade
- 1962–1967: Gerard Corley Smith
- 1967–1970: Gordon Jackson
- 1970–1974: Peter Mennell
- 1974–1977: Norman Ernest Cox
- 1977–1981: John Hickman
- 1981–1985: Adrian Buxton[9]
- 1985–1989: Michael Atkinson
- 1989–1993: Frank Wheeler
- 1993–1997: Richard Lavers
- 1997–2000: John Forbes-Meyler
- 2000–2002: Ian Gerken
- 2002–2007: Richard Lewington
- 2007–2008: Bernard Whiteside
- 2008–2012: Linda Cross
- 2012–present[update]: Patrick Mullee[10]
References
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- ↑ British Legation For Ecuador, The Times, London, 2 December 1935, page 14
- ↑ British Diplomatic Changes – Posts For Younger Men, The Times, London, 25 June 1941; page 4
- ↑ The London Gazette, 3 March 1944
- ↑ The London Gazette, 18 October 1946
- ↑ The London Gazette, 30 January 1948
- ↑ The London Gazette, 28 April 1950
- ↑ The London Gazette, 22 January 1952
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- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ecuador, press release, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, 15 March 2012
