List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Israel
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TheAmbassador of the United Kingdom to Israelis theUnited Kingdom's foremostdiplomatic representativeinIsrael,and in charge of the UK'sdiplomatic missionin Israel. The official title isHis Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Israel.
Heads of Missions[edit]
High Commissioners (Palestine under British Mandate)[edit]
- 1920–1925:Sir Herbert Samuel
- 1925–1928:Sir Herbert Plumer
- 1928:Sir Harry Luke(acting)
- 1928–1931:Sir John Chancellor
- 1931–1938:Sir Arthur Wauchope
- 1938–1944:Sir Harold MacMichael
- 1944–1945:John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
- 1945–1948:Sir Alan Cunningham
Ambassadors[1][edit]
- 1948–1949:No representation
- 1949–1951:Sir Knox Helm
- 1951–1954:Sir Francis Evans
- 1954–1957:Sir John Walter Nicholls
- 1957–1959:Sir Francis Rundall
- 1959–1963:Sir Patrick Hancock
- 1963–1965:Sir John Beith
- 1965–1969:Sir Michael Hadow
- 1969–1972:Sir Ernest John Ward Barnes
- 1972–1975:Sir Bernard Ledwidge
- 1975–1976:Thomas Anthony Keith Elliott
- 1976–1980:Sir John Mason
- 1980–1981:John Robinson
- 1981–1984:Sir Patrick Moberly
- 1984–1988:Dr William Squire
- 1988–1992:Mark Elliott
- 1992–1995:Sir Andrew Burns
- 1995–1998:Sir David Manning
- 1998–2001:Francis Cornish
- 2001–2003:Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles
- 2003–2006:Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford
- 2006–2010:Sir Tom Phillips
- 2010–2015:Matthew Gould[2]
- 2015–2019:David Quarrey[3]
- 2019-2023:Neil Wigan[4]
- 2023–present[update]:Simon Walters[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"List of UK Ambassadors, 1880-2010"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 March 2012.
- ^"Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Israel, p.54".Archived fromthe originalon 4 January 2012.
- ^"David Quarrey CMG".
- ^"Neil Wigan OBE".
- ^"Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Israel: Simon Walters".
External links[edit]
- UK and Israel,gov.uk
