List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Haiti

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Haiti is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Haiti.[1]

From 1913 to 1922, the head of mission in Cuba also served Haiti. The British Embassy in Port-au-Prince was closed in 1966 "for reasons of economy" and the High Commissioner to Jamaica in Kingston was appointed non-resident ambassador to Haiti.[2] Responsibility for Haiti was transferred to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic in 1999.[1] In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.[3] The new embassy was opened in June 2013,[4] but until 2015 the ambassador to the Dominican Republic remained ambassador to Haiti, with a deputy head of mission in Port-au-Prince. In 2015 a new, dedicated ambassador was appointed to Haiti, but still non-resident (she was married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic and resided in Santo Domingo).[5] In 2019, Mockbul Ali OBE was appointed as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti.[6]

List of heads of mission

Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• ? –1859: Thomas Ussher[7]

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• 1859–1861: Thomas Ussher[7]
• 1861–1872: Spenser St. John[8][9]

Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• 1872–1874: Spenser St. John[9]
• 1874–1883: Robert Stuart[10]

Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti and its Dependencies

• 1912–1913: Arthur Nightingale[11]

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Hayti

• 1913–1919: Stephen Leech[12][13][14]
• 1919–1921: William Erskine[12][14][15]

Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti

• 1921–1922: Godfrey Haggard[15][16]

Consul for the Republic of Hayti

• 1935–1938 Francis M. Shepherd[12][17]
• 1938–1939: William R. Mackness[12][18]
• 1939–1943: Reginald A.N. Hillyer[12]
• 1943–1946: Alan A.L. Tuson[12]
• 1946–1950: Augustus C. Routh[12]
• 1950–1955: David J. Mill Irving[12]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Port-au-Prince, and Consul-General for the Republic of Hayti

• 1955–1959: Sidney Simmonds[12][19]
• 1960–1962: Gerard T. Corley Smith[12][20]

Consul for the Republic of Haiti

• 1962–1963: Henry Niblock[21]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Haiti

• 1966–1970: Dalton Murray CMG [12][22][23]
• 1970–1973: Sir Nick Larmour KCMG [12][22]
• 1973–1976: John Hennings CMG [12][22]
• 1976–1981: John Drinkall CMG [12][22]
• 1982–1984: Barry Smallman CMG CVO [12][22]
• 1984–1987: Sir Martin Reid KBE CMG [12][22]
• 1987–1989: Alan Payne CMG [12][22]
• 1989–1995: Derek Milton CMG [12][22]
• 1995–1999: Richard Thomas CMG [12][22]
• 1999–2002: David Gordon Ward[12][24]
• 2002–2006: Andrew Richard Ashcroft[12][24]
• 2006–2009: Ian Alan Worthington[12][24]
• 2009–2015: Steven Fisher[25]
• 2015–2020^[update]: Sharon Campbell[5]
• 2020-Present: Mockbul Ali OBE[26]

References

• Mackie, Colin (December 2017). "British Diplomats Directory" (PDF). gulabin.com.

1. "Previous ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and Haiti". Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
2. British Embassy In Haiti To Close, The Times, London, 23 April 1966, page 17
3. Foreign Secretary meets Prime Minister of Haiti, Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 27 July 2012
4. Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire opens new British Embassy in Haiti, Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 12 June 2013
5. "Sharon Campbell, British Ambassador to Haiti". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
6. "Mockbul Ali OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
7. "No. 22264". The London Gazette. 17 May 1859. p. 1987.
8. "No. 22619". The London Gazette. 22 April 1861. p. 2101.
9. "No. 23934". The London Gazette. 3 January 1873. p. 1.
10. "No. 24154". The London Gazette. 24 November 1874. p. 5603.
11. "No. 28607". The London Gazette. 14 May 1912. p. 3476.
12. Mackie 2012, Haiti
13. "No. 28695". The London Gazette. 28 February 1913. p. 1557.
14. Mackie 2012, Cuba
15. "No. 31663". The London Gazette. 28 November 1919. p. 14674.
16. "No. 32352". The London Gazette. 10 June 1921. p. 4634.
17. "No. 34159". The London Gazette. 10 May 1935. p. 3045.
18. "No. 34570". The London Gazette. 15 November 1938. p. 7188.
19. "No. 40580". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 September 1955. p. 5104.
20. "No. 42087". The London Gazette. 8 July 1960. p. 4730.
21. "No. 42769". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 August 1962. p. 6822.
22. Mackie 2012, Jamaica
23. "No. 44045". The London Gazette. 5 July 1966. p. 7567.
24. Mackie 2012, Dominican Republic
25. "Steven Fisher". gov.uk.
26. "Mockbul Ali OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

External links

• UK and Haiti, gov.uk